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GOVERNING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY

Governing Urban Sustainability

Comparing Cities in the USA and Germany

LISA PETTIBONE

Museum fr Naturkunde Berlin, Germany and Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany

First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing

Published 2016 by Routledge
2 Park Squre, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Copyright Lisa Pettibone 2015

Lisa Pettibone has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Pettibone, Lisa, author.

Governing urban sustainability : comparing cities in the USA and Germany / by Lisa Pettibone.

pages cm. -- (Urban planning and environment)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4724-6316-6 (hardback)
1. Sustainable urban development--United States. 2. Sustainable urban development--Germany. 3. City planning--Environmental aspects--United States. 4. City planning--Environmental aspects--Germany. 5. Urban policy--Environmental aspects--United States. 6. Urban policy--Environmental aspects--Germany. I. Title.

HT243.U6P47 2016

307.12160943--dc23

2015030417

ISBN 9781472463166 (hbk)

Contents

List of Tables and Box

Tables

Box

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

German institutions own translations of their names are used.

APA	American Planning Association
BMBF	German Ministry for Education and Research (Bundesministerium fr Bildung und Forschung)
BMVBS	Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Bundesministerium fr Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung)
B-Nax	Berlin Sustainability Index (Berliner Nachhaltigkeitsindex)
BPA	Bonneville Power Administration
BPS	Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
BROG	German Federal Land-Use Law (Bundesraumordnungsgesetz)
BSU	Agency for Urban Development and Environment (Behrde fr Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Hamburg)
BUND	Friends of the Earth Germany (Bund fr Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V.)
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CDU	Christian Democratic Union
CEMR	Council of European Municipalities and Regions
CLF	Coalition for a Livable Future
CNU	The Council for the New Urbanism
CSD	UN Commission on Sustainable Development
DBU	German Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)
DLCD	Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
DPD	Seattle Department of Planning and Development
EDF	Environmental Defense Fund
EJ	environmental justice
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESD	education for sustainable development
FDP	Free Democrat Party
FEST	Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (Forschungssttte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft e.V.)
GAL	Green Allied Left, Hamburgs Green party
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
HEINZ	Hamburgs Indicators of Sustainable Development (Hamburger Entwicklungs-INdikatoren Zukunftsfhigkeit)
HUD	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
IASS	Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
ICLEI	International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
IFEU	Institute for Energy and Environment Research (Institut fr Energie und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH)
JESSICA	Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas
LA21	Local Agenda 21
LULUs	Locally Unwanted Land Uses
MUE-25	Managing Urban Europe 25
NABU	Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.)
NLC	National League of Cities
NRDC	Natural Resources Defense Council
NYC EJA	New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
OLTPS	New York Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
PBNE	Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development (Parlamentarischer Beirat fr Nachhaltige Entwicklung)
PCSD	U.S. Presidents Council on Sustainable Development
PoSI	Portland Sustainability Institute; now EcoDistricts
PSC	Partnership for Sustainable Communities
RNE	German Council for Sustainable Development (Rat fr Nachhaltige Entwicklung)
SPD	Social Democratic Party
SRU	German Advisory Council on the Environment (Sachverstndigenrat fr Umweltfragen)
SSBX	Sustainable South Bronx
SSU	Berlin Senatsverwaltung fr Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt

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