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\"To assess urban sustainability performance, this book explores several clusters of cities, including megacities, cities of the Global South, European and North American cities, cities of the Middle East and North Africa, cities of Central and South-East Asia, a city state of Singapore and a large group of global cities. It applies a multi-criteria approach using a panel of environmental, economic, social and smart indicators to assess progress and policies in global cities including London, New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Moscow, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and many others. Additional attention is given to the issues of climate change, poverty and smart dimensions with renewable energy and the drivers of urban CO2 emissions playing the central role. This book is abundant with case studies considering strategies, policies and performance of the leading cities, including San Francisco, Stockholm and Seoul in greater depth, exploring how their successes can be used by other cities. The book identifies key linkages between different smart and sustainability dimensions as well as investment opportunities in cities with sustainability potential. This book will be of great interest to policy makers, city and regional authorities as well as scholars and students of urban planning and sustainable development aiming to facilitate a sustainability transition in our cities around the world\"-- Provided by publisher.

01 02 Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the issues of sustainability at the international, national and regional level have becomea top priority for national governments, business leaders andNGOs. Sustainability Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach isthe result of collective reflection by an international group of academics from Canada, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. It was inspired by the interdisciplinary discussions started in St Petersburg, Russia at the conference Globalisation, New Economy, and the Environment: Business and Society Challenges for Sustainable Development , organized by the editors of this volume under the auspices of the International Society for Ecological Economics in 2005. This book explores the major actors, paradigms and ideologies in sustainable development, employing novel approaches such as linguistic and discourse analysis as well as simulation games and the psychology of ecological consciousness to provide an important contribution to the environmental policy field. 02 02 Sustainability Analysis  provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles. Primarily focusing on macroeconomic policies and green national accounting, this book provides a strong basis for further study in sustainable development. 04 02 Introduction Actors, Paradigms and Ideologies in Global Governance for Sustainability System of Accounts for Global Entropy-Production (SAGE-P) Interdisciplinarity and Sustainable Development: Policy Implications Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis of the UK Economy Comparative Behaviour and Institutions The Systemic Psychological Description of Ecological Consciousness Sustainable Development: From Concepts to Models Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Energy Saving Climate Change Discourse Analysis: The Russian Case New Europe - New Energy: Sustainable Energy in the Expanded EU The Environmental Quality of Growth Indicators Evaluating the Sustainable Development of a Region Using a System of Indicators 19 02 An interdisciplinary exploration of sustainability thinking  Use of psychological methods in policy analysis and recommendations  Detailed analysis of Russian and European environmental policies  Topical discussion of recent international treaties 31 02 An interdisciplinary analysis of current ecological, economic and sustainability thinking 13 02 STANISLAV SHMELEV is Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, University of Cambridge, UK, Director of Environment Europe and Senior Visiting Research Associate at the Schoolof Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, UK.He specialises in ecological economics, assessment of progress for sustainable development, sustainable cities and sustainable waste management. Previous publications include Ecological Economics, Sustainability in Practice , and Sustainable Urban Development: Interdisciplinary Approach. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland(2007), and University of Paris 9, France(2009). He consulted IUCN and UNEP on the multidimensional assessment of ecosystems and biodiversity, and collaborated with OECD on the assessment of progress. IRINA A. SHMELEVAAssociate Professorin theWorld Politics Department of the School of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University, Russia. She conducts research in the fields of politics, philosophy and the psychology of global environmental change. Previous publications include Psychology of Ecological Consciousness and Sustainable Urban Development: Interdisciplinary Approach . She was a guest editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Development in 2009.