Description
Book SynopsisSteven Cohen presents an approachable and applicable guide to urban sustainability that highlights how new, greener trends in city development touch our lives on a daily basis. Replete with recommendations and insights,
The Sustainable City has invaluable lessons for anyone seeking to link public policy to promoting a sustainable lifestyle.
Trade ReviewAt the city level, the question of how to handle water resources, energy use, and transportation is not abstract but concrete. Citizens, planners, business people, and policy makers can easily see the problems and how a sustainable approach would be beneficial. Steven Cohen draws on his extensive teaching and public management experience in documenting the kinds of sustainability measures that have been successful in major cities around the world, and he points to what other cities realistically can do in the future. -- Michael E. Kraft, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Concepts1. Defining the Sustainable City
2. Sustainable Urban Systems: Defined and Explained
3. The Sustainable Lifestyle: Defined and Explained
4. The Transition to Sustainably Managed Organizations
5. The Role of Politics and Public Policy in Building Sustainable Cities
Part II: Cases in Urban Sustainability6. Waste Management in New York City, Hong Kong and Beijing
7. Mass and Personal Transit
8. The Building of the Smartgrid: Cases of Microgrid Development
9. Parks and Public Space
10. Sustainable Urban Living
Part III: Conclusions11. Toward the Sustainable City
Works Cited
Index
