The sustainable urban development reader

Pt. 1. Origins of the Sustainability Concept

Three Magnets / Ebenezer Howard

Cities and the Crisis of Civilization / Lewis Mumford

Land Ethic / Aldo Leopold

Orthodox Planning and The North End / Jane Jacobs

Plight and Prospect / Ian L. McHarg

Development of Underdevelopment / Andre Gunder Frank

Perspectives, Problems, and Models / Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William W. Behrens III

Steady-State Economy / Herman E. Daly

Towards Sustainable Development / World Commission on Environment and Development (The Brundtland Commission)

"The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development", "Introduction to Chapter 7" from Agenda 21 and the "Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements" / United Nations

Pt. 2. Dimensions of Urban Sustainability

Next American Metropolis / Peter Calthorpe

Outdoor Space and Outdoor Activities / Jan Gehl

Transit and the Metropolis: Finding Harmony / Robert Cervero

Traffic Calming / Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy

Bicycling Renaissance in North America? / John Pucher, Charles Komanoff and Paul Shimek

City and Nature / Ann Whiston Spirn

Land Development and Endangered Species: Emerging Conflicts / Timothy Beatley

What Is Restoration? / Ann L. Riley

Metabolism of Cities / Herbert Girardet

Waste as a Resource / John Tillman Lyle

People-of-Color Environmentalism / Robert Bullard

Domesticating Urban Space / Dolores Hayden

Economic System and Natural Environments / David Pearce and Edward B. Barbier

Natural Capitalism / Paul Hawken

Import Replacement / Michael Shuman

Design, Ecology, Ethics and the Making of Things / William McDonough

Principles of Green Architecture / Brenda Vale and Robert Vale

Sustainability and Building Codes / David Eisenberg and Peter Yost

Pt. 3. Tools for Sustainability Planning

Urban Sustainability Reporting / Virginia W. Maclaren

What Is an Ecological Footprint? / Mathis Wackemagel and William Rees

Seeing Change / Allan B. Jacobs

Progressive Politics of Meaning / Michael Lerner

Pt. 4. Sustainable Urban Development Internationally

Urban Planning in Curitiba / Jonas Rabinovich and Josef Leitman

Planning for Sustainability in European Cities: A Review of Practice in Leading Cities / Timothy Beatley

Collective Action Toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu

Pt. 5. Visions of Sustainable Community

Town-Country Magnet / Ebenezer Howard

"The Streets of Ecotopia's Capital" and "Car-Less Living in Ecotopia's New Towns" / Ernest Callenbach

Description of Abbenay / Ursula K. Le Guin

Pt. 6. Case Studies of Urban Sustainability

Urban sustainability at the building and site scale

Urban sustainability at the neighborhood or district scale

Urban sustainability at the city and regional scale

Pt. 7. Sustainability Planning Exercises.