This edited volume interrogates the trade-offs made between the three arenas of sustainability in the implementation of innovative solutions in cities, and in doing so offers a new perspective on the politics of urban planning innovation and urban sustainability.

1. Planning innovation politics and process for urban sustainability Glen Searle and Sébastien Darchen 2. Calgary, Canada: Policy Co-production and Indigenous Development in Urban Settings Yale D. Belanger, Katherine A. Dekruyf and Ryan C. Walker 3. Helsinki (Finland): Social Sustainability of Urban Settings - Contextually Sensitive, Participatory Approach Utilizing PPGIS Methodology Marketta Kyttä, Maarit Kahila-Tani and Anna Broberg 4. Medellin, Colombia: social urbanism to build human security Luisa Sotomayor 5. Vancouver (Canada): Equitable sustainability planning within the post-industrial urban development model Wesley Regan and Peter V Hall 6. Vauban and Rieselfeld, Freiburg (Germany): Innovation in the implementation process Thorsten Schuetze 7. Sukunan Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Environmental Sustainability through Community-based Waste Management and Eco-Tourism Iswanto, Sita Rahmani and Sonia Roitman 8. Seville (Spain): improving cycling mobility in a city with no previous cycling culture Manuel Calvo-Salazar and Ricardo Marqués 9. Dismantling a highway: Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul, Korea Sun-Young Rieh and Ji-in Chang 10. Los Angeles (U.S): Adaptive Re-use of Buildings to Regenerate the Inner-City Amanda Napoli, Sébastien Darchen and Donald Spivack 11. Bhubaneswar, India: Smart City Plan and Economic Sustainability Tathagata Chatterji and Saugata Maitra 12. San Francisco: A new model of sustainable industrial land use Carl Grodach and Declan Martin 13. Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg): The "Science City" in Belval - Planning a large-scale urban development project in a small country Tom Becker, Markus Hesse and Annick Leick 14. Conclusion Sébastien Darchen and Glen Searle