Urban sustainability transitions

by Broto, Vanesa Castán Coenen, Lars Frantzeskaki, Niki

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Full title :Urban sustainability transitions / edited by Niki Frantzeskaki, Vanesa Broto, Lars Coenen, and Derk Loorbach.

Summary

"The world's population is currently undergoing a significant transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment of urban society's technologies and infrastructures, culture and lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks. Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in different types of cities across the world and explores possible strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide, medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and Planning."--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781351855952, 1351855956, 9781315228389, 1315228386, 9781351855969, 1351855964, 9781351855945, 1351855948
oclc:ocn990300538
LC Classification:HT241
Dewey Decimal:307.1/416

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Subjects

Cities and towns -- Growth City planning -- Environmental aspects Political Science / Public Policy / Cit… suburban growth Sustainable urban development urban sprawl Urbanisme durable Villes -- Croissance