Introduction to Local Sustainable Development

Author: Wang Weizhong
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: After the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, many cities around the world launched diverse local 21st Century Agenda actions, becoming the main pathways and hopes for implementing sustainable development strategies. This book is currently the most comprehensive and systematic treatise on local sustainable development in China. The authors are core personnel from China engaged in sustainable development research and implementation, composed of experts and scholars from the China 21st Century Agenda Center, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the National Bureau of Statistics, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, and other relevant institutions. Based on the fundamental framework of sustainable development and the progress of implementing the local 21st Century Agenda both domestically and internationally, the book conducts research and summarizes aspects such as the theory of sustainable development strategies, the concept and progress of local 21st Century Agendas, capacity building for local sustainable development, implementation and management tools for strategies, as well as international cooperation and financing mechanisms for sustainable development. Furthermore, it proposes the characteristics and approaches for implementing sustainable development in different regions based on China's specific conditions.