LIST OF FIGURES	11
	PREFACE By Professor Sir Peter Hall	13
	INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY AND THE CITY: THE ESSENCE OF A CIVILISATION	14
	Chapter 1 CITIES IN THE CIVILISATION OF SUSTAINABILITY	22
	1. WORLD CITIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS	22
	2. EUROPE, AN URBAN ARCHIPELAGO	40
	3. THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY	44
	4. INNOVATION, SINE QUA NON CONDITION FORSUSTAINABILITY	49
	5. SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS- REVELATORS FOR CITIES	56
	Chapter 2 THE RESOURCEFUL CITY AND THE ENERGY CRITERION	60
	1. THE ECOLOGICAL CITY	60
	2. ECOEFFICIENCY, ECODESIGN, ECOAUDITING	71
	3. ENERGY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT	76
	4. THE BATTLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE	78
	5. URBAN SOIL, WATER AND AIR	84
	6. SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT	89
	7. MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY	92
	Chapter 3 ENERGY PATTERNS, MODELS AND ETHICS	102
	1. ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTIONPATTERNS	102
	2. CLEANER ENERGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES	115
	3. RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY	117
	4, NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION	122
	5. ENERGY ETHICS: FOR A SCIENCE WITH CONSCIENCE	129
	6. CHALLENGES FOR NEW AND CANDIDATE EUMEMBER STATES	138
	7. CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES	141
	Chapter 4 ENERGY POLICY, SECURITY AND THE MARKET	146
	1. ENERGY POLICY AND SECURITY IN THE EU	146
	2. EU ENERGY MARKETS AND LIBERALISATION	153
	3. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FLOWS	154
	4. TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS	158
	5. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND THE MARKET	160
	Chapter 5 TOWARDS BRIGHTER ENERGY FUTURES	163
	1. PROSPECTS FOR TRADITIONAL FUELS AND TECHNOLOGIES	163
	2. POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE FORMS OF ENERGY	165
	3. HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF NUCLEARENERGY	175
	4. PROSPECTS FOR FUSION ENERGY	177
	5. OUTLOOKS AND SCENARIOS FOR THE ENERGY FUTURE	180
	Chapter 6 THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC VITALITY OF CITIES	187
	1. URBAN ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS	187
	2. EMPLOYMENT, THE ACHILES' HEEL OF CITIES?	193
	3. SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE	198
	4. HARMONY, HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CITIES	201
	5. HOUSING, SECOND ONLY TO EMPLOYMENT	204
	6. PERIPHERY: AT THE EDGE OF CITIES	206
	Chapter 7 THE CULTURAL ENERGY OF CITIES	209
	1. CULTURE AND HERITAGE	209
	2. PUBLIC SPACES AND LANDMARKS	215
	3. SYMBOLIC AND STRUCTURAL PROJECTS	220
	4. URBAN RENAISSANCE	223
	Chapter 8 TOWARDS BRIGHTER URBAN FUTURES	227
	1. GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENCHIP	227
	2. " CITY IS BUILT POLITICS"	231
	3. COMPACT, MIXED AND DIVERSE CITIES	236
	4. GREEN AND GREY PARKS	239
	5. SUSTAINABLE REGENERATION	242
	6. REGIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING	245
	POSTFACE: THE EU RESEARCH AGENDA ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	255
	BIBLIOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION	264
	ANNEX: TOWARDS A MEANINGFUL SET OF URBAN INDICATORS	278
	INDEX	292