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

In: Future City Ser v.11

Abstract

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 It -- References 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 Sustainability -- What 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 Hubs´) -- Governance Approach (Cities as Innovation Drivers)

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Co-creating sustainable urban futures: a primer on applying transition management in cities

In: Future city volume 11

Frantzeskaki, Niki; Hölscher, Katharina; Bach, Matthew; Avelino, Flor

Frantzeskaki, Niki; Hölscher, Katharina; Bach, Matthew; Avelino, Flor

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