Urban Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

Author: (Dutch) Brehant
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This textbook consists of five chapters:
Chapter 1: Sustainable Development Planning. It describes the main environmental issues of cities, the EU's environmental priorities, the basic content of urban sustainable development, and the fundamental principles and methods of urban environmental management.
Chapter 2: Urban Environmental Quality Management. The main content includes: environmental health management; environmental quality monitoring systems and the use of environmental indicators; pollution control and management methods, exemplified by non-pollution control; the application of environmental assessment methods, such as environmental health assessment, social impact assessment, and strategic environmental assessment; European indoor and outdoor pollution control and management methods, as well as participation and social implications in community environmental quality management.
Chapter 3: Infrastructure Management. It primarily introduces the management experience of European urban infrastructure projects, with a focus on the management of wastewater, solid waste, and transportation facilities.
Chapter 4: Industrial Environmental Management. The main content includes: the EU's environmental legislation and fundamental principles; the Netherlands' environmental policy; the EU's comprehensive pollution prevention projects; voluntary management methods.
Chapter 5: Participatory Tools and Methods for Environmental Planning Management. It is divided into two parts: the first part primarily introduces the participatory integrated approach (PIA); the second part primarily introduces participatory environmental planning management methods and action plans for policy development. This chapter also systematically introduces the unique action plan method of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Research for solving urban problems.