Urban Transformations - Sustainable Urban Development Through Resource Efficiency, Quality of Life and Resilience (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

The book addresses urban transformations towards sustainability in light of challenges of global urbanization processes and the consequences of global environmental change. The aim is to show that urban transformations only succeed if both innovative scientific solutions and practice-oriented governance approaches are developed. This assumption is addressed by providing theoretical insights and empirical evidence pointing particularly at 3 concepts or qualities which are determined here as being central for achieving urban sustainability: resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience. Urban case studies from several international research projects illustrate our conceptual approach of urban transformations towards sustainable development. Thus, the book reaches far beyond a mere additive description of single case studies. It incorporates the results of condensed synthesis, resulting from comparisons and evaluations. It provides, based on cross-cutting reflection of single cases and different scales and methods of analysis, general and transferable findings. They do not only consider the scientific sphere but deliberately go beyond it discussing transferability of knowledge into practice, governance options and the feasibility of policy strategies in order to pave the way for sustainable urban transformations to happen today and in the future.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Future City, 10
Release date:	2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Sigrun Kabisch • Florian Koch • Erik Gawel • Annegret Haase • Sonja Knapp • Kerstin Krellenberg • Jaime Nivala • Andreas Zehnsdorf
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	384
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-59323-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	3-319-59323-4
Barcode:	9783319593234

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