| Description |
1 online resource (403 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions |
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Routledge studies in sustainability transitions.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Contributors; Chapter 1: Urban Sustainability Transitions; Introduction; Contributions of the Book; Contributing to Sustainability Transition Studies; Explaining the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions; Book Architecture and Chapter Contributions; Part I -- Characteristics and Distinctiveness of Urban Transitions; Part II -- Experimentation and Urban Sustainability Transitions; Part III -- Politics of Urban Space and of Urban Sustainability Transitions |
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Cities As Transitionscapes: The New Pathway for Sustainability Transitions StudiesAcknowledgements; References; Part I: Characteristics and Distinctiveness of Urban Transitions; Chapter 2: Anchoring Global Networks in Urban Niches; Introduction; Urban Actors as Intermediaries between Local Niches and Global Networks; Insights from Economic Geography: Endogenous and Exogenous Transition Dynamics; Analytical Framework: the Anchoring of Global Innovation System Resources; On-site Water Recycling As an Empirical Case and Methodological Approach; Methods |
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The Emergence of On-site Water Recycling in Beijing, Xi'an and ShanghaiOST in Beijing; 1990-2000: Ost is Established in an Internationalized Hotel Niche; 2000-2007: Localized System-Building in a Residential Building Niche; 2007-Today: Beijing's Ost Niche Begins Scaling-up; OST in Shanghai; OST in Xi'an; Discussion; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Understanding the Policy Realities of Urban Transitions; Introduction; The Policy Process and Transitions; Analytical Frame; Context and Methods; Results; Strategic Lens; Tactical Lens; Operational Lens; Reflexive Lens; Discussion |
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ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: The Governance of Transformative Change; Introduction; Sustainability Governance: Engagement, Fluidity, and the Potential for Accelerated Transitions; Vancouver: Leadership, Evolution, and Potential for Development Path Transformation; Methods; Policies and Politics: Sustainability Innovations in the City of Vancouver; Actors and Spheres of Influence; Potential for Transformative Sustainability Governance; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Transitioning Complex Urban Systems; Introduction |
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Sustainability Transitions, Resilience, and the Nature of Cities: An Urban Ecology ApproachThe Ecology of New York City: The Case of Vacant Lots; Sustainable Urban Sets: Transitioning Cities through Urban ecology; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Role of Place-specific Dynamics in the Destabilization of the Danish Water Regime; Introduction; An ANT View on Urban Sustainability Transitions; Research Design; The Case: The Urban Transition of the Danish Water Regime; The Context: A Destabilized Water Regime in Between Innovation of Functions and Innovation of Place |
| Notes |
The Emergence of the 'Place-Making Water' Framing |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Sustainable urban development.
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suburban growth.
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urban sprawl.
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable urban development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Broto, Vanesa Castán
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Coenen, Lars
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Loorbach, Derk
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| ISBN |
9781351855969 |
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1351855964 |
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