Co-­creating Sustainable Urban Futures: A Primer on Applying Transition Management in Cities

Author:   Niki Frantzeskaki ,  Katharina Hölscher ,  Matthew Bach ,  Flor Avelino
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Volume:   11
ISBN:  

9783319887463


Pages:   425
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Co-­creating Sustainable Urban Futures: A Primer on Applying Transition Management in Cities


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This is a unique book that provides rich knowledge on how to understand and actively contribute to urban sustainability transitions. The book combines theoretical frameworks and tools with practical experiences on transition management as a framework that supports urban planning and governance towards sustainability. The book offers the opportunity to become actively engaged in working towards sustainable futures of cities. Readers of this book will be equipped to understand the complexity of urban sustainability transitions and diagnose persistent unsustainability problems in cities. Urban planners and professionals will build competences for designing transition management processes in cities and engaging with multidisciplinary knowledge in solution-seeking processes. The heart of the book marks the variety of very different local case studies across the world – including, amongst others, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, La Botija in Honduras, Sydney in Australia and Cleveland in theUS. These rich studies give inspiration and practical insights to young planners on how to create sustainable urban futures in collaboration with other stakeholders. The case studies and critical reflections on applications of transition management in cities offer food for thought and welcome criticism. They also introduce new lenses to understand the bigger picture that co-creation dynamics play in terms of power, (dis-)empowerment, legitimacy and changing actor roles. This will equip the readers with a deep understanding of the dynamics, opportunities and challenges present in urban contexts and urban sustainability transitions.

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Author:   Niki Frantzeskaki ,  Katharina Hölscher ,  Matthew Bach ,  Flor Avelino
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Volume:   11
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9783319887463


ISBN 10:   3319887467
Pages:   425
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Forward - My experience with Transition Management 1. Transition management in and for cities: introducing a new governance approach to address urban challenges 2. Understanding the urban context and its challenges 3. Introducing sustainability transitions’ thinking in urban contexts 4. Transition Management: Guiding Principles and Applications 5. Urban Planning and Transition Management: Rationalities, instruments and dialectics 6. Empowering actors in transition management in and for cities 7. ""Starting up Transition Management: A closer view on the systems analysis and how it initiated transformative thinking in Ghent and Aberdeen cities"" 8. Transition Management in urban neighbourhoods: The case of Carnisse, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 9. A German experience: the challenges of mediating ‘ideal-type’ Transition Management in Ludwigsburg 10. Transition Management for local sustainability - A case study from La Botija protected area, San Marcos de Colón, Honduras 11. Translating transitions thinking and transition management into the city planning world 12. Transition Management in Urban China: Co-creation of New Homes or a Monopoly Game? 13. A Transition Management Approach for Shrinking Cities in the United States 14. Context-driven Transition Management as a necessary vehicle for sustainable urban futures in Suriname 15. Urban Transition Management as a democratic practice? The case of Rotterdam’s waterfront regeneration 16. So what? Transition management as a transformative approach to support governance capacities of cities Appendix - Exercises and Exam Questions for Lecturers using this book."

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