Module 2 — Concepts of Sustainable Cities and Communities
Lesson 12 of 12
References

Resources (in alphabetical order)

Batty, M., 2013. The New Science of Cities. MIT Press, Boston. 

Bettencourt, L. M. A., 2013. “The Origins of Scaling in Cities.” Science, 340: 1438-1441.

CityLab, 2013. “Scientific proof that cities are like nothing else in nature.” By Emily Badger, June 20 2013. http://www.citylab.com/weather/2013/06/scientific-proof-cities-are-nothing-else-nature/5977/

Clark, W. C., 2003. “Urban environments: Battleground for Global Sustainability.” Environment, 45(7): 1.

Dictionary.com , “Sustainability” http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sustainability?s=t

Goodland, R. and Daly, H., 1996. Environmental sustainability: universal and nonnegotiable. Ecological Applications, 6(4): 1002-1017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2269583?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Haughton, G., and Hunter, C., 1994. Sustainable Cities, Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Regional Studies Association, London, UK.

Kennedy, C., and Corfee-Morlot, J., 2013. Past performance and future needs for low carbon climate resilient infrastructure – An investment perspective. Energy Policy, 59: 773–783.

Kennedy, C., J. Steinberger, B. Gasson, Y. Hansen, T. Hillman, M. Havranek, D. Pataki, A. Phdungsilp, A. Ramaswami, and G.V. Mendez, 2009a. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (19): 7297–7302. 

Merriam-Webster, “Sustainable”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustainable

Moavenzadeh, F., Hanaki, K., and Baccini, P., 2002. Future Cities: Dynamics and Sustainability. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), 2011. Towards Green Growth: A Summary for Policy Makers. https://www.oecd.org/greengrowth/48012345.pdf

Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 11 Cities http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cities/

Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, Sustainable Development Goal 11 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg11

UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), 2011. Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth, A Report of the Working Group on Decoupling to the International Resource Panel. Fischer-Kowalski, M., Swilling, M., von Weizsäcker, E.U., Ren, Y., Moriguchi, Y., Crane, W., Krausmann, F., Eisenmenger, N., Giljum, S., Hennicke, P., Romero Lankao, P., Siriban Manalang, A., Sewerin, S. http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/9816/-Decoupling%3a%20natural%20resource%20use%20and%20environmental%20impacts%20from%20economic%20growth%20-2011Decoupling_1.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

World Bank, 2012. Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSDNET/Resources/Inclusive_Green_Growth_May_2012.pdf

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1987. Our Common Future. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 

 

City Examples (in order of appearance)

C40 Cities: Business, Economy and Innovation – City Solutions Platform http://www.c40.org/programmes/city_solutions

Melbourne, C40 Cities: Business, Economy and Innovation – City Solutions Platform. http://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/982_Melbourne_1-pager_final.original.pdf?1480707009

Rio de Janeiro, C40 Cities: Business, Economy and Innovation – City Solutions Platform. http://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/938_Rio_1-pager_Final.original.pdf?1480535438

Seattle, C40 Cities: Business, Economy and Innovation – City Solutions Platform. http://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/936_Seattle_1-pager_Final.original.pdf?1480535363

Sydney, C40 Cities: Business, Economy and Innovation – City Solutions Platform. http://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/946_Sydney_1-pager.original.pdf?1480548485

Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. http://www.driversofchange.com/projects/exploring-the-future-of-african-cities/

Accra, Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. www.driversofchange.com/download/2946/

Addis Ababa, Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. www.driversofchange.com/download/2948/

Dar es Salaam, Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. www.driversofchange.com/download/2950/

Johannesburg, Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. www.driversofchange.com/download/2954/

Nairobi, Arup Foresight. Exploring the Future of African Cities. www.driversofchange.com/download/2952/

 

Module Cover Image

Border USA-Mexico by Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde on Wikimedia Commons (Border USA-Mexico at Dan Diego) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Border_USA_Mexico.jpg

 

Images (in order of appearance)

Our Common Future Book Cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Common_Future#/media/File:Our_Common_Future_book_cover.gif

Agenda 21 Cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21#/media/File:Agenda_21_Cover.gif

Millennium Development Goals https://www.todaygh.com/column-mdgs-and-sdgs-palaver/

2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/60000-delegates-attend-world-summit-sustainable-development

The Future We Want Cover http://whygreeneconomy.org/information/the-future-we-want-final-rio20-text/

Sustainable Development Goals by MariaGershuni on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sustainable_Development_Goals.jpg

Sustainable Development Goal 11 http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cities/ 

Window shopping by Loozrboy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/loozrboy/4739716257

Shenzhen Urban Buildings and Streets - Nan Shan – panoramio by Aaron Zhu is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shenzhen_Urban_Buildings_and_Streets_-_Nan_Shan_-_panoramio.jpg

Addis Abeba07 (Sam Effron) by Sam Effron is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Addis_Abeba07_(Sam_Effron).jpg

Petare Slums in Caracas by The Photographer on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petare_Slums_in_Caracas.jpg

Air pollution on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/air-air-pollution-climate-change-dawn-221012/

Yokkaichi Portbuilding-03 by KAMUI is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yokkaichi_Portbuilding-03.jpg

El track tunnel at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago by John Picken is licensed under CC BY 2.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_track_tunnel_at_Illinois_Institute_of_Technology,_Chicago.jpg

Gears by MustangJoe on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/gears-cogs-machine-machinery-1236578/

Pogonomyrmex californicus 2003-05-19 by Curtis Clark is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 on Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pogonomyrmex_californicus_2003-05-19.jpg

Everglades Backcountry by Everglades NPS on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Everglades_Backcountry_(2),_NPSPhoto_(9250283274).jpg

Aokigahara Forest by Jordy Meow is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aokigahara_Forest.jpg

The Night Lights of Planet Earth by woodleywonderworks is licensed under CC BY 2.0 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2712985992

Night Sky on pxehre https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1415055

Graceful "S" curves of Seattle, Washington, USA, skyscrapers, freeways (Hi 90), trees, the sound, Pacific Northwest Coastal USA by Wonderlane is licensed under CC BY 2.0 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/5101016440

Asia busy city on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/asia-busy-city-crossing-270006/

Lots of people by Stròlic Furlàn - Davide Gabino is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/strolicfurlan/24479056155

Photo on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/atmosphere-city-at-night-climate-earth-510049/

Chimneys Environmental Damage by Simon Rosengren on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/chimney-chimneys-environment-environmental-damage-669118/

CUBE c2009 PUSH/CORNUBERT by PUSH_ARCHITECTURE is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/46420624@N06/4289830787/

Toronto Skyline Cityscape by governmentlists on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/toronto-skyline-cityscape-164813/

Hollywood on a hill above Los Angeles, California by Ahmet Yalçınkaya on GoodFreePhotos https://www.goodfreephotos.com/united-states/california/los-angeles/hollywood-on-a-hill-above-los-angeles-california.jpg.php

Lake Geneva, Switzerland by Marabu on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/geneva-lake-geneva-switzerland-808017/

Prague by Pedro Szekely is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosz/34350016852

South Africa, Cape Town by martinaH79 is on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/south-africa-cape-town-2267795/

5 52 Denver AM by Robert Kash is licensed under CC BY 2.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/90162419@N07/8438474948

New York Statue of Liberty on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/new-york-statue-of-liberty-usa-monument-64271/

London Big Ben Phone Box by Doco is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Big_Ben_Phone_box.jpg 

La Sagrada Familia by MCAD Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/69184488@N06/11877603656

Bangkok Grand Palace from River2 by Mda is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangkok_GrandPalace_from_River2.jpg

Figure 1. Relative and absolute decoupling: GDP and resource use, in Oxfam Blogs, January 20, 2012. https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/hunting-for-green-growth-in-the-g20/