In this post, I briefly explore the concept, principles, and practices of holistic urban productivity or regenerative sustainability as an emerging theory in Sustainable Community Development (SCD) and I introduce a conceptual framework for regenerative urban sustainability. The full paper…
Our new book has just been launched! See photos from our presentation during the Community Development Society Conference that took place in Portland OR in July 2023. Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments, 5th edition, by Mark Roseland,…
Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments, 5th edition Mark Roseland, Margaret Stout, and Maria Spiliotopoulou ISBN: 9780865719743 Pre-Order is available now for paperback and ebooks (also on Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble). Purchase the book for yourself…
New research article I co-authored, just published online by Elsevier’s Sustainable Cities and Society. Abstract Humanity’s demand for resources exceeds annually the Earth’s productive capacity (EPC), defined as the total regenerative and assimilative capacities of our planet. This article asks…
Despite being an old concept for engineering, psychology, and disaster management, the famous natural scientist C.S. Holling introduced ecological and socio-ecological resilience in the early 1970s. He synthesized social and ecological theory to study and enhance adaptive (as opposed to…
The position of an initiative on the weak/strong sustainability continuum is a debate that is rooted in economics but is now central to sustainability discourse, pertaining to both research and practice. The weaker-to-stronger sustainability debate is a spectrum between those…
Repost from The Lancet – originally published on October 20, 2021. Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet…
