List of tables and figures

Acronyms

Acknowledgement

Preface

Yukio Aoshima

1 Introduction: Cities and the environment-towards eco-partnerships

Takashi Inoguchi

Edward Newman

Glen Paoletto

Part I: Frameworks for eco-partnerships

2 Ecological "rules" of a sustainable society

Ernest Callenbach

3 Urban environmental management: A partnership continuum

Hari Srinivas

4 The concept and civilization of an eco-society: Dilemmas, innovations, and urban dramas

Voula Mega

5 Sustainable urban societies: A technological or a political goal?

Edward Newman

Part II: Partnerships in action

6 Civil society and the urban environment

Ooi Giok Ling

7 An institutional capacity-building approach to urban environmental governance in medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Daniela Simioni

8 After the Dam Age is done: Social capital and eco-partnerships in urban watersheds

James E. Nickum

9 A new approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities: The pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management

German T. Velasquez

Juha I. Uitto

Benjamin Wisner

Shigeo Takahashi

10 Life Cycle Assessment: Its prospects as a tool for creating a sustainable economic system

Monte Cassim

11 Rainwater in cities: A note on ecology and practice

Klaus W. Konig

12 Communities, markets, and city government: Innovative roles for coastal cities in reducing marine pollution in the Asia--Pacific region

Lyuba Zarsky

Jason Hunter

Part III: International and future dimensions

13 Cultivating an urban eco-society: The United Nations response

Nitin Desai

14 An economic assessment of China--Japan cooperation to address acid rain

Jusen Asuka-Zhang

15 A new paradigm of North--South relations: Implications of international cooperation by local authorities in Japan

Toshihiro Menju

16 Urban governance in the new economy

Glen Paoletto

Contributors

Index