Joe Ravetz is Director of the Sustainable City-Region programme at the Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, University of Manchester, and a former builder, community architect and development agency manager.

'Deserves the widest possible readership.' Ian Christie, Associate Director at the Local Futures Group 'This is an exciting and important book.' Environmnetal Values

• Part I: Context - Introduction * The State of the City-Region * Trends and Prospects * City-Region 2020 * Part II: Key Sectors - The Built Environment * Travel and Transport * Land and Ecology * Water and Pollution * Energy and Climate * Economy and Work * Part III: Putting it Together - Lifestyle and Community * Regeneration * Funding the City-Region * Summary and Conclusions * Abbreviations and Acronyms * Core Indicators * Rio Principles and Agenda 21 * References * Index

Joe Ravetz is Director of the Sustainable City-Region programme at the Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, University of Manchester, and a former builder, community architect and development agency manager.

'Deserves the widest possible readership.' Ian Christie, Associate Director at the Local Futures Group 'This is an exciting and important book.' Environmnetal Values

• Part I: Context - Introduction * The State of the City-Region * Trends and Prospects * City-Region 2020 * Part II: Key Sectors - The Built Environment * Travel and Transport * Land and Ecology * Water and Pollution * Energy and Climate * Economy and Work * Part III: Putting it Together - Lifestyle and Community * Regeneration * Funding the City-Region * Summary and Conclusions * Abbreviations and Acronyms * Core Indicators * Rio Principles and Agenda 21 * References * Index