Co-creating sustainable urban futures : a primer on applying transition management in cities /: a primer on applying transition management in cities. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Niki Frantzeskaki, Katharina Hölscher, Matthew Bach, Flor Avelino, editors.
• Editors: Frantzeskaki, Niki; Hölscher, Katharina; Bach, Matthew; Avelino, Flor
• Contents: Intro; My Experience with Transition Management; Contents; Transition Management in and for Cities: Introducing a New Governance Approach to Address Urban Challenges; Introduction; How Has Transition Management Been Applied?; Outline of the Book; Part I: Introduction of Transition Thinking in Urban Context and Theoretical Grounds of Transition Management in and for Cities; Part II: Applications of Transition Management in Cities; Part III: What Transition Management Could Offer in Different Contexts; Part IV: Reflecting on the Impacts of Transition Management in Cities. What This Book Is About and How to Read ItReferences and Further Readings; Part I: Introduction of Transitions Thinking in Urban Context and Theoretical Grounds of Transition Management in and for Cities; Understanding the Urban Context and Its Challenges; Introduction; Change and Its Challenges; Sustainable Development; Persistent Problems and System Failures; The Urban Context; Defining the Urban; Urban Challenges; Scopes of Urban Sustainability; Governing the Urban; Urban Governance for Sustainability; References; Introducing Sustainability Transitions ́Thinking in Urban Contexts. Introducing Transitions to SustainabilityWhat Are Transitions?; Transitions Studies; Core Principles; Co-evolution; Coordinated Emergence; Evolutionary Revolution; Key Conceptual Frameworks; Multi-level Perspective; Macro Level; Meso Level; Micro Level; Inter-level Interaction; Multi-phase Model; Multi-path; Power and Agency; Approaches to Sustainability Transitions in the Urban Context; Geographical Approach (Cities as Transition Spaces); Complexity Approach (Cities as `Convergence HubsÂ)́; Governance Approach (Cities as Innovation Drivers). Cities as Transitionscapes to Discover Processes and Actions of Agents of ChangeFurther Reading; References; Transition Management: Guiding Principles and Applications; Influencing Transitions: The Transition Management Approach; From Understanding to Acting for Sustainability Transitions in Cities; Transition Management Basics; Governance Principles; Governance Framework; Strategic; Tactical; Operational; Reflexive; Putting Transition Management into Practice; Orienting; Phase 1: Setting the Scene; Phase 2: Exploring Local Dynamics; Phase 3: Framing the Transition Challenge. Phase 4: Envisioning a Sustainable CityAgenda Setting; Phase 5: Reconnecting Long-Term and Short-Term; Phase 6: Engaging and Anchoring; Activating; Phase 7: Getting into Action; Reflecting; Transition Management in and for Cities; References; Urban Planning and Transition Management: Rationalities, Instruments and Dialectics; Urban Planning: A Brief Introduction; Evolving Rationalities of Urban Planning; Rationalism in Urban Planning; Incrementalism in Urban Planning; Participation and Advocacy in Planning; Collaborative Planning; Strategic Planning; Multi-level- and Metropolitan Governance.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (415 pages)
• Subjects: 307.1/416; Life sciences; Sustainable urban development; City planning; Organizational change; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning; Organizational change; Sustainable urban development; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Human Geography; Architecture -- General; Sustainability; Human geography; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Applied Ecology; Sustainable development; Architecture; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Applied ecology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319692739; 3319692739
• Related ISBNs: 9783319692715; 3319692712
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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