Robert C. Brears is the Founder of Our Future Water, which has a knowledge partnership with the World Bank's Connect4Climate and the OECD/World Bank/UNEP's Green Growth Knowledge Platform. He is an International Sectoral Expert (Water) of the Green Climate Fund. He is the author of nine books: Urban Water Security (Wiley, 2016); The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); Blue and Green Cities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Climate Resilient Water Resources Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Developing the Circular Water Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020); Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges (Routledge, 2020); Water Resources Management: Innovative and Green Solutions (De Gruyter, 2021); Regional Water Security (Wiley, 2021); and Developing the Blue Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (Palgrave, 2021). He is the Associate Editor of the journal Discover Water (Springer).

• 1. An overview of circular economy and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 2. Circular urban agriculture: strategies for sustainable food production in growing cities Robert C. Brears; 3. Urban water demand management Robert C. Brears; 4. Vibrant streets: characteristics, success factors and contributions to sustainable development Regine Gerike, Vanessa Carlow, Hendrik Görner, Sebastian Hantschel, Caroline Koszowski, Matthias Medicus and Michael Krieg; 5. Sustainable built environment in circular economy liveable cities Elena Simina Lakatos, Dan Clinci, Vladut Vasile Constandoiu and Elena Cristina Rada; 6. Dynamic water resource management for regenerative cities Nanco Dolman; 7. Renewable energy and energy efficiency in circular economy liveable cities Maria Kottari and Yoeri Dijkhof; 8. Urban nature-based solutions to create circular and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 9. Environmental justice, Circular economies, and green living Tara Rava Zolnikov, Frances Furio, Tanya Clark and Deborah Nabubwaya Chambers; 10. Circular economy as a pathway to city resilience and sustainability: challenges and opportunities Sameh N. Wahba; 11. Governing the transition to circular economy and liveable cities: the butterfly potential of the city of Vienna Karin Huber-Heim, Alexander Laszlo and Anna-Vera Deinhammer; 12. The role of education in developing liveable cities with functioning circular economies Anabel Ternès von Hattburg; 13. Circular business models and synergies in circular economy liveable cities Andrea Orsag; 14. Best practices and ways forward for cities to become circular and liveable Robert C. Brears.

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Robert C. Brears is the Founder of Our Future Water, which has a knowledge partnership with the World Bank's Connect4Climate and the OECD/World Bank/UNEP's Green Growth Knowledge Platform. He is an International Sectoral Expert (Water) of the Green Climate Fund. He is the author of nine books: Urban Water Security (Wiley, 2016); The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); Blue and Green Cities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Climate Resilient Water Resources Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Developing the Circular Water Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020); Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges (Routledge, 2020); Water Resources Management: Innovative and Green Solutions (De Gruyter, 2021); Regional Water Security (Wiley, 2021); and Developing the Blue Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (Palgrave, 2021). He is the Associate Editor of the journal Discover Water (Springer).

• 1. An overview of circular economy and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 2. Circular urban agriculture: strategies for sustainable food production in growing cities Robert C. Brears; 3. Urban water demand management Robert C. Brears; 4. Vibrant streets: characteristics, success factors and contributions to sustainable development Regine Gerike, Vanessa Carlow, Hendrik Görner, Sebastian Hantschel, Caroline Koszowski, Matthias Medicus and Michael Krieg; 5. Sustainable built environment in circular economy liveable cities Elena Simina Lakatos, Dan Clinci, Vladut Vasile Constandoiu and Elena Cristina Rada; 6. Dynamic water resource management for regenerative cities Nanco Dolman; 7. Renewable energy and energy efficiency in circular economy liveable cities Maria Kottari and Yoeri Dijkhof; 8. Urban nature-based solutions to create circular and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 9. Environmental justice, Circular economies, and green living Tara Rava Zolnikov, Frances Furio, Tanya Clark and Deborah Nabubwaya Chambers; 10. Circular economy as a pathway to city resilience and sustainability: challenges and opportunities Sameh N. Wahba; 11. Governing the transition to circular economy and liveable cities: the butterfly potential of the city of Vienna Karin Huber-Heim, Alexander Laszlo and Anna-Vera Deinhammer; 12. The role of education in developing liveable cities with functioning circular economies Anabel Ternès von Hattburg; 13. Circular business models and synergies in circular economy liveable cities Andrea Orsag; 14. Best practices and ways forward for cities to become circular and liveable Robert C. Brears.

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Robert C. Brears is the Founder of Our Future Water, which has a knowledge partnership with the World Bank's Connect4Climate and the OECD/World Bank/UNEP's Green Growth Knowledge Platform. He is an International Sectoral Expert (Water) of the Green Climate Fund. He is the author of nine books: Urban Water Security (Wiley, 2016); The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); Blue and Green Cities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Climate Resilient Water Resources Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Developing the Circular Water Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020); Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges (Routledge, 2020); Water Resources Management: Innovative and Green Solutions (De Gruyter, 2021); Regional Water Security (Wiley, 2021); and Developing the Blue Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (Palgrave, 2021). He is the Associate Editor of the journal Discover Water (Springer).

• 1. An overview of circular economy and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 2. Circular urban agriculture: strategies for sustainable food production in growing cities Robert C. Brears; 3. Urban water demand management Robert C. Brears; 4. Vibrant streets: characteristics, success factors and contributions to sustainable development Regine Gerike, Vanessa Carlow, Hendrik Görner, Sebastian Hantschel, Caroline Koszowski, Matthias Medicus and Michael Krieg; 5. Sustainable built environment in circular economy liveable cities Elena Simina Lakatos, Dan Clinci, Vladut Vasile Constandoiu and Elena Cristina Rada; 6. Dynamic water resource management for regenerative cities Nanco Dolman; 7. Renewable energy and energy efficiency in circular economy liveable cities Maria Kottari and Yoeri Dijkhof; 8. Urban nature-based solutions to create circular and liveable cities Robert C. Brears; 9. Environmental justice, Circular economies, and green living Tara Rava Zolnikov, Frances Furio, Tanya Clark and Deborah Nabubwaya Chambers; 10. Circular economy as a pathway to city resilience and sustainability: challenges and opportunities Sameh N. Wahba; 11. Governing the transition to circular economy and liveable cities: the butterfly potential of the city of Vienna Karin Huber-Heim, Alexander Laszlo and Anna-Vera Deinhammer; 12. The role of education in developing liveable cities with functioning circular economies Anabel Ternès von Hattburg; 13. Circular business models and synergies in circular economy liveable cities Andrea Orsag; 14. Best practices and ways forward for cities to become circular and liveable Robert C. Brears.

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