Urban Transition

Author : Niki Frantzeskaki,Vanesa Castán Broto,Lars Coenen,Derk Loorbach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351855952

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Urban Sustainability Transitions by Niki Frantzeskaki,Vanesa Castán Broto,Lars Coenen,Derk Loorbach Pdf

The world’s population is currently undergoing a significant transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment of urban society’s technologies and infrastructures, culture and lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks. Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in different types of cities across the world and explores possible strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide, medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and Planning.

Author : John Friedmann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816646159

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China's Urban Transition by John Friedmann Pdf

A timely and thorough analysis of the rapid urban growth in China.

Author : Raj Nallari,Breda Griffith,Shahid Yusuf
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821394878

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Geography of Growth by Raj Nallari,Breda Griffith,Shahid Yusuf Pdf

What makes certain cities more competitive than others? Why is it that countries often find talent concentrated more so in a few regions than evenly spread across the country? What are the economic drivers that make cities more productive? These are a few of the many questions that this volume aims to answer.

Author : Marita Wallhagen,Mathias Cehlin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839624124

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Urban Transition by Marita Wallhagen,Mathias Cehlin Pdf

Author : George Martine,Gordon McGranahan
Publisher : IIED
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9781843697763

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Brazil's Early Urban Transition by George Martine,Gordon McGranahan Pdf

Author : Danielle Labbé
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814951364

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Urban Transition in Hanoi by Danielle Labbé Pdf

Vietnam is in the midst of one of the world’s most rapid and intensive rural-to-urban transitions. In Hanoi, heritage preservation has gained significant policy attention over the last decades, but efforts continue to focus on the Old Quarter and Colonial City to the exclusion of collective socialist housing complexes and former village areas, and natural features such as canals and urban lakes. Parks and public spaces are urgently needed to offset the high residential densities and to improve the quality of life of residents. Motor vehicles continue to fuel the growth in transportation. Significant efforts were recently made to establish a mass transit system, but progress there is slow. More attention should be paid to improving the existing transportation system and to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Investments in new housing estates have fuelled a speculative real estate market but failed to address adequately the needs of the vulnerable segments of the population. Regional integration is a challenge as the city expands and swallows the peri-urban areas around the city.

Author : R. B. Bhagat,Archana K. Roy,Harihar Sahoo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000072693

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Migration and Urban Transition in India by R. B. Bhagat,Archana K. Roy,Harihar Sahoo Pdf

Migration has emerged as an important issue in contemporary global politics and in the discourse around human development. This book highlights the role of migration in socioeconomic development and its interdependence with urbanization, employment, labour and industry. This volume identifies the challenges which migration and the subsequent dynamism in population and spatial parameters pose to land-use patterns, ecology, social politics and international relations. Through a study of migration patterns and trends in different parts of India, this collection analyzes the relationship of migration with social and occupational mobility, poverty and wealth indices, inequality, distribution of resources and demographic change. It also explores policy measures and frameworks which can bring migration into the fold of national development strategies. Timely and comprehensive, the book underscores the importance of migration and urbanization, sustainability and inclusivity to economic growth and development. It will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of migration studies, political studies, sociology, urban studies, development studies and political sociology.

Author : Nicolas Douay,Michael Minja
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786306753

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Urban Planning for Transitions by Nicolas Douay,Michael Minja Pdf

Today, as cities undergo rapid and dynamic transformations, riddled with uncertainties about the future, the roles of urban planning and urban planners lie in one of these new crossroad moments. Climate change, urban migration, social inclusion, health emergencies and financial and economic crises have elevated urbanization to newer heights of complexity that can only be tackled by integrating a multitude of scenarios, strategies and discourses, in order to create an urban future that is resilient and sustainable. Urban planners have come up with transition proposals and concepts that they hope will be able to respond to cities challenges and ultimately allow them to adapt and make the transition into more robust urban areas. This book presents and discusses various urban transition strategies, action plans and programs that have been proposed or even conducted in different countries all over the world. Different countries require different strategies, but they all have the same goal in mind, each of them trying to address urban complexities and cope with the rapid pace at which the world is evolving.

Author : Noah L. Nathan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108474955

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Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition by Noah L. Nathan Pdf

Explores the political impacts of ethnic diversity and the growth of the middle class in urban Africa.

Author : Timothy Moss,Simon Marvin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134941735

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Urban Infrastructure in Transition by Timothy Moss,Simon Marvin Pdf

Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in Europe, pressures that stem from a wide range of sources such as liberalization and privatization of markets, tighter environmental standards, new economic incentives, competing technologies and changing consumption patterns. The authors show how changes in the management of utility services can contribute to achieving greater sustainability in urban regions. Whilst more efficient technology has a part to play, truly significant improvements in quality of life will be delivered only when the flow of material and energy through cities is focused on the goal of sustainability in each local context.

Author : Tim Dixon,Malcolm Eames,Miriam Hunt,Simon Lannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317911937

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Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability by Tim Dixon,Malcolm Eames,Miriam Hunt,Simon Lannon Pdf

With a foreword from Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council and Chairman, Zero Carbon Hub As concerns over climate change and resource constraints grow, many cities across the world are trying to achieve a low carbon transition. Although new zero carbon buildings are an important part of the story, in existing cities the transformation of the current building stock and urban infrastructure must inevitably form the main focus for transitioning to a low carbon and sustainable future by 2050. Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability brings together interdisciplinary research contributions from leading international experts to focus on key issues such as systems innovation, financing tools, governance, energy, and water management. The chapters consider not only the knowledge and technical tools available, but looks forward to how they can be implemented in real cities by 2050.

Author : Andrés Luque-Ayala,Simon Marvin,Harriet Bulkeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351675147

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Rethinking Urban Transitions by Andrés Luque-Ayala,Simon Marvin,Harriet Bulkeley Pdf

Rethinking Urban Transitions provides critical insight for societal and policy debates about the potential and limits of low carbon urbanism. It draws on over a decade of international research, undertaken by scholars across multiple disciplines concerned with analysing and shaping urban sustainability transitions. It seeks to open up the possibility of a new generation of urban low carbon transition research, which foregrounds the importance of political, geographical and developmental context in shaping the possibilities for a low carbon urban future. The book’s contributions propose an interpretation of urban low carbon transitions as primarily social, political and developmental processes. Rather than being primarily technical efforts aimed at measuring and mitigating greenhouse gases, the low carbon transition requires a shift in the mode and politics of urban development. The book argues that moving towards this model requires rethinking what it means to design, practise and mobilize low carbon in the city, while also acknowledging the presence of multiple and contested developmental pathways. Key to this shift is thinking about transitions, not solely as technical, infrastructural or systemic shifts, but also as a way of thinking about collective futures, societal development and governing modes – a recognition of the political and contested nature of low carbon urbanism. The various contributions provide novel conceptual frameworks as well as empirically rich cases through which we can begin to interrogate the relevance of socio-economic, political and developmental dimensions in the making or unmaking of low carbon in the city. The book draws on a diverse range of examples (including ‘world cities’ and ‘ordinary cities’) from North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, India and China, to provide evidence that expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive socio-technical transitions are both emerging and encountering resistance in different urban contexts. Rethinking Urban Transitions is an essential text for courses concerned with cities, climate change and environmental issues in sociology, politics, urban studies, planning, environmental studies, geography and the built environment.

Author : Nicolas Douay,Michael Minja
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119821656

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Urban Planning for Transitions by Nicolas Douay,Michael Minja Pdf

Today, as cities undergo rapid and dynamic transformations, riddled with uncertainties about the future, the roles of urban planning and urban planners lie in one of these new crossroad moments. Climate change, urban migration, social inclusion, health emergencies and financial and economic crises have elevated urbanization to newer heights of complexity that can only be tackled by integrating a multitude of scenarios, strategies and discourses, in order to create an urban future that is resilient and sustainable. Urban planners have come up with transition proposals and concepts that they hope will be able to respond to cities challenges and ultimately allow them to adapt and make the transition into more robust urban areas. This book presents and discusses various urban transition strategies, action plans and programs that have been proposed or even conducted in different countries all over the world. Different countries require different strategies, but they all have the same goal in mind, each of them trying to address urban complexities and cope with the rapid pace at which the world is evolving.

Author : Niki Frantzeskaki,Katharina Hölscher,Matthew Bach,Flor Avelino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319692739

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Co-creating Sustainable Urban Futures by Niki Frantzeskaki,Katharina Hölscher,Matthew Bach,Flor Avelino Pdf

This is a unique book that provides rich knowledge on how to understand and actively contribute to urban sustainability transitions. The book combines theoretical frameworks and tools with practical experiences on transition management as a framework that supports urban planning and governance towards sustainability. The book offers the opportunity to become actively engaged in working towards sustainable futures of cities. Readers of this book will be equipped to understand the complexity of urban sustainability transitions and diagnose persistent unsustainability problems in cities. Urban planners and professionals will build competences for designing transition management processes in cities and engaging with multidisciplinary knowledge in solution-seeking processes. The heart of the book marks the variety of very different local case studies across the world – including, amongst others, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, La Botija in Honduras, Sydney in Australia and Cleveland in the US. These rich studies give inspiration and practical insights to young planners on how to create sustainable urban futures in collaboration with other stakeholders. The case studies and critical reflections on applications of transition management in cities offer food for thought and welcome criticism. They also introduce new lenses to understand the bigger picture that co-creation dynamics play in terms of power, (dis-)empowerment, legitimacy and changing actor roles. This will equip the readers with a deep understanding of the dynamics, opportunities and challenges present in urban contexts and urban sustainability transitions.

Author : Iris Levin,Christian A. Nygaard,Peter W. Newton,Sandra M. Gifford
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030913311

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Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia by Iris Levin,Christian A. Nygaard,Peter W. Newton,Sandra M. Gifford Pdf

This book offers a critical reflection on the ways in which migration has shaped Australia’s cities, especially over the past twenty years. Australian cities are among the world’s most culturally diverse and are home to most of the nation’s population. This edited collection brings together contemporary research carried out by scholars across a range of diverse disciplines, all of whom are concerned with the intersections between migration and urban change. The chapters are organised under three sections: demographic, settlement and environmental transitions; urban form and housing transitions; and socio-cultural transitions. Drawing on diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters engage with a range of factors and influences affecting migration and urban development. This book will be of special interest to scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of sociology, urban planning, geography, public policy and environmental sustainability.