Assigning labels to cities that evoke desirable features has become increasingly popular in
recent years with city administrators promoting various notions of the desired city. This article …

This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently
sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have …

In recent decades, our cities are increasingly expected to become more sustainable urban
forms, with many added determinants. A multitude of city concepts has therefore been …

The character of the city has been changing for as long as people have been urban
dwellers. Its diverse functions have included marketplace, theatrical stage, place of …

Today, there are at least twenty-five major cities in the United States that have invested
significant amounts of time, resources, and political capital in the development of initiatives …

At the dawn of the third millennium, planet Earth entered a zone of turbulence. The 2008
crisis added economic uncertainty to the threat of global warming and extreme events such …

Suddenly,'cities' have become the hottest topic on the planet. National research institutes
and local governments as well as various global agencies are all scrambling to get a piece …

By 2030, the UN estimates, 70% of people will be in our global cities, the hubs of innovation
and economy that today provide about 80% of global GDP (World Bank). How these cities …

Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The
book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the …

With its origins in basic principles of ecology and the work of earlier urban innovative
thinkers, the Sustainable Cities Manifesto is not just a proposal for cities but for life itself …