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Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Second Edition: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities

Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Second Edition: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities

Portney, Kent E.

Paperback

Series: American and Comparative Environmental Policy

EconomicsEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0262518279
ISBN13: 9780262518277
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Jan 11 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.01 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
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 some form of sustainability initiative. Yet there have been few systematic comparisons across cities, or theoretically grounded considerations of what works and what does not, and why. In Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Kent Portney addresses this gap, offering a comprehensive overview and analysis of sustainability programs and policies in American cities. After discussing the conceptual underpinnings of sustainability, he examines the local aspects of sustainability; considers the measurement of sustainability and offers an index of serious sustainability for the fifty-five largest cities in the country; examines the relationship between sustainability and economic growth; and discusses issues of governance, equity, and implementation. He also offers extensive case studies, with separate chapters on large, medium-size, and small cities, and provides an empirically grounded analysis of why some large cities are more ambitious than others in their sustainability efforts.

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