New book on sustainability assessment of urban systems
© 2020 Erol Ahmed
The Laboratory on Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems publishes a new book on sustainability assessment of urban systems edited by Prof. Dr. Claudia R. Binder, Dr. Romano Wyss and Dr. Emanuele Massaro.
Our world is becoming more and more urban. More than 50% of the global population now lives in cities which poses new challenges for sustainable development.
This book integrates theory and methods of sustainailbity assessment with concepts from systems science to provide guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems. It discusses different aspects of urban sustainability, form energy and housing, to mobility and health, covering social, economic, and environmental factors, as well as the various stakeholders and actors involded. The book argues the need to find models and solutions in order to design sustainable cities of the future in light of the complexity of urban social life.
Including diverse case studies from the developed and develping word, this book provides a usefule reference for researchers and students from a broad range of disciplines working in the field of sustainability, as well as for environmental consultants and policy-makers.