Sustainable Cities and Regions

1 Introduction
Chapter Objectives
1.1 Sustainable Cities and Regions
1.2 Sustainable Development
1.3 What Is City and Regional Planning?
1.4 Why Do Cities Matter?
1.5 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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2 From Settlements to Cities
Chapter Objectives
2.1 Early Settlements
   2.1.1 Mesopotamia (West Asia)
2.2 Greek City Planning
2.3 Roman Settlements
2.4 European City design
2.5 Medieval to Baroque
2.6 Early Occupants of North America
2.7 European Colonization
2.8 Early Canadian Settlements
Canadian Cities Emerge
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3 City Planning: Theory and Practice
Chapter Objectives
3.1 Patrick Geddes and Modern Planning
3.2 Futurist or Planner? Ebenezer Howard
3.3 The City Beautiful Movement
3.4 Towers in the Park—LE Corbusier
3.5 Urban Renewal and Robert Moses
3.6 Jane Jacobs (1916–2006)
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4 Sustainable Urban Form and Community Design
Chapter Objectives
4.1 The Recipe for Sprawl
4.2 The Cost of Sprawl
4.3 The Alternatives to Sprawl
   4.3.1 Increased Density
   4.3.2 Mixed Land Use Activities
   4.3.3 Neighbourhood "Grid" Streets
   4.3.4 Storefront Transit Stops
4.4 The New Urbanism
4.5 Brownfields, Bluefields, and Greyfields
4.6 Climate Change and the Built Environment
4.7 Car-Free Cities
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5 Sustainable Transportation
Chapter Objectives
5.1 Early Transportation
5.2 Pre-Conditions for Sprawl
5.3 Automobile Cities
5.4 Transportation Geography
5.5 Auto-Mobility Approach
5.6 Accessibility Approach
5.7 Conditions for Sustainable Transportation
5.8 Measuring Sustainable Transportation
5.9 Transit-Oriented Development
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6 Micromobility and the Cycling City
Chapter Objectives
6.1 Micromobility
6.2 Urban Scooters
   6.2.1 Scooter Benefits and Challenges
   6.2.2 Planning for Scooters
6.3 The Early Bicycle
   6.3.1 The Cycling City Evolution
6.4 The Cycling City
   6.4.1 Challenges and Push-Back
   6.4.2 Opportunities Through Design
6.5 Successful Street for Bikes and Micromobility
   6.5.1 Designing City Bike Routes
6.6 Case Study: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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7 Water and the Sustainable City
Chapter Objectives
7.1 The Hydrological Cycle
7.2 Urban Hydrology
7.3 Stormwater
7.4 Urban Water Balance
7.5 Conventional Urban Stormwater Measures
7.6 Innovation in Stormwater Management
7.7 Nature-Based Solutions
   7.7.1 Sponge Cities
   7.7.2 Urban Wetlands
   7.7.3 Permeable Surfaces
   7.7.4 Constructed Bioswales
   7.7.5 Rain Gardens
   7.7.6 Green Roofs
7.8 Wastewater Management
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8 Urban Food Security
Chapter Objectives
8.1 Food Insecurity
8.2 Solutions to Food Insecurity
8.3 Food Production in History
8.4 Building Food Security
   8.4.1 What Is Food Security?
   8.4.2 What is Food Sovereignty?
   8.4.3 Permaculture
8.5 Benefits of Urban Food Security
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9 The Sustainable Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter Objectives
9.1 Types of Regions
9.2 Sustainable Urban Regions
9.3 Regional Governance
9.4 Growth Management
9.5 Regional Planning Goals
Goal 1: Create a Compact Urban Area
Goal 2: Support a Sustainable Economy
Goal 3: Protect the Environment and Respond to Climate Change Impacts
Goal 4: Develop Complete Communities
Goal 5: Support Sustainable Transportation Choices
9.6 Bioregional Thinking
9.7 Regions as Ecosystems
9.8 Shared Infrastructure
9.9 Regional Transportation
9.10 Sense of Place
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10 Tools for Sustainable Cities and Regions
Chapter Objectives
10.1 Why Do Cities Matter?
10.2 Tool for Sustainable Cities and Regions
10.3 Community Capital Framework
10.4 Community Capital Inventory
10.5 Targets and Indicators
10.6 Patterns of Development
10.7 Seven Principles for Building Better Cities and Regions
10.8 UN Sustainable Development Goals
10.9 Voluntary Local Reviews
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