What does building capacity for regenerative communities mean to me? This is my perspective in brief. Regenerative systems development focuses not solely on reducing resource extraction and its impact (on Earth and each other), but -above all- on (re)connecting and…
Reposted from https://www.urbanagenda.urban-initiative.eu/urban-agenda-eu My commentary Although the European Urban Agenda (EUA), co-funded by the European Commission, could be better embedding holistic/systems thinking, it is currently one of the most advanced frameworks for the transformation of cities for the 21st century….
Why so much is going wrong at the same time Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis? By Thomas Homer-Dixon. Published in Vox, Oct 18, 2023 Is the world facing a “polycrisis”? Is there even…
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 The book is now available to order as paperback and ebook. See photos from the book launch here and a one-minute…
New research article I co-authored, just published online by Elsevier’s Sustainable Cities and Society. Vigier, M., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Spiliotopoulou, M., Moore, J., & Rees, W. E. (2023). To what extent is sustainability addressed at urban scale and how aligned…
