In the second edition of Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Kent E. Portney provides an
update to his 2003 book on sustainable cities. As the concept of sustainability has matured …

This chapter provides an introduction to the book and sets the context for exploring how US
cities are planning for and implementing sustainability. We begin by defining sustainability in …

A theoretically driven comparison of sustainability programs in American cities, updated with
the latest research and additional case studies. Today most major cities have undertaken …

Cities provide a unique microchasm of actors, institutions, and policies around the values
intrinsic to sustainability goals. The scope and scale of the city theoretically enables us to …

The term" sustainable city" is now an inescapable part of the urban studies lexicon, but what
does it mean in practice to be a sustainable city? The answer, of course, depends on to …

Sustainability is a seemingly ubiquitous term and there is a voluminous body of academic
work on the topic. Matthew I. Slavin's edited book Sustainability in America's cities: creating …

After briefly reviewing some conceptual underpinnings of sustainable cities, this paper
analyses and compares sustainable cities initiatives in 24 US cities. The central question …

Using information from a 2010 International City/County Management Association survey of
2,176 local governments, this article considers why and how counties, cities, and towns are …

In September of 2015 world leaders, heads of global financial institutions and other
dignitaries met in New York to formally adopt the newest framework for sustainability, the …