Sustainable Cities: Governing for Urban Innovation

In: Planning, Environment, Cities Ser.

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Sustainability and the City? -- Introducing the sustainable city -- The sustainable city as process -- The sustainable city in the Urban Age -- Principles of the sustainable city: three approaches -- Contemporary theme 1: the low-carbon eco-city -- Contemporary theme 2: the resilient city -- Contemporary theme 3: the liveable city -- What's in a name? -- Key challenges -- Conclusions -- 2 Conceptualizing Urban Sustainability: The Process Perspective -- Introduction: focusing on the means, not the ends -- Transitions towards sustainable cities -- Urban sustainability as adaptive system process -- Governing for urban sustainability -- Conclusions -- 3 Past and Present Policy Discourses -- Introduction: sustainabilities new and old -- On policy discourse -- The sustainable city in response to the Industrial Age -- The emergence of 'the environment' -- Global sustainability agenda -- Ecological cities as economic cities -- The policy landscape: so what's new? -- Conclusions -- 4 The Global Picture -- Introduction: the evidence on the ground -- Methodological considerations -- Global trends -- From new city to retrofit innovation -- Technological versus social -- International partnerships -- Learning from the big picture -- Conclusions -- 5 New Governance Challenges -- Introduction: questioning the governance consensus -- Treasure Island -- Portland's EcoDistricts -- Common features of new-mode governance in practice -- Conclusions -- 6 The Rise of the Urban Sustainability Framework -- Introduction: global standards for local practices? -- Conceptualizing eco-city frameworks -- Similar but different: three replicable frameworks in comparison -- Tianjin Eco-City Key Performance Indicators -- Climate Positive Development Program -- One Planet Living.