Sustainability represents the capacity of human beings to continuously adapt to their nonhuman environments by means of social organization, in a bid to effect permanent reform. While opinions may vary on the course and pace of such reform, few authorities or organizations today would dismiss the fundamental importance of urban sustainability. Over the next decade, Southeast Asia will complete its transition from being overwhelmingly rural to being predominantly urban. While this rapid urban development has been documented ...
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Sustainability represents the capacity of human beings to continuously adapt to their nonhuman environments by means of social organization, in a bid to effect permanent reform. While opinions may vary on the course and pace of such reform, few authorities or organizations today would dismiss the fundamental importance of urban sustainability. Over the next decade, Southeast Asia will complete its transition from being overwhelmingly rural to being predominantly urban. While this rapid urban development has been documented in a number of publications over four decades, there is an urgent need for comparative reassessment in the context of the sustainability debate. This fact makes Challenging Sustainability, with its focus on the challenges facing urban sustainability, development and change in Southeast Asia, particularly apt. Presented in three partsthe first deals with physical environments including infrastructure issues, the second with broadly economic and cultural concerns, and
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