Understanding the new sociocultural dynamics of cities : comparative urban policy in a global context / Richard Stren and Mario Polèse -- The social sustainability of Montreal : a local or a state matter? / Anne-Marie Séguin and Annick Germain -- Governance and social sustainability : the Toronto experience / Frances Frisken [and others] -- Miami : governing the city through crime / Jonathan Simon -- 'A Third-World city in the First World' : social exclusion, racial inequality, and sustainable development in Baltimore, Maryland / Marc V. Levine -- Geneva : does wealth ensure social stability? / Antoine S. Bailly -- Room to manoeuvre : governance, the post-industrial economy, and housing provision in Rotterdam / Frans Dieleman and Robert C. Kloosterman -- São Paulo and the challenges for social sustainability : the case of an urban housing policy / Ana Amélia da Silva -- Downtown San Salvador : housing, public spaces, and economic transformation / Mario Lungo -- Social transformation in a post-colonial city : the case of Nairobi / Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba -- Cape Town : seeking social sustainability in a fast-growing city / Joh Abbott -- Learning from each other : policy choices and the social sustainability of cities / Mario Polèse