1. Introduction: Rising to the Global Challenges Thomas Harper, Michael Hibbard, Heloisa Costa, and Anthony Yeh 2. Hanging Out With "Trouble-Causers": Planning and Governance in Urban Zimbabwe Amin Y. Kamete
3. Towards a Cosmopolitan Urbanism: from Theory to Practice Leonie Sandercock
4. For the Equitable City Yet to Come Tanja Winkler 5. Shocking the Suburbs: Urban Location, Homeownership and Oil Vulnerability in the Australian City Jago Dodson and Neil Sipe
6. The Re-Enclosure of Green-Space in Postmodern Urbanism Michael Hebbert
7. Safe Urban Spaces: Security Issues for City Design Maria Julieta Nunes De Souza and Rose Compans
8. Public Space and Conservation of a Historic Living City: Melaka, Malaysia Samira Ramezani, Zul Azri Bin Abd Aziz and Syed Z.A. Idid 9. New Urbanism, Social Equity, and The Challenge of Post-Katrina Rebuilding in Mississippi Emily Talen
10. Immature Take-Offs: Urbanization, Industrialization and Development in Twentieth-Century Latin America Arturo Almandoz
11. Policy And Planning for Large-Infrastructure Projects: Problems, Causes, and Curses Brent Flyvbjerg
12. Socio-Political Analysis of French Transport Policies: the State of Practice Vincent Kaufmann, Christophe Jemelin, Geraldine Pflieger and Luca Pattaroni
13. Institutional Impediments to Planning Professionalism in Victoria, Australia Alan March