Eighteen leading academics and practitioners in sustainable architecture and urbanism explore global concerns of sustainability and urbanity, developing a logical aim for the responsible practice of urban planning, design, landscape and architecture.

Introduction: Towards a Theory of Eco-Urbanity Darko Radovic Part 1: The Compact City, Strategies and Success Stories 1. Eco-Urbanity: The Framework of an Idea Darko Radovic 2. The Barcelona Agenda: Reuse, Compactness and Green Oriol Clos 3. From Industrial Cities to Eco-Urbanity - The Melbourne Case Study Rob Adams 4. The Sustainable City as a Fine-Grained City David Sim 5. From the Compact City to the Defragmented City: Another Route Towards Sustainable Urban Form? Mike Jenks Part 2: Other Cultures, Approaches and Strategies 6. Designing for Shrinkage: Fibercity 2050, Tokyo Ohno Hidetoshi 7. Excavating the Lost Commons: Creating Green Spaces and Water Corridors for Eco-Urban Infrastructure Ishikawa Mikiko 8. Continuity and Departure: A Case Study of Singapore's Nankin Street Heng Chye Kiang 9. The Cultural Challenge for Sustainable Cities: Coping with Sprawl in Bangkok and Melbourne Sidh Sintusingha 10. Geometries of Life and Formlessness: The Theoretical Legacies of Historical Beijing Zhu Jianfei 11. Eco-City? Eco-Urbanity? Arvind Krishan Part 3: Other Scales and Sensibilities 12. Eco-Urbanism: An Israeli Perspective Arie Rahamimoff 13. Bringing Back Nature and Re-Invigorating the City Centre Kengo Kuma 14. Sustainable Design Towards a Positive Spiral Kodama Yuichiro 15. Creating a Cemetery: Architecture that Sustains Cultural Forms Naito Hiroshi 16. Towards Well-Mannered Built Environments Darko Radovic