1st Edition

Cities and Sustainability A new approach

By Daniel Hoornweg Copyright 2016
238 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Cities are the most likely actors to design and bring about lasting sustainability. An agreement among the world’s larger cities is possible, and likely a necessary but insufficient condition to achieve sustainable development. Cities and Sustainability explores the ways in which cities are both the biggest threat to sustainability, and the most powerful tool to get us to sustainable... Read more
    1. Searching for Sustainability – The urgency of an effective approach
    2. Sustainable Development for cities and citizens
    3. The Urbanscape – Why cities are at the core of sustainability
    4. Cities Defining Sustainable Development
    5. Widening Concepts – A Cities Approach to Planetary Boundaries
    6. Market Concepts – Sustainability Cost Curves
    7. Towards effective agreements on sustainable development through cities
    8. Path Forward

    Afterword – The Buenos Aires Accord

Biography

Daniel Hoornweg is an Associate Professor and Richard Marceau Chair in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada.