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Large modern cities, despite occupying only a small fraction of the Earth's land, exert a vast ecological impact that stretches across the globe. The book explores the disconnect between urban environments and nature, highlighting the challenges and consequences of urbanization on ecological systems. It delves into the implications of this independence from the natural world, prompting reflection on sustainability and the relationship between cities and their environments.

Environmental and human catastrophe looms ever larger for planet Earth. From the need to build sustainable cities to house growing billions to transforming the international trade system to tackling run-away climate change, positive, powerful action is needed now to turn a deepening global crisis into an opportunity for change. This book, the first major output by leading lights from the World Future Council (WFC), a new international lobby for future generations, seeks nothing less than a complete transformation of how humans relate to the world and one another.

Creating cities of cultural vigour and physical beauty that are also sustainable in economic and environmental terms.