ECO-2020 v1

Li, W., & Yi, P. (2020). Assessment of city sustainability—coupling coordinated development among economy, society and environment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 256. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120453
The purpose of the reading is to help you understand how the coordination of economic, social, and environmental subsystems as a part of urban sustainability directly affects the quality of the urbanization.

Muth, R., Eisenhut, K., Rabe, J., & Tschorsch, F. (2019). BBBlockchain: Blockchain-based participation in urban development. 2019 15th International Conference on EScience (EScience), 321–330. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1109/eScience.2019.00043
This reading introduces blockchain-based participation in which all stakeholder groups are participating in the urban development and planning process to enhance transparency and decision-making to create a stronger outcome.

Wachsmuth, D., & Angelo, H. (2018). Green and gray: New ideologies of nature in urban sustainability policy. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(4), 1038–1056. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1080/24694452.2017.1417819
This article explains the two distinct representational forms of urban sustainability today, called green urban nature and gray urban nature. Green is the nature in the city (trees, grass, landscapes, gardens), and the gray represents the social and technological, such as public transit.

SW Pictures LTD. (2009). Vision of the future: Sustainable eco-cities [Video]. Films on Demand.
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This video describes Freiburg, Germany as an example of a model eco-city. This city has demonstrated its sustainability throughout its urban development process.