%0 Journal Article
%T Contemporary meanings of the 'sustainable city': a comparative review of the French- and English-language literature
%J Sustainable Development
%D 2017
%A Hamman, Philippe
%A Anquetin, Virginie
%A Monicolle, Céline
%V 25
%N 4
%P 336-355
%X This paper analyses the repertoire of the 'sustainable city' by conducting a comparative review of the French- and English-language literature. Some use this language for its practical impact regarding urban policies; others criticize it as a tool for legitimizing growth-oriented policies. The article aims at overcoming this duality. Statistical and lexical analyses evidence four main variants of 'sustainable city' discourses, subject to debate: 'green city', 'city of short distances', 'just city' and 'participatory city'. They yield four main findings: first, there is no single model of the 'sustainable city'; second, the different approaches are not mutually exclusive, be it conceptually, institutionally, practically or geographically; third, the 'sustainable city' appears as a genuinely political repertoire - a wide range of actors and institutions act as filters, promoters or detractors; fourth, these situated uses are not fixed but constantly changing, in terms of both contents and procedures. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0968-0802
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.1660