READINGS ON SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Key Issues
Newman, Peter, 2006, “The Environmental Impact of Cities,” Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 18, No.
2, pp. 275-295.
Satterthwaite, David, 1999, “The Key Issues and the Works Included,” in David Satterthwaite, editor, The
Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities, London: Earthscan, Chapter 1, pp. 3-21.
Sustainable Cities or Cities that Contribute to Sustainable Development?
Satterthwaite, David, 1999, “Sustainable Cities or Cities that Contribute to Sustainable Development?” in
David Satterthwaite, editor, The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities, London: Earthscan,
Chapter 5, pp. 80-106.
Girardet, Herbert, 1999, “Sustainable Cities: A Contradiction in Terms?” in David Satterthwaite, editor,
The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities, London: Earthscan, Chapter 19, pp. 413-425.
Sustainable Transport in Cities
Kenworthy, Jeffrey, 2006, “The Eco-city: Ten Transport and Planning Dimensions for Sustainable City
Development,” Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 67-85.
Newman, Peter, and Jeffrey Kenworthy, 1999, “The Problem of Automobile Dependence at the End of the
Twentieth Century,” Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence, Washington,
D.C.: Island Press, Chapter 2, pp. 27-67.
Climate Change and Urban Responses
Bulkeley, Harriet and Michele M. Betsill, 2003, Cities and Climate Change: Urban Sustainability and
Global Environmental Governance, London and New York: Routledge, Chapters 2, 8, and 11, pp.
9-31, 122-136, and 171-185.
Bai, Xuemei, 2007, “Integrating Global Environmental Concerns into Urban Management,” Journal of
Industrial Ecology, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 15-29.
Prepared by Fred Lee
12 March 2012