Part 1. Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy -- Green Urban Economy: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future / Monika Zimmermann and Richard Simpson -- Part 2. Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities -- Introduction: A Green Economy for Green Cities / Richard Simpson -- New Urban Spaces: The Emergence of Green Economies / Kenneth K. Odero -- Environmental Discourse and Economic Growth in the Greening of Postindustrial Cities / Corina McKendry -- Sustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy / Kes McCormick, Stefan Anderberg and Lena Neij -- Green Cities: Benefits of Urban Sustainability / Essam Hassan Mohamed Ahmed -- Working in Green Cities: Improving the Urban Environment While Creating Jobs and Enhancing Working Conditions / Edmundo Werna -- Sustainable Development for Cities and Citizens: Green Housing, Employment and Transport / Asif Kabani, Asif Kabani, Maliha A. Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani -- Cities and the Green Economy / Philipp Rode -- Green Cities into Practice / Vito Albino and Rosa Maria Dangelico -- Emerging-Market Cities Could Set a New Standard for Sustainable Development / Jonathan Woetzel, Shannon N. Bouton and Molly Lindsay. Part 3. Joining Forces to Accelerate Action -- Introduction: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action / Phoebe Stirling -- Accelerating Green Urban Growth / Bernd Hendriksen and Eric Copius Peereboom -- Linking Green City Politics with Green Business / Ulrich Mans and Sara Meerow -- Policy Instruments for Promoting a Green Urban Economy: The Changing Role of the State / Golam Rasul -- Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement / Rosalie Callway -- We Know Enough: Achieving Action Through the Convergence of Sustainable Community Development and the Social Economy / Sean Connelly, Sean Markey and Mark Roseland -- Seven Conditions for Effective Green Governance / Rula Taher Qalyoubi. Part 4. Strategies and Approaches for Greening Urban Economies -- Introduction: Strategies and Approaches to Greening Urban Sectors / Shay Kelleher -- The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Approaches to a City-Scale Mini-Stern Review / Andy Gouldson, Niall Kerr, Corrado Topi, Johan Kuylenstierna and Richard Pearce -- City Development Strategies and the Transition Towards a Green Urban Economy / Le-Yin Zhang -- Low Carbon Enterprise Zones: Towards a Fossil Fuel Free City Economy / Philip Monaghan -- Green Clusters and the Entrepreneurial Local Government: Portland's Economic Development Strategy / Shay Kelleher and Art von Lehe -- Green Cities Require Green Housing: Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Housing and Slum Upgrading in Cities in Developing Countries / Matthew A. French and Christophe Lalande -- EcoMobility and Its Benefits in an Urban Context / Santhosh Kodukula. Assessing the Cost of Groundwater Degradation in the Urbanizing Desert Area of Wadi El Natrun / Caroline King and Boshra Salem -- Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water: An Instrument of the Green Economy to Realize the Millennium Development Goals / Gopalsamy Poyyamoli, Golda Arpudhalin Edwin and Nandhivarman Muthu -- Decentralized Composting in Asian Cities: Lessons Learned and Future Potential in Meeting the Green Urban Economy / Dickella Gamaralalage Jagath Premakumara -- Biodiversity and Culture, Two Key Ingredients for a Truly Green Urban Economy: Learning from Agriculture and Forestry Policies in Kanazawa City, Japan / Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda -- An Economic Assessment of the Deforestation of Ghana's Garden City of West Africa / Jonathan Dagadu Quartey -- Financing a Green Urban Economy: The Potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) / Maike Sippel and Axel Michaelowa. Part 5. Experiences and Examples from City Governments -- Introduction: Experiences and Examples from City Governments / Steven Bland -- Synergies Between Environment and Economy Within a City Administration -- Experiences Made by the City of Hannover, Germany / Hans Mönninghoff -- Auckland Council: Creating a Transformational Shift Towards a Sustainable Eco-Economy / Paul Chambers and Andrew Walters -- Sustainable Urban Development Policy in the Region of Flanders / Jan De Mulder -- Greening the Local Economy Through Municipal Sustainable Procurement Policies: Implementation Challenges and Successes in Western Canada / Andrew Kemp and Amelia Clarke -- City of Raleigh Office of Sustainability: Green Building Training Program / Lynn Graham, Emily Steele, Anna Leonard, Jen Baker and Julian Prosser -- Changing to a Sustainable Socio-Economic System: A Challenge for Kyoto as a Historic City / Makoto Ueda.