. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam to commercial primacy between 1250 and 1650 … merchants, this book demonstrates how urban rivalry fostered the creation of open-access institutions in international trade. … all over Europe. Cities of Commerce intervenes in an important debate on the growth of trade in Europe before the …

Cities are part of the climate change problem, but they are also a key part of the solution. This report offers a … comprehensive analysis of how cities and metropolitan regions can change the way we think about responding to climate change. Cities …, the exposed infrastructure and prevalent coastal location of many cities makes them common targets for climate change …

This report, developed within the framework of the OECD Green Cities programme, is a pilot case study examining the … green growth potential of the Paris-IDF region. In a context of stiff international competition and internal socio … improving environmental outcomes. Building and transportation are among the urban sectors with the greatest potential. Several …

This report on the Korean Strategy for Green Growth and its implementation in urban areas assesses the contributions of … urbanisation and unprecedented resource consumption and environmental pressures that the report focuses on the role of urban areas … a central government vision and strategy, will largely hinge on the contribution of urban areas toward more sustainable …

questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by … enable the transition to green growth in cities. It concludes with a proposal for a policy framework for an urban green …This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research …

communities as a nexus of social and spatial relations within the context of urban inequality. It is concerned with the phenomenon …. It contributes to the discussion in which social difference and inequality have become more marked features of urban …