Future of Earth's cities
By admin on 2015-01-14

The Chinese version of Regards sur la Terre Villes: changer de trajectoire or translated as Views of the Earth Cities: changing trajectory, which addresses the major issues concerning sustainable urban development in the 21st century, has been released by Social Sciences Academic Press.
While providing in-depth analysis of major urban development issues in 80 cities worldwide, the book also puts forward sustainable mechanisms and measures for change.

"The current development models for urban areas and the ways that we use energy are not sustainable; therefore, we need to develop new sustainable models," said Laurence Tubiana, co-editor of the book and founder of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, during the press conference to launch the book on July 11.

"Though cities are the sources of the many problems of urbanization, they can also offer solutions to such problems.We need innovation to solve issues such as energy and water shortages," said Tubiana, who is also director of the Sustainable Development Center at Sciences-Po Paris.