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The Sustainable City provides a broad and engaging overview of the urban systems of the twenty-first century. It approaches urban sustainability from the perspectives of behavioral change, organizational management, and public policy, looking at case studies of existing legislation, programs, and public-private partnerships that strive to align modern urban life and sustainability. The book synthesizes the disparate strands of sustainable city planning in an approachable and applicable guide that highlights how these issues touch our lives on a daily basis, including the transportation we take, the public health systems that protect us, where our energy comes from, and what becomes of our food waste.

This second edition of The Sustainable City dives deeper into the financing of sustainable infrastructure and initiatives and puts additional emphasis on the roles that individual citizens and varied stakeholders can play. It also reviews current trends in urban inequality and discusses whether a model of sustainability that embraces a multidimensional approach to development and a multi-stakeholder approach to decision-making can foster social inclusion. It features many more examples and new international case studies spanning the globe.

Speakers:

· Steven Cohen, Senior Vice Dean of Columbia’s School of Professional Studies, Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

· Dong GUO, Associate Director of the Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management at Columbia University

· Dajian ZHU, Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainability Development at Tongji University

· Junjie LI, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Department of Architecture, and an Organizing Committee member of the Party Branch of the Department of Architecture at Beijing Jiaotong University

· Wan LIU, Associate Dean of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University