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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely Research
Agenda explores how to accelerate the creation of sustainable,
resilient, safe and prosperous cities. Looking towards the 2030
deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, it
presents an ambitious way forward for researchers, identifying
opportunities for transformative change in cities and societies.
Global in its outlook, this Research Agenda systematically reviews
and critiques existing research on sustainable cities, calling for
greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives. It
interrogates foundational assumptions in the field and offers
reframed perspectives on sustainability. Chapters also explore
diverse approaches, actors and domains, locating emerging dynamics
and new directions for practitioners. Community empowerment is a
key theme, with contributions focusing on how to create socially
just urban governance procedures. Examining key case studies from
across the world, the book presents innovative suggestions for
accelerators of urban transitions, including sharing cities,
nature-based solutions, mission-oriented innovation and urban
living labs. Combining vital scientific insights with cutting-edge
policy and practice recommendations, this Research Agenda will be
an essential resource for doctoral students, researchers and
scholars seeking to be at the forefront of sustainable cities and
communities.
Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental
value through the seamless connection of urban services and
infrastructure by digital technologies. However, there is scant
evidence of how these activities can enhance social well-being and
contribute to just and equitable communities. Smart and Sustainable
Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one
of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to
environmental and social issues. It addresses the gap between the
ambitious visions of smart cities and the actual practices on the
ground by focusing on the social and environmental dimensions of
real smart city initiatives as well as the possibilities they hold
for creating more equitable and progressive cities. Through
detailed analyses of case studies in the United States, Australia,
the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India and China, the
contributors describe the various ways that social and
environmental issues are interpreted and integrated into smart city
initiatives and actions. The findings point towards the need for
more intentional engagement and collaboration with all urban
stakeholders in the design, development and maintenance of smart
cities to ensure that everyone benefits from the increasingly
digitalised urban environments of the twenty-first century. The
chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue
of the journal Local Environment.
Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental
value through the seamless connection of urban services and
infrastructure by digital technologies. However, there is scant
evidence of how these activities can enhance social well-being and
contribute to just and equitable communities. Smart and Sustainable
Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one
of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to
environmental and social issues. It addresses the gap between the
ambitious visions of smart cities and the actual practices on the
ground by focusing on the social and environmental dimensions of
real smart city initiatives as well as the possibilities they hold
for creating more equitable and progressive cities. Through
detailed analyses of case studies in the United States, Australia,
the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India and China, the
contributors describe the various ways that social and
environmental issues are interpreted and integrated into smart city
initiatives and actions. The findings point towards the need for
more intentional engagement and collaboration with all urban
stakeholders in the design, development and maintenance of smart
cities to ensure that everyone benefits from the increasingly
digitalised urban environments of the twenty-first century. The
chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue
of the journal Local Environment.
All cities face a pressing challenge - how can they provide
economic prosperity and social cohesion while achieving
environmental sustainability? In response, new collaborations are
emerging in the form of urban living labs - sites devised to
design, test and learn from social and technical innovation in real
time. The aim of this volume is to examine, inform and advance the
governance of sustainability transitions through urban living labs.
Notably, urban living labs are proliferating rapidly across the
globe as a means through which public and private actors are
testing innovations in buildings, transport and energy systems. Yet
despite the experimentation taking place on the ground, we lack
systematic learning and international comparison across urban and
national contexts about their impacts and effectiveness. We have
limited knowledge on how good practice can be scaled up to achieve
the transformative change required. This book brings together
leading international researchers within a systematic comparative
framework for evaluating the design, practices and processes of
urban living labs to enable the comparative analysis of their
potential and limits. It provides new insights into the governance
of urban sustainability and how to improve the design and
implementation of urban living labs in order to realise their
potential.
All cities face a pressing challenge - how can they provide
economic prosperity and social cohesion while achieving
environmental sustainability? In response, new collaborations are
emerging in the form of urban living labs - sites devised to
design, test and learn from social and technical innovation in real
time. The aim of this volume is to examine, inform and advance the
governance of sustainability transitions through urban living labs.
Notably, urban living labs are proliferating rapidly across the
globe as a means through which public and private actors are
testing innovations in buildings, transport and energy systems. Yet
despite the experimentation taking place on the ground, we lack
systematic learning and international comparison across urban and
national contexts about their impacts and effectiveness. We have
limited knowledge on how good practice can be scaled up to achieve
the transformative change required. This book brings together
leading international researchers within a systematic comparative
framework for evaluating the design, practices and processes of
urban living labs to enable the comparative analysis of their
potential and limits. It provides new insights into the governance
of urban sustainability and how to improve the design and
implementation of urban living labs in order to realise their
potential.
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