Constructing Local Environmental Agendas: People, Places and Participation

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures and tables......Page 8
Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Public participation......Page 16
Experts and how to deal with them: skill up or dumb down?......Page 18
Educating for sustainability and community development......Page 19
LA21 in the UK: local activity and central government constraints......Page 21
Environmentally sustainable development outside LA21......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 26
References......Page 28
Introduction......Page 30
Sustainable development and citizenship......Page 31
LA21 and civicness......Page 32
Some key issues......Page 33
Civicness and the committed individual......Page 36
Barriers to environmental action......Page 39
Conclusion......Page 40
References......Page 41
Introduction......Page 42
Patterns of participation in environmental affairs......Page 43
Reasons for participation in environmental conservation......Page 46
Commitment......Page 47
Overcoming financial barriers......Page 48
References......Page 50
Introduction......Page 52
A leading role for local government?......Page 53
Voluntary action: complement or substitute?......Page 55
The voluntary sector: real work?......Page 58
LA21 and the voluntary sector in Wales......Page 59
Less rhetoric: more practice......Page 61
Conclusions......Page 62
References......Page 63
Introduction......Page 66
Setting the scene......Page 67
WWF UK and Local Agenda 21......Page 68
Building capacity......Page 71
Beyond the local......Page 72
After development comes dissemination......Page 73
The political scene......Page 74
Half full or half empty?......Page 75
References......Page 76
Forces for change......Page 78
Action Aid: Listening to Smaller Voices......Page 79
Agenda 21......Page 80
How much participation?......Page 81
Whose responsibility?......Page 82
Developing participatory initiatives......Page 83
Participation in LA21: A case study of Leeds......Page 84
Resources and support......Page 86
Reclaiming the park......Page 87
Developing children’s participation......Page 88
References......Page 89
7 Youth and Agenda 21......Page 92
Review of youth/young people’s involvement in LA21......Page 95
Cultural differences......Page 96
A new youth approach......Page 100
ACE (Act, Create, Experience)......Page 101
References......Page 103
Introduction......Page 106
The UK and Australian government response to Agenda 21......Page 107
The role of citizenship......Page 109
Place identity......Page 110
Public participation and LA21: the local dimension in West London......Page 111
Drafting the consultative document......Page 112
The process of consultation......Page 113
Planners, LA21 and processes of participation in Australia......Page 114
Conclusions......Page 118
References......Page 120
Introduction......Page 122
A21: An agenda for human beings or an agenda for corporate globalisation?......Page 124
From North to South and back again: global inequality and the widening credibility gap......Page 125
Sustainability and the global democratic deficit: the citizens’ agenda......Page 127
Telling the whole story: learning from the South and the agenda for change......Page 130
References......Page 132
Agenda 21 as external pressure for action......Page 136
The action framework......Page 138
Inequitable living standards......Page 140
Changes in development perception......Page 143
Responsible participation......Page 144
Role and power relations......Page 146
Changes in the development process......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 149
References......Page 150
The power of the local......Page 152
Linking local, national and global levels......Page 156
Linking policy, problem-solving, practice and place......Page 160
References......Page 164
Developing policies for sustainable development......Page 168
International policy development......Page 169
Central government policy making in the UK......Page 170
The potential of LA21......Page 171
Local government restructuring......Page 172
Contradictions between CCT and sustainable development......Page 175
Intensification of work and the recomposition of the workforce......Page 176
Flexibility of the contract......Page 177
The hollowed out local state......Page 178
Conclusions......Page 179
References......Page 181
Introduction......Page 184
Partnerships......Page 186
Participation......Page 187
Local activity and civic pride......Page 188
Community development and environmental education......Page 189
Understanding the concepts......Page 190
Opportunism and LA21......Page 191
The defining element of LA21......Page 192
Has LA21 failed to deliver?......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 194
References......Page 195
14 Constructing future local environmental agendas......Page 198
Education for sustainability......Page 199
Community development......Page 201
Local democracy and governance......Page 202
Changes beyond the local......Page 203
References......Page 204
Index......Page 206