1. Introduction / Woodrow W. Clark II -- 2. The green industrial revolution / Woodrow W. Clark II, Grant Cooke -- 3. Public policy and leadership : infrastructures and integration / Michael "Hakeem" D. Johnson -- 4. China : resource assessment of offshore wind potential / Lixuan Hong -- 5. Sustainable planning of open urban areas in developing countries : a lesson from a case study in Tel Aviv, Israel / Tali Hatuka, Hadas Saaroni -- 6. India : issues for sustainable growth/innovation for sustainability / Namrita S. Heyden -- 7. Germany's Energiewende : community-driven since the 1970s / Craig Morris -- 8. Multidisciplinary integrated development / M.K. Elahee -- 9. Think globally, act locally, and plan nationally an evaluation of sustainable development in Indonesia at national, regional, and local levels / Lacey M. Raak -- 10. Financial investments for zero energy houses : the case of near-zero energy buildings / Natalija Lepkova, Domantas Zubka, Rasmus Lund Jensen -- 11. The Canadian context : energy / Kartik Sameer Madiraju -- 12. Energy management in a small-island developing economy : the case of Mauritius / Khalil Elahee -- 13. Energy system of the Baltic States and its development / Jurate Sliogeriene -- 14. Renewable energy generation : incentives matter : a comparison between Italy and other European countries / D. Chiaroni, V. Chiesa, F. Frattini -- 15. Germany's Energiewende / Eric Borden, Joel Stonington -- 16. Educational programs for sustainable societies using cross-cultural management method : a case study from Serbia / Jane Paunkovic -- 17. Business ventures and financial sector in the United Arab Emirates / Robert Ruminski -- 18. Development of a sustainable disabled population in countries of the cooperation council for the Arab states of the Gulf / Simon Hayhoe -- 19. Political-economic governance of renewable energy systems : the key to creating sustainable communities / Woodrow W. Clark II, Xing Li -- 20. Sustainable agriculture : the food chain / Attilio Coletta -- 21. Development partnership of renewable energies technology and smart grid in China / A.J. Jin, Wenbo Peng -- 22. The regenerative community regenerer : a Haitian model and process toward a sustainable, self-renewing economy / Carl Welty -- 23. Microcities / Naved Jafry, Garson Silvers -- 24. Conclusion / Woodrow W. Clark II.