Includes bibliographical references (p.141) and index.

Contents :
Acknowledgments vii --
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes ix --
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xi --
1 Sustainable Development and the Urban Agenda 1 --
2 Dimensions of Sustainable Urban Development 15 --
3 Producting Urban Development 29 --
4 Governing for Sustainability 47 --
5 Governing and Learning 61 --
6 Information and Sustainable Urban Development 73 --
7 Financial Incentives and Sustainable Urban Development 87 --
8 Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban Development 101 --
9 Regulating for Sustainable Urban Development 117 --
10 The Prospects for Sustainable Urban Development 131 --
Bibliography 141 --
Index 151 --

1.1 Three models of sustainable development 4 --
1.2 Closing the urban resource loop 10 --
2.1 A sustainable urban development framework 16 --
2.2 Sustainable urban development - bringing it all together 28 --
3.1 A linear model of the urban development process 30 --
3.2 A network model of the urban development process 31 --
3.3 Value of total construction in selected countries 2003 34 --
3.4 Distribution of new orders obtained 2007, Great Britain 35 --
3.5 Role of different sized firms in the construction industry 2007, UK 35 --
3.6 Sources of profit from the development process 40 --
3.7 Proportion of UK financial institutions' assets in land, property and other fixed assets 43 --
5.1 A linear model of learning 62 --
5.2 A scale free or hub and spoke network 67 --
5.3 A governing and learning framework 72 --
8.1 Integrating urban systems through spatial planning 102 --
8.2 Decentralized and renewable energy options across an urban area 105 --

Tables:
1.1 Urbanization across the world 9 --
1.2 Top ten cities across the world 9 --
2.1 Carbon emissions of selected energy sources (UK) 16 --
2.2 Embodied energy and carbon of selected building materials 17 --
3.1 Distribution of duration of new construction orders by value 2007 (Great Britain) 36 --
3.2 Different forms of house building 41 --
4.1 Membership of UK Green Building Council Zero-Carbon Taskforce 51 --
4.2 Power, resistance and the promotion of sustainability 56 --
4.3 Tools for governing 57 --
6.1 Carbon emissions annually from commercial buildings (UK practice) 77 --
9.1 Sustainability ratings under the UK Code for Sustainable Homes 119 --

Boxes:
1.1 Definitions of sustainable development 3 --
1.2 Alternative measures of development 7 --
1.3 An eco park example 8 --
1.4 Climate change impacts on London 13 --
2.1 A community renewable energy scheme 22 --
2.2 Decentralized energy in an urban regeneration scheme 23 --
2.3 The ecotowns programme in England 27 --
3.1 Environmental performance of the UK construction industry 37 --
3.2 The RIBA's assessment of skills for delivering low carbon developments 39 --
4.1 National and international sustainability indicators 49 --
4.2 Urban sustainability indicators 49 --
4.3 Governing London 54 --
6.1 UK BREEAM: main categories and issues 76 --
6.2 BedZED Development 84 --
7.1 Examples of environmental taxes 89 --
7.2 The Thames Gateway regeneration programme 90 --
7.3 UK fiscal incentives for sustainable energy in buildings 92 --
7.4 The Greater London Authority's Congestion Charge and Low Emission Zone schemes 92 --
8.1 Planning for low carbon energy in London 106 --
8.2 Spatial planning in London: Linking new development and public transport provision 110 --
8.3 Planning for flood risks in London and the Thames Gateway 112 --
10.1 Low-carbon community example 138 --

Achieving urban sustainability is amongst the most pressing issues facing planners and governments. This book is the first to provide a cohesive analysis of sustainable urban development and to examine the processes by which change in how urban areas are built can be achieved. The author looks at how sustainable urban development can be delivered on the ground through a comprehensive analysis of the different modes of governing for new urban development. The book considers a range of policy tools that influence urban development and that constitute different modes of governing- provides an innovative conceptual emphasis on learning within governing processes - draws on a wide range of existing research, policy and literature together with case study material focussing on London The book is above all concerned with demonstrating how sustainable urban development can be delivered in practice" --