Initiative and Obsolescence in Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- Section 1: World views and values -- Section 2: Design and evaluation tools and technology -- Section 3: Engaging with practice, stakeholders and management -- Initiative and obsolescence -- Final statement -- References -- Cities of Tomorrow: Five Crucibles of Change -- Exordium -- Disquisition -- Propositum -- References -- Going Beyond Sustainability: Changing Views, Changing Ways -- Introduction -- What lies beyond sustainability? -- Changing views: Transforming story, transforming thought -- Changing self: Transforming knowledge into wisdom -- Changing ways: Transforming practice -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Transition Towards a Post Carbon City-Does Resilience Matter? -- Introduction -- Cities and climate change -- Approaches to sustainable development -- Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Sustainable Urban Development-Where Are You Now? -- Introduction -- Establishing the BEQUEST network -- Building the BEQUEST team -- legacy of BEQUEST -- Defining SUD -- diffusion of SUD -- framing of and tools for SUD -- Expansion/Dilution of SUD -- Elaborating, not extending, SUD -- Conclusions -- References -- Crowdsourcing Public Participation in Sustainable Built Environment Development: The Democratisation of Expertise -- Introduction -- context of sustainable built environment development -- Background to technology-enabled public participation -- potential of virtual reality -- Using virtual reality as a crowdsourcing approach to public participation in urban planning -- Summary -- References -- 2050-The Invisible Future -- future -- What future? -- present and the future -- Future city in 2050 -- Invisible BIM 2050 -- Constraints to the vision -- References -- Role of Carbon in Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- Operational and embodied carbon in construction -- Estimating OC and EC -- Shifting of focus -- Drivers and barriers in managing carbon emissions in construction -- Need for carbon estimating in construction -- Future trends -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Supporting Risk Assessment in Building Resilient Cities -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework for capturing the degree of vulnerability of a place -- Local risk assessment process -- Multi-agency collaboration and community engagement -- Technology platforms for interactive risk assessment -- Conclusion -- References -- Towards an Intelligent Digital Ecosystem-Sustainable Data-driven Design Futures -- Introduction -- Changing role of 'design' for sustainable futures -- Emerging concepts, challenges and trends -- rise of big data -- From green to smart: New focus/New metrics -- Predicted versus actual performance -- Towards a digital ecosystem-Scenarios for implementation -- Conclusions: Future value propositions -- References -- Smart Cities Case Study-The Nottingham Experience -- Background -- Remourban -- Nottingham case study -- Integrated infrastructures -- Discussion on added value -- References -- Value-oriented Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework -- Stakeholder engagement in sustainable development -- Approaches to stakeholder engagement -- Value-oriented approach of stakeholder engagement in sustainable development -- Process of the value-oriented stakeholder engagement approach -- Using SNA to analyse stakeholder interrelationships -- conceptual framework and its potential applications -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Sustainability in Practice in the United Kingdom-A Reflective Analysis -- Introduction -- Method -- Reflective analysis -- Property Tectonics -- Economics, investment and finance -- National grid pressures -- Waste recycling -- Lifespan software -- Energy management in social housing -- Energy Company Obligation -- Compliance and warranties -- Conclusion -- References -- Understanding Value Generation in Complex Urban Regeneration Projects -- context: Social housing projects in Brazil -- Management of urban regeneration projects -- Value generation -- Research method -- Main results -- Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Integrating Sustainable Urban Development -- Problem realisation -- Towards a solution -- Globalisation and virtualisation -- city and its hinterland -- Towards better governance structures -- Mind the skills gap -- References 266 Further reading -- Sustainability-The Role of Construction Contracts -- Introduction -- JCT consultation -- Specification or contract conditions -- JCT standard form contracts and sustainability -- framework objectives -- provider's supply chain -- Sustainable development and environmental considerations -- Aspirational or legally binding provisions -- future -- Conclusion -- References -- Transforming Communication and Decision-making Practices for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Transport Infrastructure -- Introduction -- Aim, objectives and methods of study -- Sustainable renewal of urban transport infrastructure -- Analysis of key issues in urban transport renewal -- Findings and discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Rethinking the Role of Time in Sustainable Urban Development -- Introduction -- Why time? -- Planning with time -- Time as a linking factor. Hermann Dooyeweerd's philosophy of the law idea -- grave of time. Why current planning approaches fail -- Summary -- future challenge -- References -- Suggestions for Future Sustainability: Philosophical and Practical -- Sustainability -- Dooyeweerd's philosophy -- longer view -- importance of attitudes and beliefs to sustainability -- Conclusion -- References.