Global problems and localist solutions -- Economic development and localist knowledge -- Can localism be just and sustainable? -- The politics of local retail -- The challenges of urban agriculture -- Local energy and the public sector -- Localism and the media -- Policies for an alternative economy

1. Modern civilization is the city -- 2. Key problems facing modern cities -- 3. The green industrial revolution -- 4. Smart green and sustainable -- 5. Technologies that make a city smart and green -- 6. Sustainable green transport -- 7. China- revolutionary green transformation -- 8. The next...

"This book explores the concepts of car-free cities and city humanization as possible solutions to reduce the deteriorating effect on the environment and the community. The publication discusses the urban initiative to implement pedestrianization and humanization of cities and public spaces to...