Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Boxes, Tables, & Figures
Foreword - Anna Tibaijuka
Foreword - Jaime Lerner
Preface - Christopher Flavin
State of the World: A Year in Review - Lisa Mastny
Chapter 1: An Urbanizing World - Kai N. Lee
Timbuktu: Greening the Hinterlands
Loja: Ecological and Healthy City
Chapter 2: Providing Clean Water and Sanitation - David Satterthwaite and Gordon McGranahan
Lagos: Collapsing Infrastructure
Chapter 3: Farming the Cities - Brian Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg
Freetown: Urban Farms After a War
Chapter 4: Greening Urban Transportation - Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy
Los Angeles: End of Sprawl
Melbourne: Reducing a City's Carbon Emissions
Chapter 5: Energizing Cities - Janet L. Sawin and Kristen Hughes
Rizhao: Solar-Powered City
Malmö: Building a Green Future
Chapter 6: Reducing Natural Disaster Risk in Cities - Zoe Chafe
Jakarta: River Management
Mumbai: Policing by the People
Chapter 7: Charting a New Course for Urban Public Health - Carolyn Stephens and Peter Stair
Nairobi: Life in Kibera
Petra: Managing Tourism
Chapter 8: Strengthening Local Economies - Mark Roseland with Lena Soots
Brno: Brownfield Redevelopment
Chapter 9: Fighting Poverty and Environmental Injustice in Cities - Janice E. Perlman with Molly O'Meara Sheehan
Notes
Index