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Greetings,

I have a colleague in industry who is beginning to work on a sustainability
planning initiative for the San Diego area. Please email me
(jmillima@uccs.edu) if you know of any sources (articles, books, websites,
etc.) that address sustainability programs/planning activities in cities or
regional areas.

Thanks much,

John Milliman
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
email: jmillima@uccs.edu

City of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia has a 'Melbourne 2030' plan.
They won an award in 2001 I think for being onh the way to become a
sustainable city. The then CEO of the City spent some time with me to
explain his sustainability initiatives. Interesting challenges working
with elected coucilors and mayor - a municipality CEO has a great deal
of political effort to get things done (recall the BBC's "Yes Minister"
TV series).

There is a great deal of sustainability activity in the City of
Melbourne and other suburban cities in the greater Melbourne Area.
Also, the City of Melbourne has been a flagship for the rest of
Australian municipalities.

If you have specific questions please feel welcome to contact me.

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
Research Fellow - lionel.boxer@rmit.edu.au
Centre for Management Quality Research
In Stores Now: The Sustainable Way - http://intergon.net/tsw
4Apr-book followup lunch-N&MClub $25 http://intergon.net/tsw
>>> jmillima@UCCS.EDU 03/26/06 6:27 AM >>>
Greetings,

I have a colleague in industry who is beginning to work on a
sustainability
planning initiative for the San Diego area. Please email me
(jmillima@uccs.edu) if you know of any sources (articles, books,
websites,
etc.) that address sustainability programs/planning activities in cities
or
regional areas.

Thanks much,

John Milliman
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
email: jmillima@uccs.edu

There is a good list of sustainable cities programs on

http://cleanerproduction.com/Directory/sectors/SustCities.htm

the related Communities page has practical info about cleaner production -
the green biz part of sustainability.

I think most sustainability region planning is growing out of previous
environmental/land use planning programs. At the City level the efforts
seem to be growing out of the environmental management/transportation plans.
So you might include those topics in your area of research.

Burton Hamner
Director, Cleaner Production International
Producer, http://www.CleanerProduction.Com
5534 30th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 91805
wbhamner@cleanerproduction.com
(206) 526-5308
mobile (206) 491-0945
fax (206) 260-9001

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From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
[mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lionel Boxer
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:49 PM
To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: Request for Information - Sustainability City/Region Planning

City of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia has a 'Melbourne 2030' plan.
They won an award in 2001 I think for being onh the way to become a
sustainable city. The then CEO of the City spent some time with me to
explain his sustainability initiatives. Interesting challenges working
with elected coucilors and mayor - a municipality CEO has a great deal
of political effort to get things done (recall the BBC's "Yes Minister"
TV series).

There is a great deal of sustainability activity in the City of
Melbourne and other suburban cities in the greater Melbourne Area.
Also, the City of Melbourne has been a flagship for the rest of
Australian municipalities.

If you have specific questions please feel welcome to contact me.

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
Research Fellow - lionel.boxer@rmit.edu.au
Centre for Management Quality Research
In Stores Now: The Sustainable Way - http://intergon.net/tsw
4Apr-book followup lunch-N&MClub $25 http://intergon.net/tsw
>>> jmillima@UCCS.EDU 03/26/06 6:27 AM >>>
Greetings,

I have a colleague in industry who is beginning to work on a
sustainability
planning initiative for the San Diego area. Please email me
(jmillima@uccs.edu) if you know of any sources (articles, books,
websites,
etc.) that address sustainability programs/planning activities in cities
or
regional areas.

Thanks much,

John Milliman
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
email: jmillima@uccs.edu

Perhaps the slow cities movement could give some insights, this emerged
from the slow food movement in Italy, and I am sure if you go to their
website they have a section on slow cities - which is about developing
the city for its citizens first - quality of life become a central
concern, and everything else must follow from that. Some of the
characteristics include:

Slow Cities are cities which:

1- Implement an environmental policy designed to maintain and develop
the characteristics of their surrounding area and urban fabric, placing
the onus on recovery and reuse techniques
2- Implement an infrastructural policy which is functional for the
improvement, not the occupation, of the land
3- Promote the use of technologies to improve the quality of the
environment and the urban fabric

Website = www.slowfood.com


Regards
Annmarie Ryan
Researcher
International Centre for Sustainable Enterprise
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland


-----Original Message-----
From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
[mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Milliman
Sent: 25 March 2006 20:28
To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Request for Information - Sustainability City/Region Planning

Greetings,

I have a colleague in industry who is beginning to work on a
sustainability
planning initiative for the San Diego area. Please email me
(jmillima@uccs.edu) if you know of any sources (articles, books,
websites,
etc.) that address sustainability programs/planning activities in cities
or
regional areas.

Thanks much,

John Milliman
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
email: jmillima@uccs.edu

Hello, John,

Would take a look at:

Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously
Kent E. Portney
MIT Press 2003

Kurt

_________________________________
Kurt Fischer
The Greening of Industry Network
tel 1.781.646.4596 fax 1.781.646.4189
kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
www.greeningofindustry.org

Next Events:
April 3, 2006 - Seminar on Re-thinking the BOP: New Models for New
Economies, a related event at Cardiff University.
July 2-5, 2006 - GIN2006 Conference, Cardiff: Integration and Communication:
A Clear Route to Sustainability?

Dear John!
The Aalborg+10 website might be useful for your colleague, http://www.
aalborgplus10.dk, and perhaps also the ICLEI website, http://www.iclei-
europe.org/

Regards,
Martin

--
Martin Lehmann
PhD Student, Project Manager

Aalborg University
Department of Business Studies
Denmark

http://www.urbanquality.net

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:27:38 -0700, John Milliman <jmillima@UCCS.EDU> wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I have a colleague in industry who is beginning to work on a sustainability
>planning initiative for the San Diego area. Please email me
>(jmillima@uccs.edu) if you know of any sources (articles, books, websites,
>etc.) that address sustainability programs/planning activities in cities or
>regional areas.
>
>Thanks much,
>
>John Milliman
>University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
>email: jmillima@uccs.edu
>=========================================================================