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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.
This book will be essential reading for professionals in urban and regional planning who are tasked with monitoring the effects of sustainability policies, as well as for graduate students in planning, environmental governance, sustainable development and related disciplines.
Contents
1. Understanding Knowledge Brokerage for Urban Sustainability 2. Approaches to Monitoring Sustainable Urban Development in Europe 3. Local Governments for Sustainability and the Use of Tools 4. Explorative Application of Monitoring Tools 5. Urban Ecosystem Europe: Measuring Environmental Urban Sustainability 6. Requirements for a Resilient Local Process for Sustainable Development 7. Building on Experience: Learning from End Users of Tools 8. Knowledge Brokerage in Action in European Cities - Five Case Studies in Focus 9. Shaping Practice and Research Together for Local Sustainability
