This paper investigates evolutions in and alternatives to the “sustainable development” paradigm and examines these new trends. It offers a review of the social science literature that focuses on the language of the “sustainable city” used by researchers and experts in sociology, geography and urban studies since 2009. First, five main variants of “sustainable city” discourses are evidenced by the statistical and lexical analyses: the “recyclable city”, the “compact city”, the “green city”, the “just city” and the “participatory city”. They are often in conflict and subject to debate. Then, four main “alternatives” are identified: degrowth, resilience, sustainable transformation and transition. Yet they remain specific to restricted sectors...
The interest in "social sustainability" has recently increased in the field of urban development. We...
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that, as part of its mission, sustainability science c...
AbstractIt is now quite clear that developing sustainable human settlements calls for a more holisti...
This paper analyses recent shifts in urban sustainability discourse and practice through a critical ...
ACLNInternational audienceIn the last decade sustainable cities have become a leading topic of urban...
SDG11 – ‘making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ – draws att...
The concept of sustainable development has emerged over the past decades as a new requirement for ur...
The Rio Declaration of 1992 and its agenda for action in the twenty first century—Agenda 21—were bol...
Today, cities worldwide are engaged in urban projects and activities in a concerted drive towards su...
For many, shifting economic and social contexts have created the conditions for a radical reappraisa...
The theme of the next issue of Urban Planning will be Paradigm Shifts. To make the link between “sus...
About twenty-five years after its statement the concept of sustainability is still controversial. Th...
This paper presents a concepualisation of the research and practice challenges facing those of us wo...
SDG 11 – ‘making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ – draws at...
© 2016, The Author(s). In this article the future of sustainable urbanism is discussed. In current t...
The interest in "social sustainability" has recently increased in the field of urban development. We...
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that, as part of its mission, sustainability science c...
AbstractIt is now quite clear that developing sustainable human settlements calls for a more holisti...
This paper analyses recent shifts in urban sustainability discourse and practice through a critical ...
ACLNInternational audienceIn the last decade sustainable cities have become a leading topic of urban...
SDG11 – ‘making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ – draws att...
The concept of sustainable development has emerged over the past decades as a new requirement for ur...
The Rio Declaration of 1992 and its agenda for action in the twenty first century—Agenda 21—were bol...
Today, cities worldwide are engaged in urban projects and activities in a concerted drive towards su...
For many, shifting economic and social contexts have created the conditions for a radical reappraisa...
The theme of the next issue of Urban Planning will be Paradigm Shifts. To make the link between “sus...
About twenty-five years after its statement the concept of sustainability is still controversial. Th...
This paper presents a concepualisation of the research and practice challenges facing those of us wo...
SDG 11 – ‘making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ – draws at...
© 2016, The Author(s). In this article the future of sustainable urbanism is discussed. In current t...
The interest in "social sustainability" has recently increased in the field of urban development. We...
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that, as part of its mission, sustainability science c...
AbstractIt is now quite clear that developing sustainable human settlements calls for a more holisti...