Stephen M. Wheeler is a Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. His previous books include Planning for Sustainability, The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (co-edited with Timothy Beatley), and Climate Change and Social Ecology. He is a Switzer Fellow and winner of the Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning.  Christina D. Rosan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her books include Governing the Fragmented Metropolis: Planning for Regional Sustainability, Growing a Sustainable City?: The Question of Urban Agriculture (with Hamil Pearsall), and Planning Ideas That Matter (co-edited with Bishwapriya Sanyal and Lawrence Vale).

"Half a century on, drastic change is still needed, warn urban ecologists Stephen Wheeler and Christina Rosen in their enlightening survey of today’s cities."

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction1. How Do We Get to Climate Neutrality?2. How Do We Adapt to the Climate Crisis?3. How Might We Create More Sustainable Economies?4. How Can We Make Affordable, Inclusive, and Equitable Cities?5. How Can We Reduce Spatial Inequality?6. How Can We Get Where We Need to Go More Sustainably?7. How Do We Manage Land More Sustainably?8. How Do We Design Greener Cities?9. How Do We Reduce Our Ecological Footprints?10. How Can Cities Better Support Human Development?11. How Might We Have More Functional Democracy?12. How Can Each of Us Help Lead the Move toward Sustainable Communities?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Stephen M. Wheeler is a Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. His previous books include Planning for Sustainability, The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (co-edited with Timothy Beatley), and Climate Change and Social Ecology. He is a Switzer Fellow and winner of the Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning.  Christina D. Rosan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her books include Governing the Fragmented Metropolis: Planning for Regional Sustainability, Growing a Sustainable City?: The Question of Urban Agriculture (with Hamil Pearsall), and Planning Ideas That Matter (co-edited with Bishwapriya Sanyal and Lawrence Vale).

"Half a century on, drastic change is still needed, warn urban ecologists Stephen Wheeler and Christina Rosen in their enlightening survey of today’s cities."

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction1. How Do We Get to Climate Neutrality?2. How Do We Adapt to the Climate Crisis?3. How Might We Create More Sustainable Economies?4. How Can We Make Affordable, Inclusive, and Equitable Cities?5. How Can We Reduce Spatial Inequality?6. How Can We Get Where We Need to Go More Sustainably?7. How Do We Manage Land More Sustainably?8. How Do We Design Greener Cities?9. How Do We Reduce Our Ecological Footprints?10. How Can Cities Better Support Human Development?11. How Might We Have More Functional Democracy?12. How Can Each of Us Help Lead the Move toward Sustainable Communities?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex