Linking Sustainability to Competitiveness

This book identifies and discusses opportunities and constraints in applying the sustainability paradigm to urbanization. It integrates this wide concept with 'local competitiveness' and focuses on the role of both general and specific political action in shaping the economic structure of a region.

Alessandro Muolo is a PhD candidate in Regional Science and Economic Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (L'Aquila, Italy). Luca Salvati is a professor of Applied Economics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Rome, Italy).

1. Metropolitan regions and the 'sustainability-competitiveness' nexus 2.From 'global' to 'regional': The challenge of sustainable development 3.From 'regional' to 'local': The quest for economic competitiveness in metropolitan regions 4.Towards new metropolitan landscapes: Sustainability & competitiveness