Is there a way to convert the vast, fast growing, low-density urban areas of the world to
sustainability other than attempting to contain the growth and increase the density of existing …

In order to be ready for the harsh environmental challenges of the 21st century, cities need a
new planning agenda. Defining this agenda is impossible without first revisiting the core …

It is 30 years since the Club of Rome published The Limits to Growth (Meadows, 1972)
warning us of the consequences of continuing to deplete the world's resources at the …

As the world entered the twentieth century, an estimated 2 per cent of the population lived in
urban areas. As we entered the twenty-first century it was estimated that slightly more than …

Current processes of globalization, glocalization, commercialization, and mass media
communications are incorporating fascinating new forms of visual and marketing methods …

The last five years have brought an enormous growth in the literature on how urban
development can meet human needs and ensure ecological sustainability. This collection …

What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open
spaces, streets and squares more responsive, lively and safe? Urban Sustainability through …

Sustainability concerns conditions required to assure the durability of human life and
society. In an urban context it pertains largely to the relation between cities and their …

Just two or three decades ago there was not much talk or concern regarding the creation of
sustainable resilient cities. We saw multiple cases, like Mexico, whose nine largest cities on …

The practice of urban planning has a long history, most probably dating from the earliest
cities many thousands of years ago. However, the modern concept of urban planning only …