Urban sustainability transitions : Australian cases- international perspectives / Trivess Moore, Fjalar de Haan, Ralph Horne, Brendan James Gleeson, editors.
Moore, Trivess, editor.; Haan, Fjalar de, editor.; Horne, Ralph, 1966- editor.; Gleeson, Brendan, 1964- editor.
2018
HT169.A8
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Title Urban sustainability transitions : Australian cases- international perspectives / Trivess Moore, Fjalar de Haan, Ralph Horne, Brendan James Gleeson, editors.
ISBN 9789811047923 (electronic book)
9811047928 (electronic book)
9789811047916
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4792-3
Published Singapore : Springer, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-10-4792-3 doi
Call Number HT169.A8
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.1/2160994
Summary This book contributes to current debates regarding purposive transitions to sustainable cities, providing an accessible but critical exploration of sustainability transitions in urban settings. We have now entered the urban century, which is not without its own challenges, as discussed in the preceding book of this series. Urbanization is accompanied by a myriad of complex and overlapping environmental, social and governance challenges - which increasingly call into question conventional, market-based responses and simple top-down government interventions. Faced with these challenges, urban practitioners and scholars alike are interested in promoting purposive transitions to sustainable cities. The chapters in this volume contribute to the growing body of literature on city-scale transformative change, which seeks to address a lack of consideration for spatial and urban governance dimensions in sustainability transitions studies, and expand on the basis established in the preceding book. Drawing on a range of perspectives and written by leading Australian and international urban researchers, the chapters explore contemporary cases from Australia and locate them within the international context. Australia is on the one hand representative of many OECD countries, while on the other possessing a number of unique attributes that may serve to highlight issues and potentials internationally. Australia is a highly urbanized country and because of the federal political structure and the large distances, the five largest state-capital cities have a relatively high degree of autonomy in governance - even dominating the rest of their respective states and rural hinterlands to a certain extent. This context suggests that Australian cases can provide interesting "test-tube" perspectives on processes relevant to urban sustainability transitions worldwide. This volume presents an extensive overview of theories, concepts, approaches and practical examples informed by sustainability transitions thinking, offering a unique resource for all urban practitioners and scholars who want to understand and transition to sustainable urban futures.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 2, 2017).
Added Author Moore, Trivess, editor.
Haan, Fjalar de, editor.
Horne, Ralph, 1966- editor.
Gleeson, Brendan, 1964- editor.
Series Theory and practice of urban sustainability transitions.
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Chapter 1
Introduction.- Chapter 2
Urban Sustainability Transitions: scalar and social dimensions.- Part I Introduction to urban governance section.- Chapter 3
Urban transitions governance
conceptual challenges and practical solutions.- Chapter 4
Strategic spatial planning re-imagined: An exploration of socio-technical transitions to empower forward looking, sustainable city-region development
Chapter 5
Sustainability transition theories and organisational strategic planning: a case study
Chapter 6
The role of regional boundary organisations in sustainability transitions under a changing climate
Chapter 7
The role of Government supporting niche development to influence the regime
Part II Introduction to specific approaches to urban transitions section
Chapter 8
Water Sensitive Cities
Chapter 9
Regime resistance and discursive strategies in sustainability transitions
Chapter 10
The greyfields initiative.- Chapter 11
Transition towns and the Transition Network
Australian experiences
Part III Introduction to spatial dimensions of urban transitions section
Chapter 12
Urban fragmentation and sustainability transitions.- Chapter 13
Multi-level perspective and urban planning
Chapter 14
Urban mobilities and transitions
Chapter 15
Sustainability transitions in the urban age.- Chapter 16
Conclusion.

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