Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Environmental actors within local governance systems; 1.2 Imaginaries, creativity, and power; 1.3 Diffraction and intra-action; 2 The existing socio-environment; 2.1 Natural histories of urbanization; 2.2 The institutional environment; 2.3 Socio-environmentalevents as catalysts; 2.4 Changing institutional context; 3 Envisioning the future through the sustainable imaginary; 3.1 Vision and visibility; 3.2 Dealing with the past; 3.3 Responding to hazards and/or changing climate
3.4 Projecting forward existing ways of living, or imagining new futures?4 How the socio-environment is (re)produced; 4.1 Proper relationship between citizens and government; 4.2 Creative governance and funding; 4.3 Creative projects and programs; 4.4 Sustaining the imaginary; 5 Conclusion; 5.1 Diffracting the sustainable imaginaries of Chicago and Melbourne; 5.2 Diffractive patterns; 5.3 Imagining sustainability and creativity; Index
