Ecocities Now: Building the Bridge to Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Cities

Introduction.- Part I. Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Cities.- Chapter 1. Supporting Informal Areas Resilience: Reinforcing Hidden Green Potentials for a Better Quality of Life.- Chapter 2. Assessing Urban Forest Values using a Combination of LiDAR, TSI, and i-Tree Eco field data.- Chapter 3. Use of Biochar to Improve Stormwater Runoff Quality.- Part II. Climate Action.- Chapter 4. Rethinking the territory, Concepción Chile. A resilient and strategic planning for a vulnerable urban coastal system.- Chapter 5. Willingness to use non-motorized transport is underestimated.- Chapter 6. Informal Solutions Towards Personal Net Zero.- Part III. Circular Economy.- Chapter 7. Making cement from demolished concrete: a potential circular economy through geopolymer chemistry.- Chapter 8. A hybrid model for sustainable urban metabolism in metropolitan communities.- Part IV. Informal Solutions for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 9. Elements of community capacity building in post-earthquake reconstruction of Nepal.- Chapter 10. Developing a decentralized and integrated water management System for Neighborhood Communities within Indonesia's informal urban Settlements.- Conclusion.