06256nam a2200409Ia 4500 pucpr 20260127122337.0 150305s2014 enk b 001 0 eng 2013018204 9780415712569 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda eng CARIBET HT241 I54 2014 307.1 Joas, Marko 239902 Informed Cities: making research work for local sustainability. / edited by Marko Joas, Kate Theobald, David McGuinness, Cristina Garzillo and Stefan Kuhn txt Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014. x,173 p. ill. ; 25 cm. rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Index Bibliography Contents: List of figures and tables vi -- List of contributors viii -- Acknowledgements x -- 1 Understanding knowledge brokerage for urban sustainability Marko Joas and Kate Theobald 1 -- 2 Approaches to monitoring sustainable urban development in Europe Sam Gronholm and Maria Berrini 20 -- 3 Local governments for sustainability and the use of tools David MCGuinness 40 -- 4 Explorative application of monitoring tools Sam Gronholm 52 -- 5 Urban Ecosystem Europe : Measuring environmental urban sustainability Lorenzo Bono 62 -- 6 Requirements for a resilient local process for sustainable development Sam Gronholm 94 -- 7 Building on experience : learning from end users of tools Cristina Garzillo, Ania Rok and Isabel Fernandez de la Fuente 111 -- 8 Knowledge brokerage in action in European cities: five case studies in focus David MCGuinness 130 -- 9 Shaping practice and research together for local sustainability Cristina Garzillo and Stefan Kuhn 146 -- Bibliography 161 -- Index 167 -- Figures : 1.1 Map of cities that participated in the informed cities initiative 15 -- 4.1 Map of cities participating in UEE and LE21 60 -- 5.1 Data availability 66 -- 5.2 PM10 concentrations 67 -- 5.3 NO2 Concentrations 68 -- 5.4 Cities exceeding O3 limits 69 -- 5.5 Separated waste water network 70 -- 5.6 Waste water treatment 70 -- 5.7 Water daily per capita consumption 71 -- 5.8 Potable water network leakages 72 -- 5.9 Green urban areas 73 -- 5.10 Green areas 73 -- 5.11 Cycling network 75 -- 5.12 Journey’s modal split 76 -- 5.13 Car use in all trips 77 -- 5.14 Public transport passengers 78 -- 5.15 Kilometres travelled by public transport 78 -- 5.16 Bus feet 79 -- 5.17 Household electricity consumption trend 82 -- 5.18 District heating connected inhabitants 83 -- 5.19 District heating electricity and heat produced 83 -- 5.20 Renewable energy plants installed in public buildings 84 -- 5.21 Waste production 85 -- 5.22 Municipal waste disposed in landfill 86 -- 5.23 Separated and recycled municipal waste 87 -- 5.24 Local governments recycled paper purchasing 90 -- 5.25 Local governments green fleet 90 -- 5.26 Environmental certification of local government departments 91 -- 6.1 Political commitment scores 99 -- 6.2 Local action plan for sustainable development scores 100 -- 6.3 Stability scores 101 -- 6.4 Resources scores 102 -- 6.5 Implementation management scores 103 -- 6.6 Local relevance scores 104 -- 6.7 Participation scores 105 -- 6.8 Partnership scores 105 -- 6.9 Awareness raising and training scores 106 -- 6.10 Integrated approach scores 107 -- 6.11 Progress scores 108 -- 7.1 How do you find out information about urban sustainability tools developed for local governments at European level? 113 -- 7.2 How useful are European urban sustainability tools to your local administration in implementing sustainability ? 113 -- 7.3 What information from local governments are you missing when developing a tool? 114 -- 8.1 Signpost at Newcastle Civic Centre illustrating the proximity of both universities 131 -- 8.2 The triple helix approach 134 -- 8.3 The process of co design, co production and co delivery in Oslo 138 -- 8.4 Members of the brokerage process meeting in Norrkoping 139 -- 8.5 The statue of Count Per Brahe , the founding father of the first university in Finland 142 -- 9.1 The Sustainability Cycle 142 -- 9.2 What factors hinder collaboration between researches and local government policymakers ? 156 -- 9.3 What would be the most effective formats to present the outcomes of a project to a local government audience? 157 -- Tables: 1.1 Cities that participated in the Informed Cities Initiative 14 -- 2.1 Timeline for key sustainable development initiatives and policy documents 23 -- 2.2 Monitoring tools 26 -- 2.3 European Green Capital Award indicators 27 -- 2.4 Aalborg Commitments 31 -- 2.5 Categorisation criteria 34 -- 2.6 Categorisation of tools to monitor sustainable urban development 36 -- 3.1 Jensen and Elle’s typology of tools 44 -- 3.2 Tools used at national and local level by European local governments 44 -- 4.1 UEE themes and indicators 56 -- 4.2 Environmental performance indicators 57 -- 4.3 Local response capacity indicators 57 -- 4.4 List of relevant policies 57 -- 5.1 Cities that applied UEE 64 -- 5.2 Distribution of participating cities based on size 65 -- 5.3 CO2 equivalent and CO2 emissions, trends and targets 80 -- 5.4 Local governments green products purchasing 88 -- 6.1 LE21 evaluation overview 95 -- 6.2 List of local governments that applied LE21 97 -- 7.1 The five case study cities 97 -- 8.1 Scientific partners in CIENS 136 -- This book will be essential reading for professionals in urban and regional planning who are tasked with monitoring the effects of sustanibility policies, as well as for graduate students in planning, environmental governance, sustanable development and related disciplines. Sustainable urban development 281797 Urban policy 183430 Local Research Local 158590 Theobald, Kate. 283351 McGuiness, David 302831 Garzillo, Cristina 302832 Kuhn, Stefan 302833 lcc 6 HT241 General I54 2014 247261 247261 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2015-04-03 amazon 45.70 531905 0 General HT241 I54 2014 91000000043539 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 55.70 0000-00-00 6