66
Roseland M (2000) Sustainable community development: integrating environmental, economic, and
social objectives. Prog Plan 54(2):73–132. https://doi.
org/10.1016/S0305-9006(00)00003-9
Roseland M (2012) Toward sustainable communities:
solutions for citizens and their governments, 4th edn.
New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2016) Converging
urban agendas: toward healthy and sustainable communities. Soc Sci 5(3):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/
socsci5030028
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2017) Sustainable community planning and development. In: Abraham
MA (ed) Encyclopedia of sustainable technologies.
Elsevier, Amsterdam/Oxford/Cambridge, pp 53–61
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2018) Sustainability
in North America: the Canadian experience. In:
Brinkmann R, Garren S (eds) The Palgrave handbook
of sustainability: case studies and practical solutions.
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp 635–652
Ross D (2018) Sustainability planning and assessment:
identifying and evaluating community capital in the
district of North Vancouver (Unpublished master’s
thesis/research project). Simon Fraser University,
Canada
Ruckstuhl, S., Espey, J., & Rae, L. (2018). The USA sustainable cities initiative: lessons for city-level SDG
action
Steffen W, Persson Å, Deutsch L, Zalasiewicz J,
Williams M, Richardson K et al (2011) The anthropocene: from global change to planetary stewardship. Ambio 40(7):739–761. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s13280-011-0185-x
Steffen W, Richardson K, Rockström J, Cornell SE,
Fetzer I, Bennett EM et al (2015) Planetary boundaries: guiding human development on a changing planet.
Science 347(6223):1259855. https://doi.org/10.1126/
science.1259855
UN DESA (2018) United Nations. World urbanization prospects: the 2018. Revision [Key facts].
Economic and Social Affairs https://doi.org/10.1017/
CBO9781107415324.004
United Nations (2015a) Adoption of the Paris Agreement
(FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1). Paris. Retrieved from
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/
l09r01.pdf
United Nations (2015b) Resolution 70/1. Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development. Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld
United Nations (2015c) The millennium development goals report 2015. United Nations. New York.
978-92-1-101320-7
United Nations (2017) New Urban Agenda. Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development
(Habitat III) ISBN: 978-92-1-132757-1
Uphoff N (2014) Systems thinking on intensification and
sustainability: systems boundaries, processes and
dimensions. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 8:89–100.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2014.10.010
van Kerkhoff L (2014) Developing integrative research for
sustainability science through a complexity principlesbased approach. Sustain Sci 9(2):143–155. https://doi.
org/10.1007/s11625-013-0203-y
WCED (1987) Report of the world commission
on environment and development: our common future (The Brundtland report). https://doi.
org/10.1080/07488008808408783
Woodbridge M (2015) From MDGs to SDGs: what are
the sustainable development goals? ICLEI – Local
Governments for Sustainability
Yin RK (2014) Case study research: design and methods,
5th edn. SAGE, Thousand Oaks
Maria Spiliotopoulou is a Ph.D. candidate at Simon
Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental
Management and an instructor in the Sustainable
Development Program. Maria’s doctoral research aims to
advance community sustainability theory by exploring the
potential of urban productivity to holistically operationalize sustainable community development. Her goal is to
contribute to the global discourse on implementing and
assessing local sustainability by proposing new ways to
support the achievement of sustainable communities and
the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Maria also has
an extensive work experience as an environmental consultant in Europe. Her most recent publications, co-authored
with Dr. Mark Roseland, include a chapter in the Palgrave
Handbook of Sustainability (2018) and a chapter in
Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies
(2017).
Dr. Mark Roseland is a Director and Professor, School
of Community Resources and Development at Arizona
State University, and Senior Sustainability Scientist, ASU
Global Institute of Sustainability.
Before coming to ASU, Dr. Roseland was a Director of
the Centre for Sustainable Development and Professor of
Planning in the School of Resource and Environmental
Management at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,
Canada. He also worked as Chief City Planner for a
municipality in the Metro Vancouver area. Dr. Roseland
has been cited by The Vancouver Sun as one of Vancouver’s
top 50 public intellectuals and has received both the SFU
Sustainability Network Award for Excellence in Research
on Sustainability and the SFU President's Award for
Leadership in Sustainability. Dr. Roseland wrote the
groundbreaking book Toward Sustainable Communities:
Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments (New
Society Publishers), now in its 4th edition, and founded
Pando | Sustainable Communities, a multilingual online
network to promote collaboration between researchers
and practitioners.
M. Spiliotopoulou and M. Roseland
Roseland M (2000) Sustainable community development: integrating environmental, economic, and
social objectives. Prog Plan 54(2):73–132. https://doi.
org/10.1016/S0305-9006(00)00003-9
Roseland M (2012) Toward sustainable communities:
solutions for citizens and their governments, 4th edn.
New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2016) Converging
urban agendas: toward healthy and sustainable communities. Soc Sci 5(3):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/
socsci5030028
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2017) Sustainable community planning and development. In: Abraham
MA (ed) Encyclopedia of sustainable technologies.
Elsevier, Amsterdam/Oxford/Cambridge, pp 53–61
Roseland M, Spiliotopoulou M (2018) Sustainability
in North America: the Canadian experience. In:
Brinkmann R, Garren S (eds) The Palgrave handbook
of sustainability: case studies and practical solutions.
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp 635–652
Ross D (2018) Sustainability planning and assessment:
identifying and evaluating community capital in the
district of North Vancouver (Unpublished master’s
thesis/research project). Simon Fraser University,
Canada
Ruckstuhl, S., Espey, J., & Rae, L. (2018). The USA sustainable cities initiative: lessons for city-level SDG
action
Steffen W, Persson Å, Deutsch L, Zalasiewicz J,
Williams M, Richardson K et al (2011) The anthropocene: from global change to planetary stewardship. Ambio 40(7):739–761. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s13280-011-0185-x
Steffen W, Richardson K, Rockström J, Cornell SE,
Fetzer I, Bennett EM et al (2015) Planetary boundaries: guiding human development on a changing planet.
Science 347(6223):1259855. https://doi.org/10.1126/
science.1259855
UN DESA (2018) United Nations. World urbanization prospects: the 2018. Revision [Key facts].
Economic and Social Affairs https://doi.org/10.1017/
CBO9781107415324.004
United Nations (2015a) Adoption of the Paris Agreement
(FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1). Paris. Retrieved from
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/
l09r01.pdf
United Nations (2015b) Resolution 70/1. Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development. Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld
United Nations (2015c) The millennium development goals report 2015. United Nations. New York.
978-92-1-101320-7
United Nations (2017) New Urban Agenda. Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development
(Habitat III) ISBN: 978-92-1-132757-1
Uphoff N (2014) Systems thinking on intensification and
sustainability: systems boundaries, processes and
dimensions. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 8:89–100.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2014.10.010
van Kerkhoff L (2014) Developing integrative research for
sustainability science through a complexity principlesbased approach. Sustain Sci 9(2):143–155. https://doi.
org/10.1007/s11625-013-0203-y
WCED (1987) Report of the world commission
on environment and development: our common future (The Brundtland report). https://doi.
org/10.1080/07488008808408783
Woodbridge M (2015) From MDGs to SDGs: what are
the sustainable development goals? ICLEI – Local
Governments for Sustainability
Yin RK (2014) Case study research: design and methods,
5th edn. SAGE, Thousand Oaks
Maria Spiliotopoulou is a Ph.D. candidate at Simon
Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental
Management and an instructor in the Sustainable
Development Program. Maria’s doctoral research aims to
advance community sustainability theory by exploring the
potential of urban productivity to holistically operationalize sustainable community development. Her goal is to
contribute to the global discourse on implementing and
assessing local sustainability by proposing new ways to
support the achievement of sustainable communities and
the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Maria also has
an extensive work experience as an environmental consultant in Europe. Her most recent publications, co-authored
with Dr. Mark Roseland, include a chapter in the Palgrave
Handbook of Sustainability (2018) and a chapter in
Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies
(2017).
Dr. Mark Roseland is a Director and Professor, School
of Community Resources and Development at Arizona
State University, and Senior Sustainability Scientist, ASU
Global Institute of Sustainability.
Before coming to ASU, Dr. Roseland was a Director of
the Centre for Sustainable Development and Professor of
Planning in the School of Resource and Environmental
Management at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,
Canada. He also worked as Chief City Planner for a
municipality in the Metro Vancouver area. Dr. Roseland
has been cited by The Vancouver Sun as one of Vancouver’s
top 50 public intellectuals and has received both the SFU
Sustainability Network Award for Excellence in Research
on Sustainability and the SFU President's Award for
Leadership in Sustainability. Dr. Roseland wrote the
groundbreaking book Toward Sustainable Communities:
Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments (New
Society Publishers), now in its 4th edition, and founded
Pando | Sustainable Communities, a multilingual online
network to promote collaboration between researchers
and practitioners.
M. Spiliotopoulou and M. Roseland