Global Sustainable Cities

Danielle Spiegel-Feld (Editor) Danielle Spiegel-Feld is Executive Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law at NYU School of Law.Katrina Miriam Wyman (Editor) Katrina Miriam Wyman is the Sarah Herring Sorin Professor of Law in the School of Law at New York University.John J. Coughlin (Editor) John J. Coughlin is Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law and NYU, Abu Dhabi and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Law School and author of Canon Law: A Comparative Study With Anglo-American Legal Theory and Law, Person and Community, Theological, Philosophical, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law.

"An impressive volume whose international focus allows for cutting-edge comparative assessment in regards to the role of cities in addressing today's environmental challenges. Global Sustainable Cities will contribute significantly to the literature on the role of major cities as they work to advance sustainability through innovative transportation, infrastructure, and energy initiatives." (Vanessa Casado Pérez, Texas A&M University) "Global Sustainable Cities features a phenomenal lineup of contributors whose topics, narrative arc, and implications create a readable, highly compelling volume. Taken altogether, the revealing case studies highlighted in these essays convincingly make the case for the centrality of cities to environmental law." (Nestor Davidson, Faculty Director, Urban Law Center, Fordham University) "An important volume that fills a gap in the literature on cities and climate change. While many have argued that cities are and should be significant actors in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and averting the worst impacts of climate disasters, this book illustrates how different kinds of cities are doing so. The book is also important for its comparative examination of cities' environmental and climate actions across geographic regions and political systems. Any future assessment of cities' roles in maintaining environmental quality and addressing climate change should begin with this impressive volume." (Sheila R. Foster, Georgetown University, author of Co-Cities: Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities) "This important, timely and interesting book explores the current landscape of environmental leadership - examining both their strengths and weaknesses. It provides ample support for the important idea that it is in cities that we can act rapidly to address climate change and its consequences - because we must." (David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto and author of Solved: How the Great Cities of the World Are Fixing the Climate Crisis) "This broad and highly readable comparative collection provides a valuable tool for scholars working with eager students and environmental activists who raise crucial urban ecological issues without always understanding the complex, interlocking legal and governance issues involved in the meaningful implementation of change... its systematic analysis should be an engaging foundation for understanding what has been accomplished, what can be done in the future, and how action can be effectively channeled toward these vital urban issues." (CHOICE)