The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability

Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine

Anthem Press, 2011 - Business & Economics - 285 pages

Outlining a robust strategy for sustainable city-regions that has emerged from over two-and-a-half decades of theoretical and practical work, 'The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability' cuts through the received wisdom and popular misunderstanding surrounding sustainability to demonstrate how global problems can best be addressed at the local-regional scale. Featuring an array of case studies - focusing on both strong and weak examples of sustainable cities - the text delivers a bold message to the urban planners of tomorrow: only the road less traveled holds real promise of creating sustainable city-regions, with this journey requiring the balanced guidance of ecological and technological conviviality.

Contents

• Does Sustainable Development Lead: 3
• The Sustainable Cities Manifesto: 23
• Overcoming: 41
• The Sustainable: 63
• The Sustainable City Game as a Game: 79
• Urban Dreams of Global Sustainability: 97
• The Promise and Pitfalls of Chattanoogas: 115
• Sustainability Comes to Okotoks Alberta: 141
• Viennas Westbahnhof Sustainable Urban: 165
• The Chinese Village: 183
• The Long March to Sustainability in China: 207
• Conclusion Taking the Road Less Traveled: 227
• Appendix: 237
• A Roleplaying: 245
• References: 251
• Index: 271

About the author

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky, received his BA from Syracuse University and his PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1966 and 1971 respectively. His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of critical policy studies (energy and environment, agricultural policy), political theory (early, modern, and critical traditions), public ethics, and politics and literature. He is the author of nine books and his most recent research grants have involved him in field work on issues of political economy, labor, and sustainable cities in Canada and the United States.Richard S. Levine, Professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky, received his BS in Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and his Master of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and 1963 respectively. From early in his architectural career, he has been a pioneer and advocate for sustainability-oriented architecture in the United States. He has over 200 publications on solar energy and sustainability research and projects. He has conducted sustainable city research and projects in Italy, Austria, China, Korea, and the Middle East as well as in Kentucky.In the mid-1980s, Prof. Levine, along with his colleague Ernest J. Yanarella, started the Center for Sustainable Cities (CSC) at the University of Kentucky to study and advance the theory and practice of sustainability. Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky, received his BA from Syracuse University and his PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1966 and 1971 respectively. His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of critical policy studies (energy and environment, agricultural policy), political theory (early, modern, and critical traditions), public ethics, and politics and literature. He is the author of nine books and his most recent research grants have involved him in field work on issues of political economy, labor, and sustainable cities in Canada and the United States.Richard S. Levine, Professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky, received his BS in Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and his Master of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and 1963 respectively. From early in his architectural career, he has been a pioneer and advocate for sustainability-oriented architecture in the United States. He has over 200 publications on solar energy and sustainability research and projects. He has conducted sustainable city research and projects in Italy, Austria, China, Korea, and the Middle East as well as in Kentucky.In the mid-1980s, Prof. Levine, along with his colleague Ernest J. Yanarella, started the Center for Sustainable Cities (CSC) at the University of Kentucky to study and advance the theory and practice of sustainability.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability; Anthem environmental studies; The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability, Ernest J. Yanarella
• Authors: Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Anthem Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0857287729, 9780857287724
• Length: 285 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development; Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Technology & Engineering / General