Urban Sustainability in International Relations: City Diplomacy, Green Cities and Human Rights

Abstract

The purpose of the following undergraduate dissertation is to expose the growing trend of ecological and social sustainability in urban environments and, more specifically,to analyse how this is being promoted at the diplomatic sphere as a tool for the improvement of people’s lives from the perspective of human rights. Furthermore, this dissertation includes a media analysis of headlines published in British, French and Spanish newspapers over the last five years on the subject of urban sustainability in London, Paris and Barcelona, in order to extract conclusions about their nature, their prevalence over time and their framingin relation to the editorial line of each outlet.