Robert Krueger & Tim Freytag 
Adventures in Sustainable Urbanism [EPUB ebook] 

In the context of urban sustainable development, the ‘details’ of sustainability’s current expressions perpetuate environmental injustice, untenable growth, and the destruction of functioning ecosystems. In response to this state of affairs,
Adventures in Sustainable Urbanism aims to prompt new debates about the consequences of sustainable urbanism as it moves from planning to practice. Contributors explore policy, practice, and experience from cities around the world, including Calgary, Christchurch, Dortmund, Vancouver, and others. Written by scholars who live in these cities, chapters offer empirically rich descriptions for opening up new lines of thinking, theorizing, and debate about the sustainable city and its actual material expressions in place. By examining the sustainable city through various analytical framings, contributors urge readers to move from viewing the sustainable city as something everyone can agree on, to a highly politicized and contested process. Additional resources are provided for readers who may wish to extend their own research into a city or theme.



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Table of Content

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction



Global Transformations, Cities, and the New Sustainability Consensus


Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and
Samuel Mossner



1. Constructing Sustainable Development


Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag and
Samuel Mossner



2. The Rise of Sustainable Urban Development


Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and
Samuel Mossner



3. A Tale of Two Cities: Christchurch, New Zealand, and Sustainable Urban Disaster Recovery


Tim Baird and
C. Michael Hall



4. Reworking Newtown Creek


Winifred Curran and
Trina Hamilton



5. From Sprawling Cowtown to Social Sustainability Pioneer: The Sustainability Journey of Calgary, Alberta


Freya Kristensen



6. The Greenest City Experience: Exploring Social Action and Social Sustainability in Vancouver, Canada


Marit Rosol and
Cristina Temenos



7. Introducing Luxembourg: Ephemeral Sustainabilities


Constance Carr



8. Montpellier Écocité: From Growth Machine to Sustainability?


David Giband



9. Building Ecopolis in the World’s Factory: A Field Note on Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city


I-Chun Catherine Chang



10. Sustainable Empire?


Michal Kohout



11. Middle-Class Family Enclavism and Solidarity from a Distance Notes from a Field of Contradictions in Dortmund, Germany


Susanne Frank



12. A Conclusion? Or, Toward a New Beginning?


Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and
Samuel Mossner



Contributors

Index

About the author

Robert Krueger is Associate Professor of Geography at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the coeditor (with David Gibbs) of
The Sustainable Development Paradox: Urban Political Economy in the United States and Europe.
Tim Freytag is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Samuel Mössner is Professor for Planning and Sustainability at the University of Münster, Germany.