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Sommario
Foreword by Margot Wallstrom * Preface * Introduction * Sweden: Problems and Prospects at the Leading Edge of LA21 Implementation * Finland: In Search of New Implementation Patterns * Denmark: The Participatory and Consensus-seeking Approach of the Danish LA21 * Norway: LA21 as a Means of Interpreting and Achieving Sustainable Production and Consumption * The United Kingdom: Mainstreaming, Mutating or Expiring? * Ireland: Starting Late: Building Institutional Capacity on the Reform of Sub-national Governance? * The Netherlands: Probing the Essence of LA21 as a Value-added Approach to Sustainable Development and Local Democracy * France: LA21: A New Tool for Sustainable Policies? * Austria: From Eco-social Market Economy to LA21 * Italy: Converging Pathways between Central and Local Levels of Government? * Spain: La21: A Question of Institutional Leadership? * Conclusions and Perspectives * Index
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William M Lafferty
Riassunto
Clear objectives were set at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 for local authorities to prepare, implement and monitor a Local Agenda 21 (LA21). This title presents research into the participation and involvement of local communities in 11 European countries.
Testo aggiuntivo
'Invaluable as a source of collected case studies.'
Cameron Sustainable Development Solutions
'A useful and interesting book for all those that are involved in Local Agenda 21 processes.'
European Circular
'This book is a good read. It covers the ground admirably. The authors are all experienced and writing to a plan of analysis.'
Environmental Science & Policy
