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'This landmark volume is a treasure trove of essays from around the world addressing the question of how we can make the city sustainable in human social terms...this book will indeed be required reading for all of us.' Professor John Friedmann, University of California at Los Angeles 'It is very rare for scientifically-based volumes to deliver such a strong message as this...' Professor Xavier Greffe, Universite de Paris I-Sorbonne, France '...this volume contains a large and diverse number of chapters on the general theme of the sustainable city. Most senior students and scholars with interest in this topic will definitely find any number of insightful chapters in their areas of interest.' European Journal of Development Research '...all the papers have clearly been edited and revised to a consistent standard. The authorship is varied and, while it contains some of the world's leading urbanists, it also includes practitioners and policy makers...This is beneficial in terms of unexpected and challenging perspectives...The book has three great merits. First, it is wide-ranging and provides some crisp essays on modern thinking about urbanism and urban governance for readers who need an accessible update on current trends...Second, it has the authority of the UN behind it, giving additional gravitas and credibility...Third, some contributions succeed in unsettling the standard dogmas of western urbanists...it serves best as a source to be consulted periodically by the teacher, practitioner or advance student.' Geography 'Those who are interested in the vision behind the facts, those who find an integrated, holistic, global vision important, and those who look for the drivers of the mechanisms, their evolution and devolution, should read this significant contribution to sustainable cities at human(istic) size.' International Journal of Environment and Pollution

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Luigi Fusco Girard is Professor of Economy and Environmental Evaluation within the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Naples ""Federico II"", Italy. In addition to this, he is Director of both the Department of Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Assets, and the Specialization School in Restoration of Monuments. He also coordinates the PhD Course in ""Evaluation Methods for the Integrated Conservation of the Architectural, Urban and Environmental Heritage"". Bruno Forte is Professor of Dogmatic Theology within the Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, in Naples, Italy, and works as a Consultant of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Maria Cerreta, PhD and Pasquale De Toro, PhD, both work within the Department of Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Assets at the University of Naples ""Federico II"" (Italy). Fabiana Forte, PhD, works within the Faculty of Architecture at the Second University of Naples, Italy.

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