Urban transformations : sustainable urban development through resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience /: sustainable urban development through resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sigrun Kabisch, Florian Koch, Erik Gawel, Annegret Haase, Sonja Knapp, Kerstin Krellenberg, Jaime Nivala, Andreas Zehnsdorf. editors.
• Editors: Kabisch, Sigrun; Koch, Florian; Gawel, Erik; Haase, A; Knapp, Sonja; Krellenberg, Kerstin; Nivala, Jaime; Zehnsdorf, Andreas
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Urban Transformations ; Sustainable Urban Development Through Resource Efficiency, Quality of Life and Resilience; Motivation; Sustainability Through;Urban Transformations, Our Approach and Understanding of Urban Transformations; Resource Efficiency; Quality of Life; Resilience; Synopsis; Purpose of the Volume; References; Part I: Conceptual Approaches of Sustainable Urban Transformations; Outline; Exploring the Extent, Selected Topics and Governance Modes of Urban Sustainability Transformations; 1 Introduction. 2 Extent of Urban Transformations: Transition Management and the Great Transformation2.1 Transition Management; 2.2 The Great Transformation; 3 Topics of Urban Transformations; 3.1 The Post-fossil City; 3.2 The Resilient City; 4 Goverance of Urban Transformations; 4.1 Transformative Urban Governance; Illustrated by theWBGU Approach; 4.2 Growth Machines and Urban Regimes; Illustrated by the Smart City Concept; 5 Conclusion; References. Linking Transition Theories with Theories ofInstitutions ; Implications for Sustainable Urban Infrastructures Between Flexibility and Stability1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Concepts fo th Transformation of Urban Infrastructures; 2.1 Transforming Socio-Technical Systems; 2.2 On the Steering of Socio-Technical Transformations; 3 Socio-Technical Transformations as a Phenomenon of Institutional Change; 3.1 The Importance of Institutions in the Urban Transformation Process; 3.2 The Theory of Institutional Change; 3.2.1 Mechanisms of Institutional Change. 3.2.2 The Concept of Adaptive Efficiency4 Transformation of Urban Infrastructure Systems: The Example of Urban Water Management; 4.1 The Need for a Transformation of Urban Water Infrastructure Systems Towards Greater Sustainability; 4.2 The Institutional Inertia in the Urban Water Sector as a Challenge; 4.3 Starting Points for Steering Transformation in the Urban Water Sector; 5 Conclusions; References; Efficiency-Equity-Trade-Off as a Challenge for Shaping Urban Transformations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Efficiency-Equity Trade-Offs A Overview. 2.1 Economics and the Idea of Efficiency and Trade-Offs2.2 Social Sciences ; Concepts of Environmental Justice; 3 Efficiency and Equity in Urban Transformations: Two Empirical Examples; 3.1 Flood Risk Management in England and the Urban-Rural Divide; 3.2 Sustainable Infrastructure: Pricing Water Services and the Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off; 4 Conclusion; References; On the Connection Between Urban Sustainability Transformations and Multiple Societal Crises; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Perspectives: Connections Between Transformation and Crises.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.1/416; Life sciences; Sustainable urban development; City planning; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning; Sustainable urban development; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Sociology; Environmental management; Environmental economics; The environment; Applied Ecology; Sociology, Urban; Environmental management; Environmental sociology; Environmental economics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Applied ecology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319593241; 3319593242
• Related ISBNs: 9783319593234; 3319593234
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January, 18, 2018).
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