Dilemmas of sustainable urban development : a view from practice / edited by Jonathan Metzger and Jenny Lindblad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Metzger, Jonathan, 1978- editor.

Lindblad, Jenny, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development offers valuable insights into a difficult line of work whose practice inevitably requires a confrontation with fundamental conflicts between divergent goals, and therefore also demands difficult choices and compromises. With contributions from leading academics and expert practitioners, this book provides readers with diverse international case studies which highlight and examine the concrete challenges of practicing sustainable urban development. The examples in this book touch upon all aspects of sustainable urban development work, from City Hall to the local park. All of the cases unfold in their own specific contexts under particular circumstances-but from each one of them there are general lessons that can be used to inform practice. This book is essential reading for anyone who is active as a student, researcher, or practitioner in the field of urban development"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A Practice-Centered Approach to Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development

1. Law. Sustainable Development in English Planning Law: Golden Thread or Black Swan

2. Politics. Who Stands Up for Ecology? The Politics of Sustainable Land Use in Stockholm

3. Concretization. Sustainability in City Management and Urban Planning in Gothenburg: From Vague Vision to Social Inclusion Activities

4. Strategy. What Is More Important than Getting Things Done? Learning from Sustainable Sydney 2030

5. Best Practices. Contradictions of the 'Green City' in Germany

6. Mobility. Promises of Intermodality for Sustainable Mobility in Bordeaux

7. Complexities. Construction Sites of Sustainable Low Carbon Transition in Paris: Snapshots of Internal Organization, Energy Plans and Technical Infrastructure

8. Values. Valuing Sustainability in Bordeaux: Should the Grass Be Cut?

9. Programming. Programming Urban Transitions in Practice

10. Evidence. Evidence-Based Urban Development: Beyond the Urban Anecdotes?

11. Smart. Climate-Smart Cities?: A Corporate Takeover of Urban Environmental Governance in Malmö

12. Ownership. Delivering Sustainable Development: Landownership and Accountability in Cambridge

13. Tools. Realizing the Vision of a Socially Inclusive RiverCity

14. Commons. Producing Collaborative Sustainable Urban Development: Experiences ofWaterManagement in Bangalore, India

15. Expectations. Hope and Despair: Professionals' Struggle to Navigate Multiple Planning Ideas in a Public-Private Collaboration in Gothenburg

16. Concluding Commentary. Will Sustainability Be Replaced by Resilience, and If So, Why?

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-08043-9

0-429-29445-X

9780429294457

OCLC:

1142911774