Green cities : an A-to-Z guide / general editor, Nevin Cohen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the editors -- Introduction -- Reader's guide -- List of articles -- List of contributors -- Green cities chronology -- Articles A to Z -- Green cities glossary -- Green cities resource guide -- Green cities appendix -- Index.

Adaptation, climate change -- Adaptive reuse -- Agenda 21 -- Air quality -- Austin, Texas -- Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador -- Bangkok, Thailand -- Barcelona, Spain -- Beijing, China -- Bicycling -- Biodiversity -- Biophilia -- Bioregion -- Bluebelts -- Bogotá, Colombia -- Brownfields -- Bus rapid transit -- Carbon footprint -- Carbon neutral -- Carbon trading -- Carpooling -- Carrying capacity -- Charette -- Chattanooga, Tennessee -- Chernobyl, Ukraine -- Chicago, Illinois -- Cities for climate protection -- Citizen participation-- City politics -- Civic space -- Coastal zone management -- Combined heat and power (cogeneration) -- Combined sewer overflow -- Community gardens -- Commuting -- Compact development (new urbanism) -- Composting -- Congestion pricing -- Conservation subdivision -- Construction and demolition waste -- Copenhagen, Denmark -- Curitiba, Brazil -- Daylighting -- Denitrification -- Density -- Distributed generation -- District energy -- Dongtan, China -- Dzerzhinsk, Russia -- Ecoindustrial parks -- Ecological footprint -- Ecosystem restoration -- Ecovillages -- Embodied energy -- Energy efficiency -- Environmental impact assessment -- Environmental justice -- Environmental planning -- Environmental risk -- Food deserts -- Food security -- Garbage -- Green belt -- Green communities and neighborhood planning -- Green design, construction, and operations -- Green energy -- Greenfield sites -- Green fleets (vehicles) -- Green housing -- Green infrastructure -- Greening suburbia -- Green jobs -- Green landscaping -- Green procurement and purchasing -- Green roofs -- Greyfield development -- Greywater -- Gridlock -- Habitat conservation and restoration -- Hamburg, Germany -- Healthy cities -- Heat island effect -- Historic preservation -- Indoor air quality -- Infill development -- Infrastructure -- Intermodal transportation -- Kabwe, Zambia -- Kampala, Uganda -- Landfills -- La Oroya, Peru -- LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) -- Light pollution -- Linfen, China -- Location-efficient mortgage -- London, England -- Los Angeles, California -- Malmö, Sweden -- Masdar ecocity -- Mayors Climate Protection Agreement -- Mexico City, Mexico -- Millennium development goals -- Mitigation -- Natural capital -- New York City, New York -- Nimby -- Nonpoint source pollution -- Norilsk, Russia -- Parks, greenways, and open space -- Personal rapid transit -- Portland, Oregon -- Ports -- Power grids -- Recycling in cities -- Renewable energy -- Resilience -- Reykjavik, Iceland -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- San Francisco, California -- Sea level rise -- Seattle, Washington -- Smart growth -- Stockholm, Sweden -- Stormwater management -- Sukinda, India -- Sumgayit, Azerbaijan -- Sustainability indicators -- Sustainable development -- Sydney, Australia -- Tianying, China -- Traffic calming -- Transit -- Transit-oriented development -- Transport demand management -- Universal design -- Urban agriculture -- Urban forests -- Vancouver, Canada -- Vapi, India -- Walkability (pedestrian-friendly streets) -- Waste disposal -- Water conservation -- Water pollution -- Watershed protection -- Water sources and delivery -- Water treatment -- Wetlands -- Xeriscaping.

This volume provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment. It identifies cities that have taken steps to become greener and discusses the strategies they have used; it also reviews broad concepts associated with green cities. The editors provide case studies of greener cities in order to discuss green urban design, infrastructure, and processes. It includes some 150 signed articles, photographs, hyperlinks, cross references, and a resource guide.