The recent rise of cities in global environmental politics has stimulated remarkable debates about sustainable urban development and the geopolitics of a changing world order no longer defined by tightly bordered national regimes.
Yonn Dierwechter is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma, USA.
1. Introduction;.- 2. The Environmentalization of Internationalism;.- 3. The Urbanization of Environmentalism;.- 4. Green Internationalism and the Urban Alternative;.- 5. From Global Mirage to Urban Movement?.