...Joseph Adeniran Adedeji; Joseph Akinlabi Fadamiro Purpose – The poor outdoor quality of highly populated third-world cities is a consequence of the misuse of public open spaces as refuse dumps and for informal trading activities. This describes the situation of Lagos metropolis before the present...

... period. Originality/value The paper concludes that with foresight and long‐term planning it is feasible to implement a dual water supply network in a major city, on a scale which may lead to saving up to 25 percent of drinking quality water on top of other traditional water conservation measures...

... using two different program designs and compares several indicators of performance in terms of program implementation, outputs, and outcomes. Findings Cities using the top‐down approach to programmatic intervention are more successful in accomplishing sustainability goals than cities engaging...

...Sueli Corrêa de Faria; Luiz Fernando Macedo Bessa; Helena Corrêa Tonet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ideal meaning of good governance for cities sustainability, basing itself on the international consensus of governance as the most important issue when facing urban...

...Masud Parves Rana Purpose This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework to analyse whether the global concept of sustainable city, generally produced as a goal in the cities of the global North, will be equally suitable in the cities of the global South or not. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mark Amen; Rebecca Harris; Joanna Dyl Purpose This paper aims to connect the history of San Francisco's urban development, particularly the use of artificial fill along the coast, with the city's seismic history in order to explore whether San Franciscans have learned from recurrent natural...

...Daniel Cappon Two detailed taxonomies designed to help define the relationships between a city′s environment and the health of its citizens are described. The first taxonomy enumerates the indicators of sickness both in the built environment of a city and in its citizens that should be prevented...