Contents:

Building alliances for local environmental sustainability S Buckingham, Brunel University, UK and K Theobald, University of Northumbria, UK - The context for local environmental sustainability - Local Government - The local state and local civil society: partnerships for environmental sustainability - Local capacity building - Structure of the book Skeletal frameworks: Regional sustainable development frameworks and the issue of climate change E Wilson, Oxford Brookes University, UK - Interpretation of sustainable development - Role of regions - Climate change - Climate change as a regional issue - Purpose of RSDF's - Partnership in RSDF preparation - Treatment of climate change in RSDF's - Skeletal frameworks - Conclusion Making the wrecker seem not all malevolent: Re-regulating the UK's china clay mining industry P Pinch, South Bank University, UK - The UK's planning regime for minerals development - Re-regulating rural environments - Re-regulating the UK's china clay industry - Conclusion Local Agenda 21 and the shift to 'soft governance' B Evans and K Theobald, University of Northumbria, UK - The evolution of LA21 in Europe - Participation and civic engagement in local sustainable development policymaking - Evaluating LA21: the nature and level of civil society engagement - LASALA and 'soft governance' - LA21, the 'integration of interests' and the move to 'soft governance' - References Combating social exclusion - focus groups, local empowerment and development: A Preston case study M Clark, University of Central Lancashire, Uk and S Cox, Roger Tym and Partners, Manchester, UK - Defining social exclusion - Policy approaches to address social exclusion - The Preston study - Conclusions on the use of focus groups - Further case study examples of the use of focus groups in policymaking - Conclusions and wider questions Retailing and sustainability: exploring connections using the example of a local town market P Garside, A Hughes and K Lynch, Kingston University, UK - Skewed meanings: neglecting sustainability - Towards a new sustainable theory of consumption - New approaches to old forms of retailing: the sustainable potential of street markets - Kingston market – A sustainable market culture? Research themes: possibilities of a research agenda applying the working matrix - Conclusion Waste minimisation strategies S Barr, University of Exeter, UK - Municipal waste in England and Wales - Individuals and sustainable waste management - The importance of individuals: waste management in Exeter - Policy recommendations - Conclusion Trading places: geography and the role of Local Exchange Trading Schemes in local sustainable development T.J. Aldridge and A Patterson, Brunel University, UK and J Tooke, Goldsmiths College, UK - 'Cranes, favours, harmonies and thanks': using LETS currencies - LETS development in the UK - LETS and sustainable development - The case studies: Stroud and Hounslow LETS - Case study 1: Stroud LETS - Case study 2:– Hounslow LETS - Conclusions Allotments and community gardens: a DIY approach to environmental sustainability S Buckingham, Brunel University, UK - Benefits of allotments and community gardens - Conclusions Local economies, trade and global sustainability P E Perkins, York University, Canada - Economics and "local economies" - Trade and community - Self-limiting trade: theory - Self-limiting trade: practice - Toronto's local economy - The potential of local economies - Conclusions Inequality and community: the missing dimensions of sustainable development A Blowers, Open University, UK - The discourse of sustainable development - Political modernisation and the environment - The environmental dimension of modernisation - Alternative approaches - Inequality and community in nuclear communities - Environmental change – a new role for planning