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Author:   Ariane König
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781781003633

ISBN 10:   1781003637
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword: A Shared Exploration of ‘Living Laboratories’ for Sustainability Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz 1. Introduction: Experimenting for Sustainable Development? Living Laboratories, Social Learning and the Role of the University Ariane König and James Evans PART I: CAMPUS AS LIVING LABORATORY: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN EXPERIMENTATION 2. Next Generation Sustainability at The University of British Columbia: The University as Societal Test-bed for Sustainability John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell 3. Sustainable Campus as a Living Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of Design Thinking Processes Ying Hua 4. Campus Building Energy Management in Tongji University: An Approach to Achieve Energy Efficiency of Buildings for Sustainability Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen 5. Can an Environmental Management System be a Driving Force for Sustainability in Higher Education? A Case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro 6. Creating Change: Building an Environmentally Sustainable Campus Bart Meehan 7. Reconciling the Pursuit of Excellence with Sustainable Development at the University of Hong Kong Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao 8. What Might a Sustainable University Look Like? Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the University of Luxembourg and its New Campus Ariane König PART II: THE CHALLENGE FOR UNIVERSITIES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES 9. Mistra Urban Futures: A Living Laboratory for Urban Transformations Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg 10. Leading by Example: Developing an Effective Energy Efficiency Program for a Campus and Community Christopher Powell 11. How Can Physical Campus Planning Support Universities in their Development and Ultimately Help Cities Change? Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe 12. Campus Planning for Promoting Quality of Life in the Community Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu 13. Building a Sustainable University from Scratch: Anticipating the Urban, Regional and Planning Dimension of the ‘Cité des Sciences Belval’ in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg Tom Becker and Markus Hesse 14. Conclusion: A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Co-creation of Knowledge in Living Laboratories for Societal Transformation Across Four Continents Ariane König Annex A: ISCN/GULF Sustainable Campus Charter Index

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'This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be ''living laboratories'' to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of ''regenerative sustainability'', which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' --Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UK

'This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be living laboratories to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of regenerative sustainability , which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' -- Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UK

`This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be living laboratories to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of regenerative sustainability , which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' -- Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UK

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Edited by Ariane König, Head of Sustainable Development and Senior Researcher, University of Luxembourg

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