Planning for Sustainability

How can humanity sustain itself and thrive on a small planet? This challengedeepens in an era ofright-wing populism,high levels of inequality,andclimate crisis.PlanningforSustainabilitypresents a wide-ranging, intellectually well-grounded and accessible introduction to the concept ofsustainabilityplanning. The text explores howwe might createmore livable cities and towns,curtailgreenhouse gas emissions,reducesocialinequities,restoreecosystems, andbring aboutmore sustainableforms of economic development.More than simply a Third Edition,PlanningforSustainabilityhas been extensively rewritten to provide a timely rethinking ofsustainabilityplanning, issues central to it, and scales of application.It emphasizessystem change in orderforotherforms of progress to come about, andincludes expanded material on climate action, housing, social equity, capitalism, democracy, theUnited Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and the developing world.PlanningforSustainabilityconsiders each scale ofplanning—international, national, regional, municipal, neighborhood, and site and building—and illustrates how action at differentscalesinterrelates.Itlays out a hopeful and constructive view of the future in a time of growing challenge,andwillbe essential readingforstudentsand practitionersofurbanplanning,urbandesign, landscape architecture, environmental policy,andrelatedfields.