Accessible Cities: From Urban Density to Multidimensional Accessibility

Abstract

Annotation Makes a significant contribution to the sustainable urbanisation agenda through authoritative interventions contextualising, assessing and explaining the relevance and importance of three central characteristics of sustainable towns and cities everywhere; that they be accessible, green and fair. Introduction: Sustainable cities in sustainable societies / David Simon -- Accessible cities: from urban density to multidimensional accessibility / James Waters -- Green cities: from tokenism to incrementalism and transformation / David Simon -- Fair cities: imperatives in meeting global sustainable developmental aspirations / Susan Parnell -- Conclusions, implications and practical guidelines / Henrietta Palmer and David Simon.