The book addresses urban transformations towards sustainability in light of challenges of global urbanization processes and the consequences of global environme

Economic restructuring and demographic change have in recent years placed much strain on urban areas with the effects falling disproportionately on neighbourhoo

How do cities transform over time? And why do some cities change for the better while others deteriorate? In articulating new ways of viewing urban areas and ho

Cities affect every person's life, yet across the traditional divides of class, age, gender and political affiliation, armies of people are united in their disl

Present case studies of cities which have integrated, walkable transit districts. It argues that if well done, transit oriented developments can save money, cre