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OverviewAll over the world our cities, towns and communities are failing, or at the tipping point of doing so, with but a few exceptions. This is seen across the developed and developing world alike ranging from retirement age protests in France to water food riots in Mozambique. The root of the problem is a toxic 'dependency culture', characterised by unjust and resource-depleting patterns of unsustainable consumption. What is needed is a dramatic new way of thinking and doing to make unstable societies resilient to future shocks -- an ageing population, water scarcity, obesity and peak oil. A taboo-shattering book, Local Resilience sets out how visionary national and local leaders can transform unsustainable societies as they attempt to recover from an age of austerity. By eliminating the culture of dependency in a socially and environmentally progressive way, the book shows how to transcend the political and social spectrum and even unify people around a common purpose. It does this by examining how leaders can make smarter interventions within complex systems to prevent the high cost of social and environmental failure arising from our current economic model. The book explores a number of contemporary themes (e.g. green economy, sustainable urban development, banking reform, equality and democratic renewal) and draws on a wealth of global case learning (e.g. Amsterdam, Brighton, Cape Town, Madison, Matara and Tomaya). Local Resilience is the sequel to the acclaimed book Sustainability in Austerity, which has been endorsed by amongst others the UN and the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip MonaghanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Earthscan Ltd Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781849714402ISBN 10: 1849714401 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 21 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1: Ending the Wrong Kind of Dependency Culture 1.Establishing need 1.1 Gaps in resiliency work to date? 1.2 A review of the literature 2.Tomorrow and today’s problems: making change universally desirable 2.1 Dilemmas faced by global market regulators and local urban planners 2.2 A new paradigm for tomorrow’s problems 2.3 Struggles to make sophisticated responses in a changing world? 3.A common set of values 3.1 No tinkering around the edges 3.2 Unifying beliefs 3.3 Significant behaviour or not? Part 2. Localism Without Local Government 4.Devolving responsibility 4.1 Communities on the front line or in the firing line? 4.2 Navigating shifts in power, rights and responsibilities 5.Negotiated rights and sanctions 5.1 Return to fairness through contribution 5.2 Area-based negotiations 6.The harmonised constitution 6.1 The journey from rights to responsibilities to subsidiarity 6.2 An enabling constitution for local leadership Part 3. Just Cities 7 .Incentivised migration to compact cities 7.1 Reaffirming the need for compactness 7.2 Ensuring smart density wins 8.Urban development and the green economy 8.1 Pro-business but anti-weak governance: shedding the right kind of caution 8.2 Problem of definition 8.3 A decarbonised economy the north and south can believe in 9.Decoupling vested interests 9.1 Ending unhealthy relationships 9.2 Strength through diversity as well as devolution Part 4. Transition From Unstable to Resilient Societies: Hard to Make, Hard to Break 10.Smarter and less frequent interventions 10.1 Resource flows 10.2 Harnessing the positive power of markets and people 10.3 Systems thinking: from information hoarding to place-based governance 11.Infused resilience: a theory of change 11.1 A refined interpretation of resilience 11.2 Embedding and maintaining empowerment 12.What you need to do next 12.1 The right type of local leadership 12.2 Over to youReviews'How Local Resilience Creates Sustainable Societies asks why orthodox approaches to sustainable urban development have failed and what can be done about this. In doing this Philip Monaghan seeks to unsettle and challenge orthodoxies and highlight the importance of transferring power to ordinary people to build resilience. He makes a practical contribution to how this can be done in an age of austerity. In doing so, he opens up a debate that will be of interest to policy makers, agencies, academics, consultants, community groups and individuals.' -- Dr Mike Hodson, SURF Centre, University of Salford 'Resilience is now, in terms of local action, the fastest growing field of practice and experimentation. Hope and risk are two sides of the same coin and this book, in tune with our times, will help equip you to handle both.' -- Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK Author InformationPhilip Monaghan is an internationally recognised writer and strategist on economic development and environmental sustainability. He is Founder and CEO of Infrangilis Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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