Part I.Urbanisations and Social Sustainability.- Chapter 1.Introduction: Paris Climate Agenda and  Serious Challenges to our Sustainable Development.- Chapter 2.Urban Planning and City Futures: Planning for Cities in the 21st Century.- Chapter 3.Urbanisation & Entrepreneurship in Development: Like a Horse and Carriage?.- Chapter 4.Social Sustainability, Housing and Alienation.- Chapter 5.The Misalignment of Policy and Practice in Sustainable Urban Design.- Chapter 6.Reporting Corporate Sustainability: The Challenges of Organisational and Political Rhetoric.- Part II.Case Studies.- Chapter 7.A Social-environmental Interface of Sustainable Development: A case study of Ghadames, Libya.- Chapter 8.The Under-valuation, but Extreme Importance of Social Sustainability in South Africa.- Chapter 9.Smart Eco Cities are Managing Information Flow in an Integrated Way: The Example of Water, Electricity and Solid Waste.- Chapter 10.. Reimagining Resources to Build Smart Futures: An Agritec Case Study of Aeroponics.- Chapter 11.Buildings that Perform: Thermal Performance and Comfort.- Chapter 12.Maintaining Excellence and Expertise within Medical Imaging: A Sustainable Practice?.- Chapter 13.Safety and Cyber Security in a Digital Age.- Chapter 14. A Sustainable Education Sector: The Place for Mature and Part-time Students.

This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The volume’s twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics creates a nuanced and vitally important resource. Large migrations from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning and infrastructure improvements, including housing, education and health care optimization, have created significant challenges across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich strategies to meet these challenges by careful application of data on population growth and movement to the planning, design, and construction of operational infrastructures that can sustainably support our increasingly rapid population growth.

Covers Social Sustainability, a rarely discussed and yet vital aspect of sustainable development Examines how urbanization has intensified sustainability problems, and offers technologically-driven solutions to mitigate the damage wrought to the environment, and our well-being Focuses on Smart Cities, melding engineering aspects, such as planning and construction, with human aspects, such as education and health-care