This book is an introduction to the ways in which the discipline of geography can be used to analyze and assess the emerging sustainable society.

Mark Whitehead is a lecturer in human geography at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

1. The Geographies of the Sustainable Society Part 1: Spaces of Sustainability 2. Ecological Modernization in the West: Making Business Sense out of Sustainability 3. Sustainable Development in the Post-Socialist World 4. The Pollution of Poverty: Sustainability in the Developing World Part 2: Scales of Sustainability 5. Sustainability in a Global Era 6. The Sustainable Region 7. Sustainable Cities 8. Localizing the Sustainable Society: Between Citizenship and Community 9. Conclusions: Reflections on Actually Existing Sustainabilities