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Smart, resilient and transition cities : emerging approaches and tools for a climate-sensitive urban development
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- Creator
- Adriana Galderisi, Angela Colucci
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 0128114770, 9780128114773, 9780128114780, 0128114789
- OCLC
- on1045426276
- Includes index.
- Front Cover; SMART, RESILIENT AND TRANSITION CITIES; SMART, RESILIENT AND TRANSITION CITIES: EMERGING APPROACHES AND TOOLS FOR A CLIMATE-SENSITIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; References; Introduction; References; I -- METAPHORS TO ENHANCE CITIES' CAPACITY TO COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE; 1 -- The Smart City Metaphor to Foster Collaborative and Adaptive Decision-Making Processes in the Face of Climate I ...; 1.1 INTRODUCING THE SMART CITY METAPHOR; 1.2 THE SMART CITY BETWEEN CONFLICTING APPROACHES AND GOALS: LOOKING FOR NEW DIRECTIONS
- 1.3 SMART CITY INITIATIVES: FROM SECTORAL TOWARD INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVES1.4 THE GOVERNANCE OF THE SMART CITY: FROM TOP-DOWN INITIATIVES TOWARD COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES; 1.5 INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND LEARNING FOR ADAPTIVE CITIES; 1.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; Further Reading; 2 -- The Resilient City Metaphor to Enhance Cities' Capabilities to Tackle Complexities and Uncertainties Arising Fr ...; 2.1 INTRODUCING THE RESILIENT CITY METAPHOR; 2.2 TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF RESILIENCE ACROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES
- 2.3 THE RESILIENT CITY INITIATIVES: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES2.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; 3 -- The Transition Approach in Urban Innovations: Local Responses to Climate Change; 3.1 SOCIETAL TRANSITION MODELS; 3.1.1 Governance of Transition Management; 3.2 TRANSITION INITIATIVES; 3.3 THE TRANSITION (TOWNS) NETWORK; 3.4 TRANSITION INITIATIVES: INNOVATIONS FOR FACING URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES; 3.4.1 Complex Systems Approach; 3.4.2 Process as Focus of Transition Metaphor; 3.4.3 Governance of Transition Processes; 3.4.4 Institutional-Led and Community-Led Processes
- 3.4.5 Nonlinear Transition Processes and Seeds of Innovation3.4.6 Local-Global Dimensions; 3.4.7 Transition Tools: Coproduction, Adaptive Learning, and Codesign Tools; 3.4.8 The Networking Level Develops Tools to Support the Success of Single-Transition Initiatives; 3.4.9 Transition Tools: Monitoring; References; Further Reading; 4 -- Smart, Resilient, and Transition Cities: Commonalities, Peculiarities and Hints for Future Approaches; 4.1 THREE URBAN METAPHORS; 4.2 COMMONALITIES AND PECULIARITIES OF THE THREE METAPHORS IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
- 4.3 COMMONALITIES AND PECULIARITIES OF THE THREE METAPHORS IN CURRENT PRACTICES4.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; II -- LARGE-SCALE STRATEGIES TO COUNTERBALANCE CLIMATE CHANGE; 5 -- European Strategies and Initiatives to Tackle Climate Change: Toward an Integrated Approach; 5.1 EUROPE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES; 5.2 EUROPEAN STRATEGIES TO COUNTERBALANCE CLIMATE CHANGE; 5.2.1 European Mitigation Goals and Strategies; 5.2.2 European Adaptation Strategies; 5.2.3 Europe Toward an Integrated Climate Strategy; 5.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS: WHICH FUTURE FOR CLIMATE POLICIES IN EUROPE?; References
- 6 -- The American Approach to Climate Change: A General Overview and a Focus on Northern and Arctic Regions