• Chapter 1: Introduction: Cities on the Front Lines.


• Chapter 2: Building the Energy Efficient City


• Chapter 3: Beyond the Building: District Heating and Cooling


• Chapter 4: Completely Renewable Cities


• Chapter 5: Electrifying Transportation


• Chapter 6: Deprioritizing Cars


• Chapter 7: Eco-Districts: Integration and Experimentation


• Chapter 8: Cities and the Green Economy


• Chapter 9: Climate Just Cities


• Chapter 10: Connecting the Dots

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of Urban and Public Policy at Northeastern University. She focuses on urban climate action and the connections between urban sustainability and economic development and innovation. In addition, she examines how climate action can create opportunity for revitalization of low-income communities. Her third book, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development (Oxford), illustrates how cities are creating economic development opportunities in several green sectors.

In Greenovation, noted urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald explains why efforts to reduce climate change have to start in cities and calls for a policy of "greenovation." "Greenovation" policies use the city as a test bed for adopting and perfecting green technologies for more energy-efficient buildings, transportation, and other fundamental infrastructures of contemporary life.