11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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  1. Add to Wish List Urban Climate Resilience

    Urban Climate Resilience

    Edited by Angela van der Berg, Jonathan Verschuuren
    This significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, i...
    Hardback (2022)

    List price $187.00

    Member price $168.30

  2. Add to Wish List Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe

    Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe

    Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
    Foreword by Ian Gough This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what...
    Hardback (2022)

    List price $156.00

    Member price $140.40

  3. Add to Wish List City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis

    City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis

    Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Cathy Garner
    Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights ...
    Hardback (2021)

    List price $200.00

    Member price $180.00

  4. Add to Wish List Personal Sustainability Practices

    Personal Sustainability Practices

    Edited by Mark Starik, Patricia Kanashiro
    Personal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, c...
    Hardback (2021)

    List price $147.00

    Member price $132.30

  5. Add to Wish List Defining Public Goods

    Defining Public Goods

    David J. O’Brien
    Through the lens of an economist’s notion of public goods, David J. O’Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. The author describes in detail how seemi...
    Hardback (2021)

    List price $120.00

    Member price $108.00

  6. Add to Wish List A Research Agenda for Climate Justice

    A Research Agenda for Climate Justice

    Edited by Paul G. Harris
    Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new ...
    Hardback (2019)

    List price $131.00

    Member price $117.90

    Paperback (2021)

    List price $43.95

    Member price $35.16

  7. Add to Wish List Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City

    Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City

    Edited by Peter K. Kresl
    This original book examines the experiences cities and urban areas have had with two principal concerns that confront them today: sustainability and competitiveness. Featuring a wide-ranging set of contributions from top researchers, thi...
    Hardback (2020)

    List price $157.00

    Member price $141.30

  8. Add to Wish List Social Innovation and Urban Governance

    Social Innovation and Urban Governance

    Edited by Marc Pradel-Miquel, Ana B. Cano-Hila, Marisol García Cabeza
    Presenting social innovation initiatives that emerged from organized citizenry in Southern European cities, this book explores the response to austerity policies implemented after the 2008 economic crisis. Chapters look at the common aim...
    Hardback (2020)

    List price $132.00

    Member price $118.80

  9. Add to Wish List Sustainable and Efficient Transport

    Sustainable and Efficient Transport

    Edited by Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Suvi Sankari, Anu Bask
    The EU Commission has set the goal of facilitating a competitive transport system, increasing mobility and supporting growth while simultaneously reaching a target of 60 per cent emissions reductions by 2050. In light of past performance...
    Hardback (2019)

    List price $163.00

    Member price $146.70

  10. Add to Wish List Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport

    Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport

    Edited by Marta Villar Ezcurra, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor, Mikael Skou Andersen
    As populations become increasingly concentrated in urban centres and mega cities, while demands on transportation continue to grow, the question of how to mitigate the environmental footprint of these trends is ever more pressing. This c...
    Hardback (2019)

    List price $158.00

    Member price $142.20

  11. Add to Wish List Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities

    Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities

    Edited by Richard D. Knowles, Fiona Ferbrache
    This book provides new dimensions and a contemporary focus on sustainable transport, urban regeneration and development in eight countries spanning four continents at different stages of development. It examines the role of transit orien...
    Hardback (2019)

    List price $153.00

    Member price $137.70

  12. Add to Wish List Developing Bus Rapid Transit

    Developing Bus Rapid Transit

    Edited by Fiona Ferbrache
    Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a popular mode of sustainable public urban transit given dedicated focus in this timely collection. The effects of BRT are examined in-depth through a range of case studies from cities across six continents, in...
    Hardback (2019)

    List price $153.00

    Member price $137.70

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