PART I: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy

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1. Introduction: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy
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Monika Zimmermann and Richard Simpson

PART II: Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities

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1. Introduction: Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities
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Richard Simpson

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1. New Urban Spaces: The Emergence of Green Economies
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Kenneth Odero

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1. Environmental Discourse and Economic Growth in the Greening of Post-Industrial Cities
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Corina Mckendry

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1. Sustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy
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Kes Mccormick, Stefan Anderberg and Lana Neij

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1. Green Cities: Benefits of Urban Sustainability
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Essam Hassan Mohamed Ahmed

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1. Working in Green Cities: Improving the Urban Environment While Creating Jobs and Enhancing Working Conditions
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Edmundo Werna

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1. Sustainable Development for Cities and Citizens: Green Housing, Employment and Transport
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Asif Kabani and Maliha Kabani

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1. Cities and the Green Economy
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Philipp Rode

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1. Green Cities Into Practice
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Vito Albino and Rosa Maria Dangelico

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1. Emerging-Market Cities Could Set a New Standard for Sustainable Development
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Jonathan Woetzel, Shannon Bouton, Molly Lindsay

PART III: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action

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1. Introduction: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action
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Phoebe Stirling

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1. Accelerating Green Urban Growth
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Bernd Hendriksen and Eric Copius Peereboom

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1. Linking Green City Politics with Green Business
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Ulrich Mans and Sara Meerow

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1. Policy Instruments for Promoting a Green Urban Economy: The Changing Role of the State
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Golam Rasul

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1. Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement
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Rosalie Callway

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1. We Know Enough: Achieving Action Through the Convergence of Sustainable Community Development and the Social Economy
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Sean Connelly, Sean Markey, and Mark Roseland

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1. Seven Conditions for Effective Green Governance
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Rula Taher Qalyoubi

PART IV: Strategies and Approaches for Greening Urban Economies

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1. Introduction: Strategies and Approaches for Greening Urban Economies
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Shay Kelleher

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1. The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Approaches to a City-Scale Mini-Stern Review
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Andy Gouldson, Niall Kerr, Corrado Topi, Ellie Dawkins, Johan Kuylenstierna and Richard Pearce

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1. City Development Strategies and the Transition Towards a Green Urban Economy
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Le-Yin Zhang

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1. Low Carbon Enterprise Zones: Towards a Fossil Fuel Free City Economy
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Philip Monaghan

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1. Green Clusters and the Entrepreneurial Local Government: Portland\'s Economic Development Strategy
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Art Von Lehe and Shay Kelleher

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1. Green Cities Require Green Housing: Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Housing and Slum Upgrading in Cities in Developing Countries
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Matthew French and Christophe Lalande

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1. EcoMobility and its Benefits in an Urban Context
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Santhosh Kodukula

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1. Assessing the Cost of Groundwater Degradation in the Urbanizing Desert Area of Wadi El Natrun
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Caroline King and Boshra Salem

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1. Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water: An Instrument of the Green Economy to Realize the Millennium Development Goals
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Gopalsamy Poyyamoli, Golda Edwin and Nandhivarman Muthu

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1. Decentralized Composting in Asian Cities: Lessons Learned and Future Potential in Meeting the Green Urban Economy
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Dickella Premakumara

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1. Biodiversity and Culture, Two Key Ingredients for a Truly Green Urban Economy: Learning From Agriculture and Forestry Policies in Kanazawa City, Japan
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Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda

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1. An Economic Assessment of the Deforestation of Ghana\'s Garden City of West Africa
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Jonathan Quartey

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1. Financing a Green Urban Economy: The Potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
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Maike Sippel and Axel Michaelowa

PART V: Experiences and Examples from City Governments

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1. Introduction: Experiences and Examples from City Governments
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St