Building Cities to LAST

1. . Easy-to-grasp way of thinking. The four measures of sustainable urbanism presented provide
a holistic framework for thinking through the basic forms of infrastructure that cities must
provide: Water and Waste, Food, Shelter, Energy, and Mobility.
2. Structure of the book. Each measure is presented in a separate chapter. Each of these are
separated into two components: an overview and a more detailed presentation of information
in an encyclopaedia format
3. Concluding ‘matrix’ checklist. After presenting the four measures and their
relations to types of infrastructure in the body of the text, the conclusion will revise the singlepage
matrix presented in the introduction as a checklist for thinking through problems of
sustainable development.