TY - GEN AU - Cohen, Steven TI - Sustainable city SN - 9780231182058 U1 - 711.42 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - N1 - CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Part I: Concepts 1. Defining the Sustainable City 3 2. Sustainable Urban Systems: Defined and Explained 15 3. The Sustainable Lifestyle: Defined and Explained 39 4. The Transition to Sustainably Managed Organizations 61 5. The Role of Politics and Public Policy in Building Sustainable Cities 89 Part II: Cases in Urban Sustainability 6. Waste Management in New York City, Hong Kong and Beijing 113 7. Mass and Personal Transit 131 8. The Building of the Smartgrid: Cases of Microgrid Development 153 9. Parks and Public Space 167 10. Sustainable Urban Living 181 Part III: Conclusions 11. Toward the Sustainable City 203 Works Cited 209 Index 235 ER -