Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : environmental planning: meanings, governance, pressures, responses and approaches / Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Iain White, Hilda Blanco -- Introduction: understanding "the environment" / Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Iain White, Hilda Blanco -- Perspectives on the nature of environmental planning / Noel Castree -- Discourses and meanings of "the environment" / Timothy W. Luke -- Visionary idealism in environmental planning / Michael Gunder -- Sustainable development : history and evolution of the concept / Delyse Springett, Michael Redclift -- Ecological modernisation : achievements and limitations of densification / Petter Næss, Inger-Lise Saglie -- Anthropocene : the challenge for environmental planning / Mark Whitehead -- Understanding risk in environmental planning / Eoin O'Neill -- Complexity, uncertainty and resilience / Jon Coaffee -- Introduction : environmental governance / Richard Cowell, Simin Davoudi, Iain White, Hilda Blanco -- Environmental justice and fairness / Juliana Maantay -- Planning in and for a post-growth and post-carbon economy / John Barry -- Enhancing anticipatory governance : strategies for mitigating political myopia in environmental planning and policy making / Jonathan Boston -- Knowledge, expertise and trust / James Palmer -- Grassroots and environmental NGOs / Nathalie Berny, Ellen Clarke -- Sustainable behaviour and environmental practices / Erin Roberts -- Green citizenship : towards spatial and lived perspectives / Bronwyn E. Wood, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio -- Intermediaries and networks / Ross Beveridge -- A more-than-human approach to environmental planning / Jonathan Metzger -- Cities leading : the pivotal role of local governance and planning for sustainable development / Patricia McCarney -- Anthropocene communications : cultural politics and media representations of climate change / Marisa B. McNatt, Michael K. Goodman and Maxwell T. Boykoff -- Introduction : critical environmental pressures and responses / Iain White, Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Hilda Blanco -- Climate resilient land governance in the global south / Darryn McEvoy, David Mitchell -- Planning and disaster risk reduction / John R. Campbell -- Planning, infrastructure and low carbon energy / Matthew Cotton -- Waste and management of environmental resources / Nick Hacking -- Biodiversity, ecosystem services and environmental planning / Kimmo Lapintie, Mina di Marino -- Grasping green infrastructure : an introduction to the theory and practice of a diverse environmental planning approach / Mick Lennon -- Marine planning and coastal management / Sue Kidd -- Transport and air pollution / Anil Namdeo, Saad Almutairi -- Introduction : methods and approaches to environmental planning / Hilda Blanco, Iain White, Richard Cowell, Simin Davoudi -- Addressing sustainability issues through land use regulation and zoning / Nicole Gurran -- Indicator-based approaches to environmental planning / Cecilia Wong, Wei Zheng -- Material flow analysis / Robin Curry, Geraint Ellis -- Urban metabolic impact assessment : from concept to practice / Paulo Pinho, Ruben Fernandes -- Application of life cycle assessment in buildings : an overview of theoretical and practical information / Carlo Ingrao, Antonio Messineo, Riccardo Beltramo, Tan Yigitcanlar, Giuseppe Ioppolo -- Environmental economics and cost-benefit analysis / Ken Willis -- Natural capital and ecosystem services valuation : assisting policy making / Tomas Badura, Kerry Turner, Silvia Ferrini -- Suitability analysis : a fundamental environmental planning tool / Robert Paterson, Frederick Steiner -- Mainstreaming the environment in planning policy and decision making / Alister Scott.