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Can a City Be Sustainable?
C
ities are the world’s future. Today, 3.9 billion
examined range from the nitty-gritty of handling
people—more than half of the global pop-
waste and developing public transportation to
ulation—lives in urban areas, and that number is
civic participation and navigating dysfunctional
expected to double by 2050. There is no question
government.
that cities are growing; the only debate is over
how they will grow. Will we invest in the physical
ing challenges facing communities and the most
and social infrastructure necessary for livable, eq-
promising solutions currently being developed.
uitable, and sustainable cities? In the latest edition
The result is a snapshot of cities today and a vision
of State of the World, the flagship publication of
for global urban sustainability tomorrow.
the Worldwatch Institute, experts from around the
Can a City Be Sustainable? (State of
the World)
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Throughout, readers discover the most press-
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globe examine the core principles of sustainable
ognized for its foresight and accessible, fact-based
urbanism and profile cities that are putting these
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principles into practice.
to intractable problems, emphasizing a blend of gov-
From Portland, Oregon, to Ahmedabad, India,
ernment leadership, private-sector enterprise, and
local people are acting to improve their cities,
citizen action that can make a sustainable future a
even when national efforts are stalled. Issues
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Chapter 18 Preview | Franziska Schreiber
& Alexander Carius
“finding solutions to counteract
disparities and inequalities while
The Inclusive City: Urban Planning
for Diversity and Social Cohesion
strengthening relations and
interactions among socially and
ethnically diverse groups has become
an urgent matter.”
C
Franziska Schreiber is Project
Manager at adelphi, an independent
think tank and public policy
consultancy based in Berlin, Germany.
Alexander Carius is co-founder and
Managing Director of adelphi.
ities are not only growing
tion of deprived areas and
in population, but also
provide spaces that increase
becoming increasingly diverse
the chances of interaction and
and ethnically heterogeneous.
the forming of social relations
Socioeconomic polarization
among people from differing
and spatial segregation have
ethnic backgrounds. The crea-
become prevailing trends in
tion of mixed-use and socially
cities worldwide, with adverse
mixed areas—coupled with
impacts on quality of life and
good access to public transport,
social cohesion. Although
housing diversity, and sufficient
urban planners and design-
provision of vibrant public spac-
ers cannot solve the roots of
es that facilitate inter-ethnic en-
exclusion and inequality per
counters—are promising ways
se, they can aid in increasing
to enhance social cohesion.
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Many socioeconomically
deprived areas are characterized by a high concentration
of migrants, making their
multi-faceted integration into
city life more challenging.
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