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Urban health promotion is not simply a matter of the right interventions, or even the necessary resources. Urban (and indeed global) health depends to an important extent on governance, the institutions and processes through which societies manage the course of events. This paper describes the concept of governance, distinguishing between reforms aimed at improving how government works and innovations that more fundamentally reinvent governance by developing new institutions and processes of local stakeholder control. The paper highlights strategies urban governors can use to maximize their influence on the national and international decisions that structure urban life. It concludes with some observations on the limitations of local governance strategies and the importance of establishing a "virtuous circuit" of governance through which urban dwellers play a greater role in the formation and implementation of policy at the national and global levels.

Climate change will affect the way cities work substantially. Flooding and urban heating are among the most tangible consequences in cities around the globe. Extreme hydro-meteorological events will likely increase in the future due to climate change. Making cities climate-resilient is therefore an urgent challenge to sustain urban living. To adapt cities to the consequences of climate change, new ideas and concepts need to be adopted. This oftentimes requires action from different stakeholder groups and citizens. In other words, climate adaptation of cities needs governance. Facilitating such urban governance for climate adaptation is thus a big and increasing challenge of urban planning. Smart tools and its embedding in smart urban governance is promising to help in this respect. To what extent can the use of digital knowledge technologies in a collaborative planning setting be instrumental in facilitating climate adaptation? This question entails visualising effects of climate adaptation interventions and facilitating dialogue between governments, businesses such as engineering companies, and citizens. The aim of this thematic issue is to explore how the application of technologies in urban planning, embedded in smart urban governance, can contribute to provide climate change adaptation. We understand smart urban governance in this context both in terms of disclosing technical expert information to the wider public, and in terms of supporting with the help of technologies the wider governance debates between the stakeholders involved. The contributions reflect this dual focus on socio-technical innovations and planning support, and therefore include various dimensions, from modelling and interacting to new modes of urban governance and political dimensions of using technologies in climate change adaptation in urban areas.

Introduction: Seattle, "The city of" -- Urban ambitions and anxieties: the quest for world-class status -- Exclusive inclusion: choosing sustainability and being green -- People, products, and processes: creativity as economic development -- Unsettling whiteness: the Race and Social Justice Initiative and institutional change -- Conclusion: "The city lives in us."

Climate change will affect the way cities work substantially. Flooding and urban heating are among the most tangible consequences in cities around the globe. Extreme hydro-meteorological events will likely increase in the future due to climate change. Making cities climate-resilient is therefore an urgent challenge to sustain urban living. To adapt cities to the consequences of climate change, new ideas and concepts need to be adopted. This oftentimes requires action from different stakeholder groups and citizens. In other words, climate adaptation of cities needs governance. Facilitating such urban governance for climate adaptation is thus a big and increasing challenge of urban planning. Smart tools and its embedding in smart urban governance is promising to help in this respect. To what extent can the use of digital knowledge technologies in a collaborative planning setting be instrumental in facilitating climate adaptation? This question entails visualising effects of climate adaptation interventions and facilitating dialogue between governments, businesses such as engineering companies, and citizens. The aim of this thematic issue is to explore how the application of technologies in urban planning, embedded in smart urban governance, can contribute to provide climate change adaptation. We understand smart urban governance in this context both in terms of disclosing technical expert information to the wider public, and in terms of supporting with the help of technologies the wider governance debates between the stakeholders involved. The contributions reflect this dual focus on socio-technical innovations and planning support, and therefore include various dimensions, from modelling and interacting to new modes of urban governance and political dimensions of using technologies in climate change adaptation in urban areas.

Hauptbeschreibung Ausgehend von der Zunahme kooperativer Handlungsformen im öffentlichen Raum untersucht Nina Jarass Cohen inwiefern bestimmte städtebauliche Kooperationsmodelle eine Vergabepflicht auslösen. Die Autorin widmet sich in einem ersten Teil dem theoretischen Hintergrund städtebaulicher Privatisierungstendenzen, indem der Wandel des öffentlichen Raumes beleuchtet und ein Zusammenhang zur Governance Forschung hergestellt wird. Dabei kommt sie zu dem Ergebnis, dass ein Spannungsverhältnis besteht zwischen dem ökonomisch geprägten Instrument des Vergaberechts und den mit Kooperationsmodellen verfolgten städtebaulichen Belangen. In einem zweiten Teil wird der Anwendungsbereich des Vergaberechts im Hinblick auf ausgewählte Kooperationsmodelle untersucht, wobei die Autorin zu dem Ergebnis gelangt, dass eine Ausschreibungspflicht sowohl bei Grundstücksmodellen mit Bauverpflichtung als auch bei Business Improvement Districts unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen möglich ist. Für die Fälle der Anwendbarkeit des Vergaberechts werden im dritten Teil der Untersuchung verschiedene Lösungsstrategien daraufhin geprüft, wieweit sie den Konflikt zwischen formstrengem Vergaberecht und städtebaulichen Zielen zu entschärfen vermögen. Inhaltsverzeichnis A. Problemlage und theoretischer HintergrundEinleitung / Untersuchungsgegenstand / Untersuchungsgang - Privatisierung als Herausforderung im öffentlichen Raum - Kooperation und VergaberechtB. Anwendungsbereich des Vergaberechts im Hinblick auf untersuchte städtebauliche KooperationsmodelleKritische Faktoren für die Instrumentenwahl - Voraussetzungen der Ausschreibungspflicht - Geschriebene und ungeschriebene Ausnahmen - Anwendung auf die städtebaulichen Kooperationsverhältnisse - Verhältnis zum BeihilferechtC. Reduzierung des Konflikts zwischen Vergabepflicht und städtebaulichen BelangenDarstellung des

Machine generated contents note: PART I: CONCEPTUALISING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY -- Editorial Introduction: Collective Action and Social Milieux -- Ali Madanipour 3 -- 1 Transforming Governance, Institutionalist Analysis and -- Institutional Capacity -- Patsy Healey, Gbran Cars, Ali Madanipour and Claudio de -- Magalhaes 6 -- 2 Institutional Capacity Building as an Issue of Collective Action -- and Institutionalisation: Some Theoretical Remarks -- Enrico Gualini 29 -- 3 Assessing Institutional Capacity for City Centre Regeneration: -- Newcastle's Grainger Town -- Claudio de Magalhaes, Patsy Healey and Ali Madanipour 45 -- PART II: GOVERNANCE IN ACTION IN COMPLEX SOCIAL -- MILIEUX -- Editorial Introduction: The Challenge of Building New Institutional -- Capacities -- Claudio de Magalhaes 65 -- 4 Transformational Pathways and Institutional Capacity Building: -- The Case of the German-Polish Twin City Guben/Gubin -- Ulf Matthiesen 70 -- 5 The Tangled Web - Neighbourhood Governance in a Post-Fordist -- Era -- Judith Allen and Gdran Cars 90 -- 6 Is Partnership Possible? Searching for a New Institutional -- Settlement -- Marilyn Taylor 106 -- 7 Governance, Institutional Capacity and Planning for Growth -- Christine Lambert and Nick Oatley 125 -- PART III: BUILDING NEW INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES -- Editorial Introduction: Creating Milieux for Collective Action -- Goran Cars 145 -- 8 Compliance and Collaboration in Urban Governance -- Murray Stewart 149 -- 9 A Strategic Approach to Community Planning: Repositioning -- the Statutory Development Plan -- Vincent Goodstadt and Grahame Buchan 168 -- 10 Sustainable Institutional Capacity for Planning: The West -- Midlands -- Alan Wenban-Smith 191 -- 11 Urban Governance Capacity in Complex Societies: Challenges of -- Institutional Adaptation -- Patsy Healey, Goran Cars, Ali Madanipour and Claudio de -- Magalhaes 204 -- References 226 -- Index 243