With Asia’s cities undergoing unprecedented growth in the 21st century lauded the ‘urban century’ by many Sustainable Cities in Asia provides a timely examination of the challenges facing cities across the continent including some of the projects approaches and solutions that are currently being tested. This book uses numerous case studies analysing topical issues ranging from city cycling in India to green spaces in China to the use of community-led energy generation projects in post-Fukushima Japan. Containing contributions from an international team of scholars it also takes a multi-disciplinary approach and draws on examples from a wide range of countries including China India Japan Korea Taiwan Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Ultimately by providing a comprehensive discussion of the broader debates around the shape of sustainable urbanism it demonstrates that Asia is one of the most active regions in terms of the development of sustainable city strategies. Tackling the contemporary issues of key importance for sustainability such as property markets migration and transport this book will appeal to students and scholars of Urban Geography Sustainability Environmental Studies and Asian studies.