Advancing Sustainability at the Sub-National Level

Eran Feitelson is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Contents: The potential and limitations of planning in advancing sustainability notions at the sub-national level: an introduction, Eran Feitelson; Very long-term planning for the era of climate change, Eliahu Romanoff and Thomas Gloria; Can Israel plan for sustainable development? An institutional analysis and constructive critique, Ernst R. Alexander; Decentralized planning for sustainable urban development: the Washington State Growth Management Act and its application in the Seattle metropolitan area, Donald Miller; Integrated planning for air quality - a human concept and a computer programme, Dalia Lichfield; The role of strategic planning in advancing sustainability at the metropolitan level: the case of Tel Aviv, Eran Feitelson; The integration of environmental, social and economic issues in spatial planning: case study of the metropolitan spatial development framework for Cape Town, South Africa, Desiree Shepherd and Keith Wiseman; Policy recommendations and implementation of Local Agenda 21: the example of Lodz (Poland), Tadeusz Marszal; Implementing sustainable business estates in the Netherlands: a confrontation between theory and practice, Erik Louw; An 'Actor-Consulting' model for sustainable planning: an application in sustainable housing development, Frans Osté and Gert de Roo; Public-private partnership as new integrated instruments for achieving sustainable urban development: the case of Monza, Luisa Pedrazzini; The role of local knowledge in environmental health planning, Jason Corburn; The potential of framing in managing and resolving environmental conflict, Deborah Shmueli and Michal Ben-Gal; Participatory decision making and sustainability: the role of environmental organizations, Karel Martens; Index.