Towards a Theory of Urban Sustainability
17 Pages Posted: 25 Nov 2008
Date Written: November 24, 1995
Abstract
This article draws together the three societal domains of Economy, Politics and Lifeworld in an attempt to construct a theory of urban sustainability. It takes an holistic approach which integrates an analysis devolving on these three domains. The concern with the urban pivots around the transformed role of cities in the transition from industrial to post-industrial society. It asserts that an adequate understanding of the concept of sustainability can only be grasped if the totality of the tensions, balances and dynamics of the three domains outlined above are fully incorporated into the theory. While it concentrates on these three domains it recognises that ecological deterioration, is perhaps the most pressing challenge to sustainability.
Resumen: Ester articulo perfila conjuntamente tres ambitos sociales de la economia, de la politica y de la vida cotidiana en un intento de construir una teoria de la sostenibilidad urbana. Se parte de un enfoque holistico que integre el analisis de estos dominios. Se afirma que una correcta comprension del concepto de sostenibilidad solo se puede alcanzar si se incorpora la totalidad de tensiones, balances y dinamicas de los tres ambitos ya senalados. A la vez se reconoce que el deterioro ambiental es el mayor desafi para la consecucion de la sostenibilidad.
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