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1. The Age of Cities: Urban Geopolitics and the Path Towards Sustainable Development

verfasst von : Voula P. Mega

Erschienen in: Conscious Coastal Cities

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Cities are major nodes for all energy fluxes in the complex, uncertain and interlinked urbanising world. This chapter examines the opportunities and risks which could impact the future of cities as critical nexus points of social, economic and ecological change. It reviews demographic, socio-economic and environmental trends, political developments and technological breakthroughs, and presents an array of possible futures which invite cities to develop a vision for a preferred future. Last but not least, it explores the potential of cities to lead the world in times of global democratic deficit.

The acceptable balance enabling a civilisation of sustainability is a fundamental challenge for twenty-first century cities. Conscious cities have to address all interacting global societal challenges, striving for strong sustainability. They can head through the age of scarcity and towards a new world order offering better chances for all citizens, present and future, within the limits of the planet. In alliance with seas and the oceans, the supreme life support systems, cities can lead by example and through their magnitude, reinforced by their multiple networks. They should care not only about their natural resources, including marine resources, but also lead coalitions of committed stakeholders and engage in the protection of the oceans and the high seas, the ultimate world commons.

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Titel: The Age of Cities: Urban Geopolitics and the Path Towards Sustainable Development
verfasst von: Voula P. Mega
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Conscious Coastal Cities
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-20217-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-20218-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20218-1_1

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