Urban Sustainability: A Global Perspective

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CONTENTS xi foreword by Harm de Blij xv preface xix overview by Jeb Brugmann 1 Advancing toward Urban Sustainability: The Pursuit of Equity Igor Vojnovic 35 Urban Environmental Management in Shanghai: A Multiscale Perspective Wei Tu, Daniel Sui, and Weichun Ma 69 The Urban Expansion and Sustainability Challenge of Cities in China’s West: The Case of Urumqi Jiaguo Qi, Peilei Fan, and Xi Chen 101 Sustainable Manufacturing in Nagoya: Exploring the Dynamics of Japan’s Competitive Advantage Ronald Kalafsky VIII ■ CONTENTS 119 The Sufficiency Economy, Sustainable Development, and Agricultural Towns in Thailand: The Case of Nang Rong Pariwate Varnakovida and Joseph Messina 149 Deconcentration in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area: Governance, Markets, and the Quest for Sustainability Eran Razin 177 The Crisis of Consociational Democracy in Beirut: Conflict Transformation and Sustainability through Electoral Reform Imad Salamey 199 Segmentation and Enclavization in Urban Development: The Sustainable City in India Darshini Mahadevia 227 Urban Sustainability and Automobile Dependence in an Australian Context Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy 255 Urban Sustainability Rhetoric and Neoliberal Realities: Durban—A City in Transition Brij Maharaj and Sultan Khan 283 Residential Marginality, Erasure, and Intractability in Addis Ababa Assefa Mehretu and Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher 309 Water Provision for and by the Peri-urban Poor: Public-Community Partnerships or Citizens Coproduction? Adriana Allen 341 Economic Reorganization, Social Transformation, and Urban Sustainability in Argentina: The Case of Metropolitan Buenos Aires Ricardo Gomez-Insausti and Analia S. Conte 359 Urban Renewal, Favelas, and Guanabara Bay: Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro Brian J. Godfrey 387 Neoliberal Restructuring, Poverty, and Urban Sustainability in Kingston, Jamaica Beverley Mullings 407 Housing and Urban Sustainability: A Los Angeles Case Study Victoria Basolo CONTENTS ■ IX 435 The Colors That Shaped a City: The Role of Racial and Class Tensions in Inhibiting Urban Sustainability, the Detroit Context Igor Vojnovic and Joe T. Darden 475 The Role of Ethnicity and Race in Supporting Sustainable Urban Environments June Manning Thomas 509 Recent Planning and Development in Toronto: Moving Toward Smart Growth? Pierre Filion 531 Planning for Sustainable Development in Montreal: A Qualified Success Raphaël Fischler and Jeanne M. Wolfe 561 Oil for Food—Energy, Equity, and Evolution of Urban Supermarket Locations: An Edmonton, Alberta, Case Study Nairne Cameron, Karen E. Smoyer-Tomic, Vladimir Yasenovskiy, and Carl Amrhein 591 Green Sustainable Øresund Region: Or Eco-Branding Copenhagen and Malmö? Stefan Anderberg and Eric Clark 611 Urban Sustainability in the United Kingdom Michael Pacione 633 Sustainable Development in Portugal: An Analysis of Lisbon and Porto Carlos Balsas 653 Sustainable Development in Traditional Harbor Communities: The Case of Genoa and Naples Giovanna Codato, Zenia Kotval, and Elena Franco 677 contributors ...