Contents -- Foreword MAH Bow Tan -- Chapter 1 Introduction: World Cities - Challenges of Liveability, Sustainability and Vibrancy Belinda YUEN and Giok Ling OOI -- LIVEABLE AND VIBRANT CITIES -- CHALLENGES OF LIVEABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND VIBRANCY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Good Governance - Sustainability and the City Giok Ling OOI -- DEFINING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND URBAN BEST PRACTICES -- INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CITY AGENDAS -- GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT - CHALLENGES OF ASIAN CITIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Well-being Creates Vibrant Cities Thai Ker LIU -- INTRODUCTION -- A BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMIC MODEL FOR SOCIETIES -- Brain Gain -- What the World Wants -- The Gallup Behavioural Economic Model for Societies -- WELL-BEING CREATES VIBRANT AND ATTRACTIVE CITIES -- What is Happiness? -- Why Should We Look Beyond the Individual? -- Is Happiness Desirable? -- What Produces Happiness? -- REFLECTIONS AND COMMENTS -- The Physical Environment -- A Creative Society for Singapore -- What Makes a Vibrant City? -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 The Age of the City: The Challenge for Creative Cities Peter HALL -- FOSTERING THE CREATIVE CITY -- THE ARTISTICALLY-CREATIVE CITY -- THE TECHNOLOGICALLY-INNOVATIVE CITY -- THE CREATIVE-INNOVATIVE CITY -- THE NEXT INNOVATIVE WAVE - AND ITS GEOGRAPHY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR CITIES -- THE CITY OF URBAN INNOVATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 Integrated Sustainable Waste Management Anne SCHEINBERG -- UNDERSTANDING ISWM1 -- MODERNISATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, A SHORT ORIENTATION -- SERVICES AND COMMODITIES IN INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT -- Commodities Trading: The Private Side of ISWM -- RECOVERING ORGANIC WASTES, A HYBRID OF SERVICES AND COMMODITIES -- MODERNISATION, A "MARRIAGE" OF SERVICES AND COMMODITIES.

Prices, Costs and Expenditures in Commodity Activities: Is Recycling a Source of Financing for Solid Waste Management? -- ISWM PRESENTATIONS AT THE WORLD CITIES' SUMMIT, JUNE 2008 -- Solid Waste Management: Sustainable Waste Management Choices -- Promoting Sustainable Cities through Sustainable Solid Waste Management, the UN-Habitat Initiative -- Integrated Sustainable Waste Management in Singapore2 -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SOME RELEVANT WEBSITES -- GLOSSARY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING TERMINOLOGY -- Chapter 6 Transportation for Liveable Cities: Problems, Obstacles and Successful Solutions Vukan R VUCHIC -- URBAN TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES -- KEY ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN INCREASING LIVEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: GLOBAL EXAMPLES OF BEST PRACTICES -- TRANSFORMING URBAN TRANSPORT TO ACHIEVE LIVEABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT - EXPERIENCE FROM BOGOTA -- URBAN TRANSPORT CHALLENGES IN RAPIDLY URBANISING COUNTRIES: POLICIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA -- PROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS AN ATTRACTIVE MODE OF CHOICE - SUCCESS IN ADELAIDE -- BUILDING A PEOPLE-CENTRED INTERMODAL LAND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - SINGAPORE -- PRESENT CONDITIONS IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION -- EMERGING SOLUTIONS LEAD TO LIVEABLE CITIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 Biodiversity in Sustainable Cities Loke Ming CHOU -- INTRODUCTION -- RESPONDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS: GLOBAL TRENDS -- WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY? -- CAN BIODIVERSITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO CITY SUSTAINABILITY? -- ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO THE CITY ENVIRONMENT -- THE CHALLENGE OF BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT IN CITIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Liveable Cities Andrew TAN -- INTRODUCTION -- LIVEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY -- First Principle: Retaining Local Character -- Second Principle: Ensuring Connectivity -- Third Principle: Higher Density Living.

Fourth Principle: Diversity in Land Use -- Fifth Principle: Ensuring a High Quality Public Realm -- CHALLENGES FACING CITIES -- Environmental Management -- Sustainable Transport Solutions -- Water Management -- Quality of Physical Environment -- The People Aspect -- LESSONS APPLICABLE TO EAST ASIAN CITIES -- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT EAS LCC -- Chapter 9 Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors for Urban Development Sock-Yong PHANG -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RATIONALE FOR PPPs -- PPP STRATEGIES FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- URBAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT -- PPPs FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION -- PPPs: AN EVALUATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Sustainability in the Built Environment Chye Kiang HENG and Ji ZHANG -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS -- KEY CONCERNS REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT -- Scale -- City -- Region and Ecosystem -- Dimensions -- THE CULTURAL CHALLENGE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Sustaining Cities with Climate Change: Is there a Future For Human Livelihoods? Victor R SAVAGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE 21ST CENTURY: THREE CHALLENGES -- CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE -- CITIES UNDER CLIMATIC THREAT -- MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY -- The Intra-urban Infrastructural Challenge -- The Extra-urban Connections: Hinterlands and Footprints -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 Financing Environmental Infrastructure Ursula SCHAEFER-PREUSS -- PROGRESS IN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION COVERAGE -- India's Progress towards the MDGs -- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) -- FINANCING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- Pro-Poor Investments -- Reasons for Leveraging Local Resources -- Convergence of Funds.

Strategic Partnerships with Governments, Local Authorities and NGOs -- Community Partnerships -- Revolving Funds -- Corporate Bonds -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- ADB'S FINANCING MECHANISMS IN INDIA -- Innovation and Ef.ciency Initiative -- Financing Models -- Shorter ADB Business Timelines -- Outlook for India -- CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- Shorter ADB Business Timelines -- Outlook for India -- CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- Environmental Management Issues in Developing Countries -- Challenges of Climate Change in Developing Countries -- CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT -- Capacity Development of Individuals -- Capacity Development of Institutions -- FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE -- Shortcomings of International and Asian Capital Markets -- Clean Development Mechanism -- Shortcomings of the CDM -- Needed Reforms to the CDM -- Energy-Ef.cient Housing in Mongolia -- ADB'S VISION: LIVEABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES FOR ASIA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: The Role of Cities and Urbanisation Emiel A WEGELIN and Michael LINDFIELD -- GROWTH COMMISSION - UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC GROWTH -- GROWTH - MEANS TO OVERCOME POVERTY AND ATTAIN PROSPERITY -- ENGAGING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY -- ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERATING GROWTH -- COHESIVE SOCIETIES ARE NECESSARY FOR DEVELOPMENT -- CHALLENGES OF GROWTH, URBANISATION AND GLOBALISATION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- GROWTH AND URBANISATION - THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 Cities and Happiness in Environmental Goods Euston QUAH and Qiyan ONG -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW ON NON-MARKET GOODS VALUATION APPROACHES -- Revealed Preference Approach -- Stated Preference Approach -- Life Satisfaction Approach -- PAIRED COMPARISON APPROACH.

PAIRED COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS IN SINGAPORE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 Conclusion: World Cities - Towards a Liveable, Sustainable and Vibrant Future? Giok Ling OOI and Belinda YUEN -- THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF URBAN LIVEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILTY -- WELL-BEING, HAPPINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT - OUTCOME OR DRIVERS OF CHANGE? -- FROM THE ABSTRACT TO PRACTICE -- REFERENCES -- About the Contributors -- About Civil Service College -- About Institute of Policy Studies -- Index.