TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Contemporary meanings of the 'sustainable city': a comparative review of the French- and English-language literature
JO  - Sustainable Development
A1  - Hamman, Philippe
A1  - Anquetin, Virginie
A1  - Monicolle, Céline
SP  - 336
EP  - 355
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0968-0802
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.1660
ID  - ref1
ER  -