Chapter 1. Introduction: The City as a Multifaceted and Dynamic Constitutional Entity -- Part I. Cities Within National Power Structures -- Chapter 2. Cities and the Dutch Constitution -- Chapter 3. Modes of Urban Autonomy: The Constitutional Characteristics of Self-Governance in Amsterdam, Paris and Hamburg -- Chapter 4. Reanimating Brussels: The Beating Heart of the Belgian Federation -- Chapter 5. How much Local Autonomy is Good for a City? An Analysis of the Peruvian Constitutional Design for Cities and its Effects in the Case of the Lima -- Chapter 6. Comparative Constitutional Politics in Hong Kong and Macau under Chinese Sovereignty -- Chapter 7. A Tale of Three Cities: The City in German Constitutional Law -- Part II. Cities and Citizens -- Chapter 8. The Constitution and the City: Reflections on Judicial Experimentalism Through an Urban Lens -- Chapter 9. Urban Governance and the Right to a Healthy City -- Chapter 10. Topical Storm Approaching: Regulating Public Assemblies and Respondingto Online Falsehoods in the City State of Singapore -- Chapter 11. The City of London: Dominance, Democracy and the Rule of Law? -- Part III. Cities and the International Arena -- Chapter 12. Accelerating Cities, Constitutional Brakes? Exploring the Local Authorities between Global Challenges and Domestic Law -- Chapter 13. European Cities between Self-Government and Subordination: Their Role as Policy-Takers and Policy-Makers -- Part IV. Constitutional Law in the Age of the City -- Chapter 14. Urbanization, Megacities, Constitutional Silence -- Chapter 15. Redrawing the Boundaries of City Governance: Preliminary Lines of Inquiry into Metropolitan Cities, Socio-Economic Challenges and Constitutional Law.

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This open access book presents papers displayed in the 2nd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF 2020), co-organised by the University of Hertfordshire and the University Alliance DTA for Energy. The research included in this book covers a wide range of topics in the areas of energy and sustainability including: • ICT and control of energy; • conventional energy sources; • energy governance; • materials in energy research; • renewable energy; and • energy storage. The book offers a holistic view of topics related to energy and sustainability, making it of interest to experts in the field, from industry and academia.