The Sustainable City

Author:   Steven Cohen
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231182041


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 November 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Steven Cohen
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231182041


ISBN 10:   023118204
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Concepts 1. Defining the Sustainable City 2. Sustainable Urban Systems: Defined and Explained 3. The Sustainable Lifestyle: Defined and Explained 4. The Transition to Sustainably Managed Organizations 5. The Role of Politics and Public Policy in Building Sustainable Cities Part II: Cases in Urban Sustainability 6. Waste Management in New York City, Hong Kong and Beijing 7. Mass and Personal Transit 8. The Building of the Smartgrid: Cases of Microgrid Development 9. Parks and Public Space 10. Sustainable Urban Living Part III: Conclusions 11. Toward the Sustainable City Works Cited Index

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At the city level, the question of how to handle water resources, energy use, and transportation is not abstract but concrete. Citizens, planners, business people, and policy makers can easily see the problems and how a sustainable approach would be beneficial. Steven Cohen draws on his extensive teaching and public management experience in documenting the kinds of sustainability measures that have been successful in major cities around the world, and he points to what other cities realistically can do in the future.--Michael E. Kraft, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy


At the city level, the question of how to handle water resources, energy use, and transportation is not abstract but concrete. Citizens, planners, business people, and policy makers can easily see the problems and how a sustainable approach would be beneficial. Steven Cohen draws on his extensive teaching and public management experience in documenting the kinds of sustainability measures that have been successful in major cities around the world, and he points to what other cities realistically can do in the future. -- Michael E. Kraft, coeditor of <i>The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy</i>


Author Information

Steven Cohen is executive director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and a professor in the practice of public affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is the director of the Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy and the Master of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia. His books include Sustainability Management: Lessons from and for New York City, America, and the Planet (2011) and Understanding Environmental Policy (2014, second edition), both from Columbia University Press.

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