Edited by Kevin Archer, Professor and Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Central Washington University and Kris Bezdecny, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, US

'How are cities both at the root of our environmental problems yet central to solving them? The essays assembled here offer rich responses, through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis. It will be an excellent resource for urbanists across the disciplines.'

• Contents:1. IntroductionKris Bezdecny and Kevin ArcherPART I THEORIZING THE PRODUCTION OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS2. Urban Imaginaries of City and NatureJohn Rennie Short3. Re-Naturing Cities: Great Promises, Deadlock … and New Beginnings?Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika4. Urban Resilience, the Local and the Politics of the Anthropocene: Reflections on the Future of the Urban EnvironmentLazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini PART II DESIGNS FOR THE CITY ENVIRONMENT5. North American and European Sustainable Urbanism: Toward a Theoretical Model for Sustainable Urban DesignRafael E. Pizarro6. Sustainable Urban Futures: Contested Transitions and Creative PathwaysJoe Ravetz7. Towards an Urban Metabolic Analysis of the Informal CityLouise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castán BrotoPART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY ENVIRONMENTS8. Urbanization, Climate Change, and Regional Integration in the MekongRichard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga9. Urban Resilience to Climate Change Challenges in AfricaRobert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith10. Urban Flooding, Vulnerability and JusticeDonald HoustonPART IV URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES11. The Group and Ideological Bases of Local Sustainability Policies and ProgramsKent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry12. Green Space in Urban Sustainability Plans: Trends and Best PracticesLisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland13. Mending Fences: Constituting Urban Subjects Through Environmental StewardshipNate Gabriel14. “Restoring” Seattle’s River: Competing Conceptions of the Duwamish Socio-natureKevin Archer and Kris BezdecnyPART V OTHER EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT15. City Sensing and Urban AestheticsJennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt16. Making MoorhenRyan JonesPART VI THE PROSPECT FOR CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT17. The New Urban Assertions: No Prospect ThereKathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson18. Sustainability and the CityTimothy W. LukeIndex

Edited by Kevin Archer, Professor and Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Central Washington University and Kris Bezdecny, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, US

'How are cities both at the root of our environmental problems yet central to solving them? The essays assembled here offer rich responses, through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis. It will be an excellent resource for urbanists across the disciplines.'

• Contents:1. IntroductionKris Bezdecny and Kevin ArcherPART I THEORIZING THE PRODUCTION OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS2. Urban Imaginaries of City and NatureJohn Rennie Short3. Re-Naturing Cities: Great Promises, Deadlock … and New Beginnings?Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika4. Urban Resilience, the Local and the Politics of the Anthropocene: Reflections on the Future of the Urban EnvironmentLazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini PART II DESIGNS FOR THE CITY ENVIRONMENT5. North American and European Sustainable Urbanism: Toward a Theoretical Model for Sustainable Urban DesignRafael E. Pizarro6. Sustainable Urban Futures: Contested Transitions and Creative PathwaysJoe Ravetz7. Towards an Urban Metabolic Analysis of the Informal CityLouise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castán BrotoPART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY ENVIRONMENTS8. Urbanization, Climate Change, and Regional Integration in the MekongRichard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga9. Urban Resilience to Climate Change Challenges in AfricaRobert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith10. Urban Flooding, Vulnerability and JusticeDonald HoustonPART IV URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES11. The Group and Ideological Bases of Local Sustainability Policies and ProgramsKent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry12. Green Space in Urban Sustainability Plans: Trends and Best PracticesLisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland13. Mending Fences: Constituting Urban Subjects Through Environmental StewardshipNate Gabriel14. “Restoring” Seattle’s River: Competing Conceptions of the Duwamish Socio-natureKevin Archer and Kris BezdecnyPART V OTHER EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT15. City Sensing and Urban AestheticsJennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt16. Making MoorhenRyan JonesPART VI THE PROSPECT FOR CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT17. The New Urban Assertions: No Prospect ThereKathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson18. Sustainability and the CityTimothy W. LukeIndex