The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present
urbanization is often referred to as an'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth …

New 'sustainable'urban imaginaries are increasingly taking root in cities and regions around
the world. Some notable representative examples of these include: new urbanism …

The new urban politics (NUP) literature has helped to draw attention to a new generation of
entrepreneurial urban regimes involved in the competition to attract investment to cities …

We examine how China's urban sprawl is systemically linked to policy sprawl that results
from the contradictions inherent within policies but also their magnification by the specifics of …

This paper engages the existing literature on Urban Political Ecology (UPE) from the
perspective of regulating urban expansion through greenbelts. The paper makes a …

Despite our declared era of 'Big Data,'we lack information on the flows of energy, water, and
materials that support modern societies. These data are essential to understand how …

The “ecological turn” in urban planning has led to increased recognition of ecosystem
services, experiments with green infrastructure, and other efforts to “re-nature” the city …

California is widely seen as a climate and environmental policy leader in the US and
beyond. However, allowing local land use decisions to proceed as usual represents a major …

The Portland Metropolitan region, a single economic and ecological region with a bifurcated
state and local governance structure, provides an opportunity to compare governance …

Efficient, optimal and sustainable agricultural production, including extensive pastoralism
systems, usually requires large contiguous land to enable economies of scale and synergy …