Culture, Environmental Action and Sustainability

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

Culture, environmental action and sustainability

II. Culture, quality of life and globalisation

Culture, quality of life and globalisation

Our uncommon future

Globalisation, commons dilemmas and sustainable quality of life: What do we need, what can we do, what may we achieve?

At home everywhere and nowhere: Making place in the global village

III. Environmental action and participation

Action competence in environmental education

Participatory action research as a participatory approach to addressing environmental issues

Neighbouring, sense of community and participation: Research in the city of Genoa

Environmental values and behavior in traditional Chinese culture

Some sociodemographic and sociopsychological predictors of environmentalism

Sustainable technology and user participation: Assessing ecological housing concepts by focus group discussions

IV. Urban sustainability and cultural diversity

Citydwellers’ relationship networks: Patterns of adjustment to urban constraints

Planned gentrification as a means of urban regeneration

Ubiquitous technology, the media age, and the ideal of sustainability

Applying urban indicators to clarify the urban development of Taipei

Choosing sustainability: The persistence of non-motorized transport in Chinese cities

A cultural comparative analysis of two villages in Storm Valley, Rize, Turkey

The dialectics of urban play

Gated communities and urban planning: Globalisation or national policy

Performance and appropriation of residential streets and public open spaces

V. Children and the environment

Evaluating links intensity in social networks in a school context through observational designs

Projects and policies for childhood in Italy

The Body Goes to the City project: Research on safe routes to school and playgrounds in Ferrara

Environmental comfort and school buildings: The case of Campinas, SP, Brazil

VI. The elderly and the environment

Satisfaction ratings and running costs of nursing homes Advantages of smaller and more homelike units

New Urbanism as a factor in the mobility of the elderly

Founding houses for the elderly On housing needs or dwelling needs?

Older Spanish adults’ involvement in the education of youngsters

Authors

Reviewers

Acknowledgements