<p>Today Most Major Cities Have Undertaken Some Form Of Sustainability Initiative. Yet There Have Been Few Systematic Comparisons Across Cities, Or Theoretically Grounded Considerations Of What Works And What Does Not, And Why. In Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Kent Portney Addresses This Gap, Offering A Comprehensive Overview And Analysis Of Sustainability Programs And Policies In American Cities. After Discussing The Conceptual Underpinnings Of Sustainability, He Examines The Local Aspects Of Sustainability; Considers The Measurement Of Sustainability And Offers An Index Of Serious Sustainability For The Fifty-five Largest Cities In The Country; Examines The Relationship Between Sustainability And Economic Growth; And Discusses Issues Of Governance, Equity, And Implementation. He Also Offers Extensive Case Studies, With Separate Chapters On Large, Medium-size, And Small Cities, And Provides An Empirically Grounded Analysis Of Why Some Large Cities Are More Ambitious Than Others In Their Sustainability Efforts. This Second Edition Has Been Updated Throughout, With New Material That Draws On The Latest Research. &#8211;publisher Description. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.the Conceptual Foundations Of Sustainable Cities: Sustainability, Sustainable Economic Development, And Sustainable Communities &#8212; 2.measuring The Seriousness Of Sustainable Cities &#8212; 3.the Environment, Energy, And Sustainability In Cities &#8212; 4.the Economic Development Side Of Sustainability: Growth Versus Smart Growth &#8212; 5.communitarian And Participatory Foundations Of Sustainable Cities: Solutions To The Tragedy Of The Commons, The Nimby Syndrome, And Transboundary Impacts? &#8212; 6.is A Sustainable City A More Egalitarian Place? Sustainable Cities, Environmental Equity, And Social Justice &#8212; 7.the Implementation Of City Sustainability Policies &#8212; 8.sustainability In The Big Five Us Cities: A Story Of Rapid Change &#8212; 9.the Medium-sized Cities That Take Sustainability Seriously: Profiles Of Eight Cities &#8212; 10.sustainability Approaches And Results In Three Smaller Cities &#8212; 11.why Some Cities Take Sustainability More Seriously Than Others: Correlational Patterns Across Cities &#8212; 12.taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Summary And Conclusions. Kent E. Portney. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Tu as toujours rêvé de participer à Koh-Lanta ? Alors rejoins vite une équipe d’aventuriers intrépides ! Pour parvenir jusqu’aux célèbres Poteaux, tu devras donner le meilleur de toi-même dans les épreuves et sur le camp ! Choisiras-tu les Jaunes ou les Rouges ? Sauras-tu t’allier aux bons aventuriers et voter pour éliminer tes rivaux ? C’est à toi de jouer !</p>