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cocities Now Building the Bridge to Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Cities
Ecocities Now
Jennie Moore · Sahar Attia · Adel Abdel-Kader · Aparajithan Narasimhan Editors
Ecocities Now Building the Bridge to Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Cities
Editors Jennie Moore British Columbia Institute of Technology Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sahar Attia Cairo University Cairo, Egypt
Adel Abdel-Kader Trend Green Knowledge Toronto, ON, Canada
Aparajithan Narasimhan AN Design, Habitat Studio Chennai, India
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To everyone involved in transforming cities to ecocities that are socially just and ecologically sustainable.
Preface
Ecocity, regardless of its many interpretations, has been an evolving and trending concept since publication of the book “Ecocity Berkeley” by Richard Register in 1987. The concept’s roots lie in the urban ecology movement of the 1970s. In essence, it is a vision of ecologically healthy cities. The concept remains inspiring despite it being challenging to see a fully functioning, ecologically healthy city. Many international conferences, symposiums, forums, workshops, courses, and seminars have been held on ecocities, helping find a way forward for the movement. In 1990, the First International Ecocity Conference was convened in Berkeley, California. A subsequent conference was held two years later in Australia, then Africa two years after that, and then China. Thus, the Ecocity World
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