Urban sustainability : reconnecting space and place Generational responses: why a third Pamela Robinson Ann Dale Sustainability and integrated approaches to regional planning Kevin Hanna D. Scott Slocombe Map making as place making: building social capital for urban sustainability Nina Marie Lister Planning for sustainability: moving from plan to action Pamela Robinson Towards walkable urban neighbourhoods Lenore Newman Levi Waldron United we can: a street charity that makes a difference Ann Dale Chickens in the city: the urban agriculture movement Nick Weigeldt Finding opportunities for urban sustainability in cottage life Nik Luka Urban rural tensions place and community sustainability William T. Dushenko Sustainable buildings: a necessary component of sustainable communities Rodney C. McDonald Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning policy development and decision making. Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in this area. Bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore leading innovations on the ground this volume combines the theoretical underpinnings of urban sustainability with current practices through highly readable narrative case studies. The contributors also provide fresh perspectives on how issues related to sustainable urban planning and development can be reconciled through collaborative partnerships and engagement processes