Neighbourhoods in crisis and sustainable urban development : proceedings of a seminar held on 29 October 1999 in Brussels, Belgium / Dimitri Devuyst, Luc Hens, Robert Impens (editors).

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
Other Authors: Devuyst, Dimitri
Hens, Luc, 1951-
Impens, Robert
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
Preface and 11 contributions in English; three contributions in French with abstracts in English.
Published: Brussels : VUB University Press, [2001], ©2001.
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Physical Description:xii, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Incomplete Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Dimitri Devuyst
  • 2. Sustainable development in urban areas : setting the scene / Phil Macnaghten
  • 3. Processus écologiques et espaces verts en milieu urbain / Robert Impens
  • 4. A spatial-ecological approach to neighbourhoods in crisis / Georges Allaert
  • 5. Les quartiers en crise face aux nouvelles politiques urbaines / Jean-Michel Decroly, Mathieu Van Criekingen, Antoine Crahay
  • 6. Measuring and assessing sustainable development at the local level / Dimitri Devuyst and Luc Hens
  • 7. A health approach to urban areas in difficulties. Focus on heavy metals : lead exposure / Anne Steenhout
  • 8. The social identity of the jobless : a psychosocial analysis / Ginette Herman
  • 9. Solutions pour améliorer le milieu physique / Vincent Carton
  • 10. Sustainable community development / Susan Buckingham-Hatfield
  • 11. Neighbourhood services and sustainable urban development / Gerard Hautekeur and Diederik Janssen
  • 12. Scenarios for the sustainable development of deprived urban areas / Bob Evans
  • 13. Summary of discussion and seminar conclusions
  • 14. Sustainable urban development and neighbourhoods in crisis : concluding remarks / Dimitri Devuyst.