Sustainability Citizenship in Cities

Ralph Horne is Professor of Geography, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and　Director of the Cities Programme (United Nations Global Compact). John Fien, formerly Professor of Sustainability in RMIT University’s Innovation Leadership Program (2005–2013), was appointed Executive Director of the Swinburne University Leadership Institute, Hawthorn, Australia in late 2013. Beau B. Beza is Senior Lecturer in the Planning and Landscape Architecture Program, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Anitra Nelson is Associate Professor in the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

1. Sustainability citizenship in cities Part I. Framing sustainability citizenship 2. The praxis of sustainability citizenship 3. Urban resilience for sustainability 4. Urban food security and alternative economic practices 5. Sustainability citizens: Collaborative and disruptive social learning Part II. Housing and social innovation 6. Green housing developments: Sustainability pathway or cul-de-sac? 7. Structuring housing provision for urban sustainability 8. Co-working communities: Sustainability citizenship at work 9. Urban social innovation: Mobilising sustainability citizenship Part III. Place, access and equity 10. The gendered city 11. Informal settlements: Sustainability citizenship in action 12. Places for sustainability citizenship 13. An Indigenous perspective on sustainability citizenship Part IV. Citizen participation 14. Communicating sustainability in the city 15. The learning city for sustainability 16. Curating the city: Encouraging sustainability 17. Ethical consumers and sustainability citizenship 18. Futures for sustainability citizenship