Informed Cities: making research work for local sustainability

Joas, Marko, Theobald, Kate, McGuinness, David, Garzillo, Cristina and Kuhn, Stefan (2013) Informed Cities: making research work for local sustainability. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0415531146

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Abstract

Informed Cities looks at the knowledge brokerage processes between cities and higher education institutions, and in particular evaluates governance mechanisms for monitoring local sustainability and the role of research within this.

The first part of the book provides an analysis of tools for governing sustainable cities and develops a typology of existing tools. It then considers approaches to monitor local sustainability on a European level, focusing on a number of key tools such as the Covenant of Mayors, Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities, and Green Capital Award. The second part of the book introduces an explorative application of two tools that the author team have used in practice to monitor local sustainability, Urban Ecosystems Europe and Local Evaluation 21, presenting and evaluating European level data collected from local governments.

The third part of the book looks deeper into a number of case studies discussing how a working and rewarding city-university connection can be created and nourished in an administrative and political setting. Finally, the last part of the book reflects on lessons learned from the application of the tools and accompanying research process and makes recommendations for further developing monitoring tools for urban sustainability on a European level.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	K900 Others in Architecture, Building and Planning
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2013 08:33
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2016 12:02
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/13120

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