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Information

Publisher

SUNY Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781438476506

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Political History & Theory

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction Global Transformations, Cities, and the New Sustainability Consensus
Chapter 1 Constructing Sustainable Development
Chapter 2 The Rise of Sustainable Urban Development
Chapter 3 A Tale of Two Cities: Christchurch, New Zealand, and Sustainable Urban Disaster Recovery
Chapter 4 Reworking Newtown Creek
Chapter 5 From Sprawling Cowtown to Social Sustainability Pioneer: The Sustainability Journey of Calgary, Alberta
Chapter 6 The Greenest City Experience: Exploring Social Action and Social Action and
Chapter 7 Introducing Luxembourg: Ephemeral Sustainabilities
Chapter 8 Montpellier Écocité: From Growth Machine to Sustainability?
Chapter 9 Building Ecopolis in the World’s Factory: A Field Note on Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city
Chapter 10 Sustainable Empire?
Chapter 11 Middle-Class Family Enclavism and Solidarity from a Distance Notes from a Field of Contradictions in Dortmund, Germany
Chapter 12 A Conclusion? Or, Toward a New Beginning?
Contributors
Index
Back Cover