This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.
This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.
Ernest J. Yanarella is Professor of Political Science and Richard S. Levine is Professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky. Together, they cofounded the university’s Center for Sustainable Cities (CSC), whose aim is to study and advance the theory and practice of sustainability.
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Preface and Acknowledgments List of Tables and Figures Introduction Part I: Strategic Considerations 1. Does Sustainable Development Lead to Sustainability? 2. The Sustainable Cities Manifesto 3. Variations on a “Green” Theme: Overcoming Semantics in the Sustainability Debate 4. Don’t Pick the Low-hanging Fruit? 5. From the City to the City-Region: The Sustainable Area Budget, Rural Partnerland and Sustainability Engine 6. The Sustainable City Game as a Game and a Tool of Urban Design Part II: Sustainable Cities Around the World 7. Urban Dreams of Global Sustainability 8. The Promise and Pitfalls of Chattanooga’s Entrepreneurial “Sustainability” Strategy 9. Sustainability Comes to Okotoks, Alberta 10. Vienna’s Westbahnhof Sustainable Urban Implantation − The City-as-a-Hill 11. The Success of SUCCESS: The Chinese Village as Catalyst of Future Chinese Sustainable Cities 12. The Long March to Sustainability in China Closing Thoughts Conclusion: Taking the Road Less Traveled Appendix Appendix A: Charter of European Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability Appendix B: Emerald City: A Roleplaying Sustainability Game References Index
Preface and Acknowledgments List of Tables and Figures Introduction Part I: Strategic Considerations 1. Does Sustainable Development Lead to Sustainability? 2. The Sustainable Cities Manifesto 3. Variations on a “Green” Theme: Overcoming Semantics in the Sustainability Debate 4. Don’t Pick the Low-hanging Fruit? 5. From the City to the City-Region: The Sustainable Area Budget, Rural Partnerland and Sustainability Engine 6. The Sustainable City Game as a Game and a Tool of Urban Design Part II: Sustainable Cities Around the World 7. Urban Dreams of Global Sustainability 8. The Promise and Pitfalls of Chattanooga’s Entrepreneurial “Sustainability” Strategy 9. Sustainability Comes to Okotoks, Alberta 10. Vienna’s Westbahnhof Sustainable Urban Implantation − The City-as-a-Hill 11. The Success of SUCCESS: The Chinese Village as Catalyst of Future Chinese Sustainable Cities 12. The Long March to Sustainability in China Closing Thoughts Conclusion: Taking the Road Less Traveled Appendix Appendix A: Charter of European Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability Appendix B: Emerald City: A Roleplaying Sustainability Game References Index
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