Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- SECTION I: The sustainable city in Asia -- 1 Unlocking urban trajectories: planning for environmentally just transitions in Asia -- 2 The story does not remain the same: multi-scalar perspectives on sustainable urban development in Asia and Hong Kong -- 3 Does the Asian property market work for sustainable urban developments? -- 4 Migration and urbanisation in contemporary Asia: addressing urban inequalities and promoting social sustainability -- 5 Let's focus on connections: reading Chinese eco-cities from a relational, multi-scalar perspective -- SECTION II: Challenges and regional perspectives -- 6 Green as urban spectacle in China -- 7 Property-led urban growth, institutional change and urban sustainability: the case of China in an international perspective -- 8 The impacts of High-Speed Rail on Shanghai's suburban communities: social sustainability and environmental justice -- 9 The Kathputli conundrum: slum redevelopment and the institutionalisation of unsustainability -- 10 Sustainable cities in South Asian countries: a politico-cultural perspective -- 11 Buying (into) sustainability: technocratic environmentalism in Abu Dhabi -- 12 Songdo: the hype and decline of world's first smart city -- 13 Challenging the eco-city: residents' perceptions of social sustainability in Tianjin eco-city, China -- SECTION III: Shaping the sustainable city in Asia -- 14 Sustainable community development in Taipei, Taiwan -- 15 Can mega events lead to sustainable urban development? The case of Beijing and Guangzhou -- 16 A changing cultural narrative of citizenship, urbanism and cycling in Indian cities -- 17 A difficult birth: creating Seoul, the 21st-century sustainable city