Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1: Planning innovation politics and process for urban sustainability -- Overarching aim -- Defining urban sustainability -- Defining planning innovation -- Selection of city case studies -- References -- Chapter 2: Calgary, Canada: Policy co-production and indigenous development in urban settings -- Introduction -- The City: Calgary -- The urban sustainability challenge: Integrating indigeneity -- The planning innovation: Policy co-production -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Helsinki, Finland: Social sustainability of urban settings - contextually sensitive, participatory approach utilizing PPGIS methodology -- Introduction -- The city: Helsinki -- The urban sustainability challenge: Can urban densification promote social sustainability? -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Medellin, Colombia: Social urbanism to build human security -- Introduction -- The city: Medellin -- The urban sustainability challenge: Violence and socio-spatial exclusion -- The planning innovation: Human security via social urbanism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Vancouver, Canada: Equitable sustainability planning within the post-industrial urban development model -- Introduction -- The city: Vancouver, Canada -- The urban sustainability challenge: Social sustainability in the greenest city -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Vauban and Rieselfeld, Freiburg, Germany: Innovation in the implementation process -- Introduction -- The City: Freiburg -- The urban sustainability challenge: Creating ecological mixed-use districts -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- References

Chapter 7: Sukunan village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Environmental sustainability through community-based waste management and eco-tourism -- Introduction -- Sukunan village, Yogyakarta -- The urban sustainability challenge: Solid waste management -- The planning innovation: Community-based waste management -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Seville, Spain: Improving cycling mobility in a city with no previous cycling culture -- The City: Seville -- The sustainability challenge: Reducing motorized traffic -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 9: Seoul, South Korea: Dismantling a highway - Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project -- Introduction -- The city: Seoul -- The urban sustainability challenge: Ageing infrastructure and the decline of the old city centre -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Los Angeles, United States: Adaptive re-use of buildings to regenerate the inner-city -- Introduction -- The City: Los Angeles -- The urban sustainability challenge: Residential flight -- The planning innovation: Adaptive re-use -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Bhubaneswar, India: Smart City Plan and economic sustainability -- Introduction -- The city: Bhubaneswar -- Urban sustainability challenge: Environmental degradation and socio-economic polarization -- Planning innovation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: San Francisco, United States: A new model of sustainable industrial land use -- Introduction -- The City: San Francisco -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: The "Science City" in Belval - planning a large-scale urban development project in a small country -- Introduction -- The city: Esch-sur-Alzette

The urban sustainability challenge: Capitalising on an abandoned brownfield to create jobs and to boost Luxembourg's knowledge economy -- The planning innovation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Conclusion -- Sustainability and urban planning practice -- Transitions to sustainability -- Trade-offs -- Transferability -- Concluding comments -- References -- Index