Thomas Elmqvist (EDT), Xuemei Bai (EDT), Niki Frantzeskaki (EDT), Corrie Griffith (EDT), David Maddox (EDT), Timon McPhearson (EDT), Susan Parnell (EDT), Patricia Romero-Lankao (EDT), David Simon (EDT), Mark Watkins (EDT) Urban Planet

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Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary biology, geography, economics and engineering. It includes the perspectives of often neglected voices: architects, journalists, artists and activists. The book provides a much needed cross-scale perspective, connecting challenges and solutions on a local scale with drivers and policy frameworks on a regional and global scale. The authors argue that to overcome the major challenges we are facing, we must embark on a large-scale reinvention of how we live together, grounded in inclusiveness and sustainability. This title is also available Open Access.