Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions: Planning within Planetary Boundaries

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Barbara Norman

Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions

Planning within Planetary Boundaries

Barbara Norman

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Routledge
12 July 2019

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Development studies; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

In an urbanizing world, the majority of people live in urban settlements predominantly on the coastal edge. Focus has historically been on people, place and the challenges and opportunities of living with global change, and academic attention has largely been on sustainability science or sustainable solutions. This book seeks to strengthen the relatively weak link between sustainability science, land use planning and socio-economic change, and show that a more integrated approach to planning will be required to develop more sustainable pathways for cities and regions in the future.

Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions builds on the recent publications on cities and climate change, resilient cities and coasts, and sustainable cities, and looks at the ways in which current planning approaches need to be adapted to embrace concepts including green growth, planetary boundaries, healthy cities and longer-term sustainability. Drawing on case studies from four cities selected for their publicly stated commitment to sustainability – Canberra, Kuala Lumpur, Copenhagen and New York – the author proposes seven sustainable pathways and draws conclusions on the positive contribution planning can make in preparing urban and regional communities for significant change in the twenty-first century city.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of urban planning, sustainable cities, climate change, green growth and community engagement. It will also be of great value to leaders and community activists seeking more sustainable pathways for their cities and regions.

By: Barbara Norman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9780367374419
ISBN 10: 0367374412
Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 12 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. Planning within Planetary Boundaries Professors Barbara Norman and Will Steffen. 3. Challenges for the Urban 21st Century. 4. Thinking Outside the Square: Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration. 5. Implementing Plans and Strategies. 6. Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions. 7. Conclusions. Appendix 1. List of Interviewees. Index.

Professor Barbara Norman PhD is the Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban and Regional Futures (CURF) at the University of Canberra. Professor Norman is Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council and a Life Fellow and past national president of the Planning Institute of Australia.

Reviews for Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions: Planning within Planetary Boundaries

This text takes a global perspective, seeking to address the need to work within the limits of the planet, whilst also addressing the needs of those living in cities...I finished reading Norman's book on my return to my home city of Glasgow, soon to be host to the COP26 summit where world leaders will congregate to report on their progress to the Paris Accord of 2015 and consider the next of their responses to climate change. It would be good if on their travels from across the globe, many of them and their advisors also take the time to read this book. - Robert Rogerson, Institute for Future Cities, University of Strathclyde, UK