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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.
This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is
being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban
debates about resilience, climate change governance, and
socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading
scholars, and case studies from the Global North and South, from
small- to large-scale cities, this book suggests that urban
experiments offer novel modes of engagement, governance, and
politics that both challenge and complement conventional
strategies. The book is organized around three cross-cutting
themes. Part I explores the logics of urban experimentation,
different approaches, and how and why they are deployed. Part II
considers how experiments are being staged within cities, by whom,
and with what effects. Part III examines how entire cities or
groups of cities are constructed as experiments. This book develops
a deeper and more socially and politically nuanced understanding of
how urban experiments shape cities and drive wider changes in
society, providing a framework to examine the phenomenon of urban
experimentation in conceptual and empirical detail.
This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is
being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban
debates about resilience, climate change governance, and
socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading
scholars, and case studies from the Global North and South, from
small to large scale cities, this book suggests that urban
experiments offer novel modes of engagement, governance, and
politics that both challenge and complement conventional
strategies. The book is organized around three cross-cutting
themes. Part I explores the logics of urban experimentation,
different approaches, and how and why they are deployed. Part II
considers how experiments are being staged within cities, by whom,
and with what effects? Part III examines how entire cities or
groups of cities are constructed as experiments. This book seeks to
contribute a deeper and more socially and politically nuanced
understanding of how urban experiments shape cities and drive wider
changes in society, providing a framework to examine the phenomenon
of urban experimentation in conceptual and empirical detail.
This book is about the experimental introduction of bioenergy
technologies in society. It investigates why some countries are
more successful than others. The book draws on Strategic Niche
Management (SNM) to investigate the differences between the
Netherlands and Denmark. SNM is a research and policy strategy
based on evolutionary theories of technological change and
technology assessment approaches. It deals with experimentation in
niches as a mechanism in transitions to sustainability. This
research makes two contributions to SNM. First, it shows how
(protected) technological niches transform into market niches.
Second, it enhances SNM by integrating the dynamics of incumbent
regimes in explaining the success of sustainable innovations.
Strategic Niche Management for Biomass combines empirical research
with recent insights from innovation studies. It is relevant for
those involved in the promotion of sustainable innovations through
experimentation as well as scholars interested in bioenergy
technologies and renewable energy in general. This may include a
broad audience such as policy makers, scientists, corporate
managers, and environmentalists.
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