Can neighborhood design improve traffic? Although a fair question in its own right, several
influential planning strategies, including “the new urbanism,”“smart growth,” and the …

Rapid worldwide urbanization is at once the main cause and, potentially, the main solution
to global sustainable development challenges. The growth of cities is typically associated …

The development and use of indicators is common practice in efforts to promote urban
sustainability. Indicators used to measure urban sustainability tend to focus narrowly on …

Community food assessments (CFAs) constitute a first step in planning for community food
security. Community food security is a situation in which all community residents obtain a …

Suburbs are becoming increasingly diverse as they continue to comprise larger portions of
the metropolitan population and employment. Former perceptions of suburban uniformity are …

This paper explores measures of pedestrian accessibility and network connectivity with a
network that includes pedestrian facilities in addition to the street network. Studies that focus …

Local authorities in South Africa have responded to the post-apartheid promise of
redistribution and democratisation by adopting market principles in the delivery of essential …

Private sector partnerships (PSPs) have been increasingly advocated as an instrument of
'pro-poor'water supply policies. This article examines the performance of the private sector …

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of social capital and environmental
management in two rapidly growing regions in south-east Asia, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh …

In many developing world cities, where municipal infrastructure lags urban growth, lower-
income communities may compensate by relying on local waterways to meet basic needs for …