This article provides a timely review of the interdisciplinary and disjointed literature on social
sustainability and identifies some readily available measures of this concept for American …

As discussions about sustainability management in local government evolve, public
managers lack clear frameworks prescribing how sustainability should be integrated into the …

Over 50% of world's population presently resides in cities, and this number is expected to
rise to~ 70% by 2050. Increasing urbanization problems including population growth, urban …

This article examines local sustainability initiatives in the United States through the lens of
the “three pillars” of sustainability: economic development, environmental protection, and …

Despite signing the Mayors Climate Change Agreement, few US cities have made
significant progress in either climate mitigation or adaptation. For the most part, European …

Public organizations' ability to promote sustainability is becoming a critical issue in public
management research and practice. However, there is a scarce understanding of how to …

This paper argues that in the historical evolution of cities, large‐scale urbanization is not
only a fact, but a necessary outcome of the forces of globalization and competition. The …

More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this swee** introduction to the
history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major …

The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line
of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s. The …

In recent years, interest has grown in collaboration in public policy. Responding to the
complex issues now playing out in cities, scholars are focusing on localized governance …