Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / John C. Dernbach -- Sustainability thinking for the climate change generation / Jessica Owley -- Sustainability is the answer : now what was the question? / Rebecca M. Bratspies -- Becoming landsick : rethinking sustainability in an age of continuous, visible, and irreversible change / Robin Kundis Craig -- A framework for application : three concrete, scalable strategies to accelerate sustainability / Jonathan Rosenbloom -- Sustainability, climate mitigation, and the economic dynamics of law / David M. Driesen -- Cities on stilts : the myth of large-scale climate adaptation and the limits of sustainability / Patrick Parenteau -- Transparency in support of sustainability / Katrina Fischer Kuh -- Is that all there is? : the surprising value of unenforceable local climate action plans / Melissa Powers -- Sustainable cities of tomorrow : a land use response to climate change / Stephen R. Miller -- Sustainability and justice / Sarah Krakoff -- Sustainable utopias and the climate change apocalypse / Michael Burger -- Determining what equity means in the context of global climate change / Shannon M. Roesler -- Saving sustainability / Keith H. Hirokawa.