Sustainable Cities for the Third Millennium: The Odyssey of Urban Excellence

This book offers a 360 degree view of the challenges facing cities at the dawn of the millennium in terms of growth, governance, institutions and infrastructures, environmental well-being, social integration, science, culture and the arts, urban renaissance and planning, local democracy and citizenship. One year afte the crisis that started in 2008, the book presents responses to overcome the crisis of values and engage in a sustainability path from European and world cities.

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