Sustainable Cities in American Democracy

"Sirianni skillfully reveals how sustainable cities are as much about the processes of contesting, aligning, and blending policies as the products or outcomes of our public decisions. This book also engages with important issues of urban equity in sustainability--who benefits and who has power. Sirianni reveals that cities cannot become more sustainable unless they help connect institutions, policies, and social movements there are too often fragmented and siloed. This work is extremely important for understanding how to move toward lasting and equitable policy change around many of today's most pressing issues of human and planetary survival."--Jason Corburn, professor, Department of City and Regional Planning and director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley