Massive growth is threatening the sustainability of cities and the quality of city life. Mass
urbanisation can lead to social instability, undermining the capacity of cities to be …

This chapter draws on a background paper entitled Sustainable Development and Cities
that the authors wrote for Global Forum 94, the Forum in Manchester (UK) that brought …

The size of modern cities, too, in terms of numbers as well as physical scale, is
unprecedented: in 1800 there was only one city with a million people–London. In the 19th …

At the dawn of the third millennium, planet Earth entered a zone of turbulence. The 2008
crisis added economic uncertainty to the threat of global warming and extreme events such …

Containing the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and
Sustainability this book addresses the multi-disciplinary aspects of urban planning; a result …

The majority of the world's population now live in cities. This poses great challenges, but
also great opportunities in terms of tackling climate change, resource depletion and …

Cities are home to half the world's seven billion people. Current urbanization trends indicate
that an additional three billion people will be living in cities by 2050, increasing the urban …

This report summarizes the sustainability issues faced by cities and points toward the road
ahead. It reviews successes in policy as well as investment, and discusses what is needed …

Large, modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature. But while
they take up only three percent of the world's land surface, their ecological footprints actually …

Probably one of the most important defeats for sustainable development during this century
is dealing with the unpreceded challenges facing cities. Especially demographic …