Designing Sustainable Urban Systems: Features, Metrics, and Processes — Final Report

Abstract

This conference was undertaken to begin coalescing a multi-site, multidisciplinary, research network specifically aimed at defining the necessary and sufficient elements of a “sustainable urban system.” By convening a diverse group of participants, we hoped to seed the convergence process by generating a common set of cross-disciplinary concepts, methods, and topics to focus further investigation. Additionally, we hoped to uncover any clear oversights and roadblocks that might hinder progress in this research area or identify gaps in our research team or approach that would need to be filled before defining and embarking on a new research agenda.