After setting out concerns, methods, and goals, Moore (architecture and planning, U. of Texas-Austin) presents case studies of cities in Texas, Brazil, and Germany where governments and citizens have undertaken measures to become sustainable. He is more concerned with the political and social mechanisms, and particularly the stories that are spun, than with the technologies employed. His concluding chapters include story versus space, and sustainability and democracy. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)