Table 6: Urban Economics
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
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| Elkington J (2002) | The Chrysalis Economy: how citizen CEOs and corporations can fuse values and value creation. | Book: Aimed at a wide cross-section audience and provides some preliminary navigation tools for making progress towards the ‘moving target’ of sustainability. | Capstone, Oxford (UK) |
| Hawken P, Lovins A B and Lovins L H (1999) | Natural Capitalism: Creating the next industrial revolution | Book: Describes a future in which business and environmental interests increasingly overlap, and simultaneously, ways in which businesses can better satisfy their customers’ needs, increase profits, and help solve (urban) environmental problems. | Little, Brown & Co, Boston (USA) |
| Holliday Jr C O, Schmidheiny S and Watts P (2002) | Walking the Talk: The business case for sustainable management | Book: Uses case studies which argue business can, and indeed must, be an agent of positive change for the environment and to reduce prime social ailments such as poverty. | Greenleaf, Sheffield (UK) |
| Litman T A (2003) | Economic Value of Walkability | Website report: Describes ways to quantify the value of walking (the activity) and walkability (the quality of walking conditions, including safety, comfort and convenience). | Online: http://www.americawalks.org/PDF_PAPE/Litman.pdf (Canada) |
| Nattrass B and Altomare M (2002) | Dancing with the Tiger: Learning sustainability step by natural step | Book: Presents case studies from individuals, teams and organisations learning about change and sustainability, and then acting on that learning. Case studies include some of the most successful companies and communities in North America. | New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC (USA) |
| SustainAbility | Website: Encourages the evolution and widespread adoption of thinking and practices which are economically competitive, environmentally sound, and socially responsible - the ‘triple-bottom line of sustainable development’. Has an extensive range of reports and resources which can be ordered online. | Online: http://www.sustainability.com/home.asp (UK) |
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| Swisher J (2003) | The New Business Climate: A guide to lower carbon emissions and better business performance | Book: An easy to follow guide which outlines opportunities for business, educational and governmental organisations to get involved in renewable energy, fuel cells, energy efficient products and climate change remediation technologies. | Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado (USA) |
| The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | Website: Aims to demonstrate business progress in environmental and resource management and corporate social responsibility and to disseminate leading-edge sustainable practices. Access is available to reports and case studies covering topics such as ‘sustainable livelihoods’, eco-efficiency and risk management. | Online: http://www.wbcsd.org/ (UK) |
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| Wackernagel M and Rees W (1996) | Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing human impact on the earth | Book: Discusses sustainability by representing the ecological footprint as a powerful tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain households and communities. | New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC (Canada) |
