Sidelining Sustainable Development: Structural Constraints on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in the UK
The Agenda 21 agreement of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development specified a central role for local government in achieving sustainable development through a process, known as Local Agenda 21 (LA21), which required local author
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Carlos Nunes Silva Anna Trono Editors
Local Governance in the New Urban Agenda
Local and Urban Governance Series Editor Carlos Nunes Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
This series contains research studies with policy relevance in the field of sub- national territorial governance, at the micro, local and regional levels, as well as on its connections with national and supranational tiers. The series is multidisciplinary and brings together innovative research from different areas within the Social Sciences and Humanities. The series is open for theoretical, methodological and empirical ground breaking contributions. Books included in this series explore the new modes of territorial governance, new perspectives and new research methodologies. The aim is to present advances in Governance Studies to scholars and researchers in universities and research organizations, and to policy makers worldwide. The series includes monographs, edited volumes and textbooks. Book proposals and final manuscripts are peer-reviewed. The areas covered in the series include but are not limited to the following subjects: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Carlos Nunes Silva • Anna Trono Editors
Local Governance in the New Urban Agenda
Editors Carlos Nunes Silva Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal
Anna Trono University of Salento Lecce, Italy
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