Can Cities Sustain Life in the Greenhouse?

Autor/inn/en	Byrne, John; Hughes, Kristen; Toly, Noah; Wang, Young-Doo
Titel	Can Cities Sustain Life in the Greenhouse?
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 26 (2006) 2, S.84-95 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467606287532
Schlagwörter	Models; Foreign Policy; Sustainable Development; Climate; Conservation (Environment); Urban Areas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Außenpolitik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Klima; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	Data from the Global Environmental Monitoring System indicate that pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and total suspended particulate routinely appear in the lower atmosphere of major cities at concentrations well above health guidelines set by the World Health Organization. As well, cities are major contributors to the build-up of greenhouse gases which now threaten climate change. These findings underscore the detrimental relation that has evolved between urban industrial society and the atmosphere. If this peculiar civilization is to be changed, three principles--equity, sustainability and peaceful development--must guide the reevolution of urban life. The paradigm of commodification needs to be replaced with a model of a commons of life. The article provides a theoretical framework and strategy for reforming global climate policy and urban sustainability planning in a manner consistent with life in the commons. (Contains 7 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10