Geographical leadership, sustainability and urban education

摘要

Geography possesses in its intellectual DNA a unique ability to understand cities. Decades ago, it embarked on this project but was distracted, for a number of reasons. The emergence of a field committed to sustainability has renewed the relevance of urban education. This, the first of two articles, begins to identify what geography has to offer. In the second article, I will suggest in greater detail how the discipline can provide leadership both in schools and in public policy in relation to studies of cities and sustainability.