This book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges posed by radical socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural changes due to globalization
'Sustainable development' is a key issue of concern to urban planners across the globe. How it is defined, implemented and measured at the local level remains h
A unified framework for analyzing urban sustainability in terms of cities' inflows and outflows of matter and energy. Urbanization and globalization have shaped
More than half the world's population currently lives in urban areas, and virtually all of the world's population growth over the next three decades is expected
Which new institutions do we need to trigger local and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainabilit