PART I: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy.- 1. Introduction: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy.- PART II: Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities.- 2. Introduction: Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities.- 3. New Urban Spaces: The Emergence of Green Economies.- 4. Environmental Discourse and Economic Growth in the Greening of Post-Industrial Cities.- 5. Sustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy.- 6. Green Cities: Benefits of Urban Sustainability.- 7. Working in Green Cities: Improving the Urban Environment While Creating Jobs and Enhancing Working Conditions.- 8. Sustainable Development for Cities and Citizens: Green Housing, Employment and Transport.- 9. Cities and the Green Economy.- 10. Green Cities Into Practice.- 11. Emerging-Market Cities Could Set a New Standard for Sustainable Development.- PART III: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action.-  12. Introduction: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action.- 13. Accelerating Green Urban Growth.- 14. Linking Green City Politics with Green Business.- 15. Policy Instruments for Promoting a Green Urban Economy: The Changing Role of the State.-  16. Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement.- 17. We Know Enough: Achieving Action Through the Convergence of Sustainable Community Development and the Social Economy.- 18. Seven Conditions for Effective Green Governance.- PART IV: Strategies and Approaches for Greening Urban Economies.- 19. Introduction: Strategies and Approaches for Greening Urban Economies.- 20. The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Approaches to a City-Scale Mini-Stern Review.- 21. City Development Strategies and the Transition Towards a Green Urban Economy.- 22. Low Carbon Enterprise Zones: Towards a Fossil Fuel Free City Economy.- 23. Green Clusters and the Entrepreneurial Local Government: Portland’s Economic Development Strategy.- 24. Green Cities RequireGreen Housing: Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Housing and Slum Upgrading in Cities in Developing Countries.- 25. EcoMobility and its Benefits in an Urban Context.- 26. Assessing the Cost of Groundwater Degradation in the Urbanizing Desert Area of Wadi El Natrun.- 27. Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water: An Instrument of the Green Economy to Realize the Millennium Development Goals.- 28. Decentralized Composting in Asian Cities: Lessons Learned and Future Potential in Meeting the Green Urban Economy.- 29. Biodiversity and Culture, Two Key Ingredients for a Truly Green Urban Economy:  Learning From Agriculture and Forestry Policies in Kanazawa City, Japan.- 30. An Economic Assessment of the Deforestation of Ghana’s Garden City of West Africa.- 31. Financing a Green Urban Economy: The Potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).- PART V: Experiences and Examples from City Governments.- 32. Introduction: Experiences and Examples from City Governments.- 33. Synergies Between Environment and Economy Within a City Administration - Experiences Made by the City of Hannover, Germany.- 34. Auckland Council: Creating a Transformational Shift Towards a Sustainable Eco-Economy.- 35. Sustainable Urban Development Policy in the Region of Flanders.- 36. Greening the Local Economy Through Municipal Sustainable Procurement Policies: Implementation Challenges and Successes in Western Canada.- 37. City of Raleigh Office of Sustainability: Green Building Training Program.- 38. Changing to a Sustainable Socio-Economic System: A Challenge for Kyoto as a Historic City.- Index.