Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
This timely Research Agenda explores how to accelerate the creation of sustainable, resilient, safe and prosperous cities. Looking towards the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, it presents an ambitious way forward for researchers, identifying opportunities for transformative change in cities and societies.
Global in its outlook, this Research Agenda systematically reviews and critiques existing research on sustainable cities, calling for greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives. It interrogates foundational assumptions in the field and offers reframed perspectives on sustainability. Chapters also explore diverse approaches, actors and domains, locating emerging dynamics and new directions for practitioners. Community empowerment is a key theme, with contributions focusing on how to create socially just urban governance procedures. Examining key case studies from across the world, the book presents innovative suggestions for accelerators of urban transitions, including sharing cities, nature-based solutions, mission-oriented innovation and urban living labs.
Combining vital scientific insights with cutting-edge policy and practice recommendations, this Research Agenda will be an essential resource for doctoral students, researchers and scholars seeking to be at the forefront of sustainable cities and communities.
Contents:1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for SustainableCities and Communities 1Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya VoytenkoPalgan and Niki FrantzeskakiPART I TAKING STOCK2 Assessing the research on sustainable cities andcommunities: how to meet the ambitions of theSustainable Development Goals? 17James Evans and Katie Elder3 Sustainable urbanism is a failed project and whatwe can do about it 31Robert Krueger4 Researching the urban sustainability agenda inIndia: where to start? 45Tathagata ChatterjiPART II NAVIGATING DYNAMICS5 Energy communities as accelerators of energytransition in cities 67Jenny Palm6 Share and repair in cities: agenda for researchand practice on circular urban resilience 79Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont7 The need for a systemic approach to informalsettlements upgrading 101Ignacio LoorPART III SHAPING GOVERNANCE8 Grassroots strategies for environmentalgovernance and circular transitions in cities:lessons from Lagos and Melbourne 113Olamide Shittu9 Blessed mess: new modes of thinking, acting, andlearning for sustainable urban transformations 129Andrew Karvonen and Jonas Bylund10 Climate city contracts? Governing towards climateneutral cities 139Katherine Shabb, Kes McCormick, Selma Mujkicand Stefan AnderbergPART IV EMBRACING JUSTICE11 Urban transitions and green space provision: justand green, or just green? 153Farahnaz Sharifi and Christian (Andi) Nygaard12 Representing cultural diversity in urban spacesand planning regulations for sustainable cities 169Fatemeh Shahani13 Sustainability and the governance of urban green space 181Md. Badrul Hyder, Angelika Papadopoulos and Wendy SteelePART V REFRAMING PERSPECTIVES14 The hidden perversity of demand response: oneof the building blocks of smart cities 201Stephanie Pincetl15 Nature-based urbanism: designing for and withnature for sustainable cities and communities 209Melissa Pineda-Pinto and Niki Frantzeskaki16 Regenerative cultures for sustainable cities andcommunities 229Katherine FooIndex
Edited by Kes McCormick, Professor, Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden, James Evans, Professor, Manchester Urban Institute and Department of Geography, The University of Manchester, UK, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Associate Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden and Niki Frantzeskaki, Professor, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
