04152nam a22006615i 4500 978-3-319-14702-4 DE-He213 20251030112854.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240814s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783319147024 978-3-319-14702-4 10.1007/978-3-319-14702-4 doi HD9502-9502.5 HD9502-9502.5 RN bicssc RN bicssc BUS070040 bisacsh RN thema RN thema Ciumasu, Ioan M. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 82379 Eco-cities [electronic resource] : Scenarios for Innovation and Sustainability / by Ioan M. Ciumasu. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 454 p. 87 illus., 76 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Green Energy and Technology, 1865-3537 Defining urban sustainability -- Systemic risks and urban resilience -- Knowledge generation and decision making -- Brokering pulls and tensions: Scenario concepts -- Experimenting futures: Scenario methods -- Towards a transition management capability -- Learning to fly -- References. This book explores the question of how urban sustainability can be achieved despite a lack of knowledge integration between different fields. This book starts from the premise that the battle for sustainability will be won or lost in cities and proposes a critical, up-to-date review of transdisciplinary knowledge management tools – notably, scenario methods for informed decision-making. Drawing from literature and pioneering experience in innovation clusters (university-industry-government) during the last decade, it provides a review of recent eco-city concepts and knowledge management tools for effective decision-making in the transition to urban sustainability. Using method outlines, case studies, and graphical representations, it is intended to serve as a toolbox for those interested in urban transformation towards sustainability. The challenge of sustainability is unprecedented in the history of humanity. The world population is already predominantly urban, and the biosphere is profoundly transformed in ways which we can only partially understand, let alone manage. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has produced very impressive sets of global climate scenarios, but the consequences for real-world management remain marginal. This book is intended for city managers concerned with urban transformation towards sustainability, policymakers, researchers-innovators, and technology developers, industry and business professionals, as well as students and the general public. Energy policy. 61992 Energy and state. 66460 Environmental economics. 57520 Environmental sciences Social aspects. 66050 Geography. 62292 Environment. 65893 Energy Policy, Economics and Management. 66461 Environmental Economics. 57520 Environmental Social Sciences. 66053 Energy Policy, Economics and Management. 66461 Geography. 62292 Environmental Sciences. 61155 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783319147017 Printed edition: 9783319147031 Printed edition: 9783031572739 Green Energy and Technology, 1865-3537 18153 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14702-4 ZDB-2-ENE ZDB-2-SXEN 62480 62480