Conscious coastal cities : sustainability, blue green growth, and the politics of imagination

Abstract

Introduction -- 1. The age of cities: urban geopolitics and the path towards sustainable development.- 2. Opportunities, tensions and risks for coastal cities -- 3. Resourceful and resilient cities and marine ecosystem services -- 4. Prospects from the sea for sustainable energy producing cities.-5. Innovative cities in the creative blue-green economy -- 6. Diversity and social solidarity in coastal cities -- 7. Seas as source of inspiration for cities, culture and the arts.- 8. Sustainable regeneration of coastal cities -- 9. Coastal cities for and with local and world citizens -- 10. Interconnected world anthologies of future blue cities -- References.-Index. .