Planning for sustainability : in the time of populism, inequality, and climate crisis / Stephen M. Wheeler.
| Author/creator | Wheeler, Stephen M., 1957- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Third edition. |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xx, 477 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "How can humanity sustain itself and thrive on a small planet? This challenge grows ever more urgent as the climate crisis deepens, and as right-wing populism and high levels of inequality prevent action. Planning for Sustainability presents a wide-ranging, intellectually well-grounded and accessible introduction to the concept of sustainability planning. The text explores topics such as how more livable cities and towns might be created, how greenhouse gas emissions might be curtailed, how social inequalities might be reduced, how local ecosystems can be restored, and how more sustainable forms of economic development can be brought about. More than simply a Third Edition, this book has been extensively rewritten to provide a timely rethinking of the nature of sustainability planning, issues central to it, and scales of application. There is a new focus on system change in order for other forms of progress to come about. This edition also includes expanded material on climate action, housing, social equity, capitalism, democracy, the SDGs, and the developing world. This book considers in turn each scale of planning-international, national, regional, municipal, neighborhood, and site and building-and illustrates how sustainability action at different levels interrelates. This comprehensive volume lays out a hopeful and constructive view of the future in a time of growing challenge. It will be essential reading for students of Urban Planning, Urban Development and similar fields, and practitioners"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Wheeler, Stephen M., 1957- Planning for sustainability Third edition New York : Routledge, 2025 9781003478225 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781040395509 |
| LCCN | 2025003147 |
| ISBN | 9781032763644 |
| ISBN | 9781032763668 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032763663 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032763647 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |