Ecopolis: Cities and the Ecology of Civilization (Hardcover)

Introduction * Part I: Cities and Very Long Term Processes of Ecological and Social Development * Human Life and the Biosphere: The Ecology of the Anthroposphere * Urbanisation and the Dynamics of Culture * Cities in the Industrial Age: Changing Environmental Impacts * Approaching the City Limits: Urbanisation and the Global South * Part II: Sustainability and Visions of 'The Good City' * Antecedent Visions of 'The Good City' * European Urbanism: A Different Kind of Civic Virtue * Part III: Sustainability and 'Urban Metabolism' * Ecology, Economics and the Form of Cities: Planning the Bio-City-Region * Urban Metabolism and Ecological Footprint Analysis * Urban Agriculture and Food Provisioning Systems * Part IV: Applications and Examples * Urban Experts and the Eco-Citizen: Changing Behaviour Through Design * Architecture and Design: Eco-houses and Buildings * Slower Cities: Restructuring Urban Consumption Regimes * Part V: Cities of the Far Future * Cities of the Mind: Science Fiction and the Future Ecology of Civilization * Ecopolis: Surviving into the Far Future