Of an urban system treating our cities and regions as connected parts of a whole mean that affordable accessible and fit for purpose transport economic innovation health and wellbeing the arts and cultural expression protected water and food sources and more are all important components of sustainable cities and regions. Sustainable cities and regions introduces the concept of the sustainable city and then shares examples and experiences of how to build more sustainable cities and regions the benefits of such an approach are appended with real examples from canada and beyond related isbns 9781792424571. Planning sustainable cities and regions is the first book to explain what this grand experiment tells us about the most just path moving forward for cities and regions across the globe the book offers chapters about neighbourhoods the economy and poverty using stories from practice to help solve puzzles posed by academic research. A movement for sustainable cities and regions in the 21st century cities are places of hope and dreams places where people go when they seek a better life education and access to opportunities cities are the epicenters of our global society they are the foundation of our collective economic reality