Sustainable Urban Development Reader

Stephen M. Wheeler is Assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Design at The University of California at Davis, and Timothy Beatley is Professor of Sustainable Communities in the school of Architecture at the university of Virginia.

Introduction Part 1: Origins of the Sustainability Concept Introduction "The Three Magnets" and "The Town-Country Magnet" (Ebenezer Howard) "Cities and the Crisis of Civilization" (Lewis Mumford) "The Land Ethic" (Aldo Leopold) "Orthodox Planning and The North End" (Jane Jacobs) "Plight and Prospect" (Ian L. McHarg) "The Development of Underdevelopment" (Andre Gunder Frank) "Perspectives, Problems, and Models" (Donella Meadows et al) "The Steady-State Economy" (Herman Daly) "Towards Sustainable Development" (World Commission on Environment and Development) "The End of Nature" (Bill McKibben) "The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development" (Agenda 21 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) United Nations Millennium Development Goals and Millennium Declaration Part 2: Dimensions of Sustainable Urban Development Introduction "The Next American Metropolis" (Peter Calthorpe) "Outdoor Space and Outdoor Activities" (Jan Gehl) "Infill Development" (Stephen Wheeler) "Transit and the Metropolis: Finding Harmony" (Robert Cervero) "Traffic Calming" (Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy) "Bicycling Renaissance in North America?" (John Pucher, Charles Komanoff, and Paul Shimek) "City and Nature" (Ann Whiston Spirn) "Land Development and Endangered Species: Emerging Conflicts" (Tim Beatley) "What Is Restoration?" (Ann Riley) "The Metabolism of Cities" (Herbert Girardet) "Waste as a Resource" (John Tillman Lyle) "Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies" (Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow) "People-of-Color Environmentalism" (Robert Bullard) "Domesticating Urban Space" (Dolores Hayden) "Fighting Poverty and Environmental Injustice in Cities" (Janice E. Perlman with Molly O’Meara Sheehan) "The Economic System and Natural Environments" (David Pearce and Edward B. Barbier) "Natural Capitalism" (Paul Hawken) "Preparing for a New Economic Era" (Michael C. Korten) "Import Replacement" (Michael Shuman) "Strengthening Local Economies" (Mark Roseland with Lena Soots) "Design, Ecology, Ethics and the Making of Things" (William McDonough) "Principles of Green Architecture" (Brenda and Robert Vale) "Sustainability and Building Codes" (David Eisenberg and Peter Yost) "The LEED Green Building Rating System" (US Green Building Council) Part 3: Tools for Sustainability Planning Introduction "Urban Sustainability Reporting" (Virginia Maclaren) "What Is an Ecological Footprint?" (Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees) "Seeing Change" (Allan Jacobs) "A Progressive Politics of Meaning" (Michael Lerner) "The Rise of Cyber Planning" (Andrea De Montis) Part 4: Sustainable Urban Development Internationally Introduction "Urban Planning in Curitiba" (Jonas Rabinovich and Josef Leitman) "Planning for Sustainability in European Cities: A Review of Practice in Leading Cities" (Timothy Beatley) "Collective Action Toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei" (Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu) "The Reality of Environmental Sustainability in China" (Debra Lam) "Protecting Eden: Setting Green Standards for the Tourism Industry" (Martha Honey) Part 5: Visions of Sustainable Community Introduction "The Streets of Ecotopia’s Capital" and "Car-Less Living in Ecotopia’s New Towns" (Ernest Callenbach) "Description of Abbenay" (Ursula K. Leguin) "The View from the Twenty-Third Century" (Stephen M. Wheeler) Part 6: Case Studies of Urban Sustainability Part 7: Sustainability Planning Exercises