Contents -- Foreword - Harm de Blij -- Preface -- Overview - Jeb Brugmann -- Advancing toward Urban Sustainability: The Pursuit of Equity - Igor Vojnovic -- Urban Environmental Management in Shanghai: A Multiscale Perspective - Wei Tu, Daniel Sui, and Weichun Ma -- The Urban Expansion and Sustainability Challenge of Cities in China's West: The Case of Urumqi - Jiaguo Qi, Peilei Fan, and Xi Chen -- Sustainable Manufacturing in Nagoya: Exploring the Dynamics of Japan's Competitive Advantage - Ronald Kalafsky -- The Sufficiency Economy, Sustainable Development, and Agricultural Townsin Thailand: The Case of Nang Rong - Pariwate Varnakovida and Joseph Messina -- Deconcentration in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area: Governance, Markets, and the Quest for Sustainability - Eran Razin -- The Crisis of Consociational Democracy in Beirut: Conflict Transformation and Sustainability through Electoral Reform - Imad Salamey -- Segmentation and Enclavization in Urban Development: The Sustainable City in India - Darshini Mahadevia -- Urban Sustainability and Automobile Dependence in an Australian Context - Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy -- Urban Sustainability Rhetoric and Neoliberal Realities: Durban - A City in Transition - Brij Maharaj and Sultan Khan -- Residential Marginality, Erasure, and Intractability in Addis Ababa - Assefa Mehretu and Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher -- Water Provision for and by the Peri-urban Poor: Public-Community Partnerships or Citizens Coproduction? - Adriana Allen -- Economic Reorganization, Social Transformation, and Urban Sustainability in Argentina: The Case of Metropolitan Buenos Aires - Ricardo Gomez-Insausti and Analia S. Conte -- Urban Renewal, Favelas, and Guanabara Bay: Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro - Brian J. Godfrey.

Neoliberal Restructuring, Poverty, and Urban Sustainability in Kingston, Jamaica - Beverley Mullings -- Housing and Urban Sustainability: A Los Angeles Case Study - Victoria Basolo -- The Colors That Shaped a City: The Role of Racial and Class Tensions in Inhibiting Urban Sustainability, the Detroit Context - Igor Vojnovic and Joe T. Darden -- The Role of Ethnicity and Race in Supporting Sustainable Urban Environments - June Manning Thomas -- Recent Planning and Development in Toronto: Moving Toward Smart Growth? - Pierre Filion -- Planning for Sustainable Development in Montreal: A Qualified Success - Raphaël Fischler and Jeanne M. Wolfe -- Oil for Food - Energy, Equity, and Evolution of Urban Supermarket Locations: An Edmonton, Alberta, Case Study - Nairne Cameron, Karen E. Smoyer-Tomic, Vladimir Yasenovskiy, and Carl Amrhein -- Green Sustainable Øresund Region: Or Eco-Branding Copenhagen and Malmö? - Stefan Anderberg and Eric Clark -- Urban Sustainability in the United Kingdom - Michael Pacione -- Sustainable Development in Portugal: An Analysis of Lisbon and Porto - Carlos Balsas -- Sustainable Development in Traditional Harbor Communities: The Case of Genoa and Naples - Giovanna Codato, Zenia Kotval, and Elena Franco -- Contributors.