The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization write by Paul Drewe. This book was released on 2008. The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at bottom up initiatives, where residents and local organizations took charge and took risks to improve their living conditions and to build a new future. This book presents case studies of a series of initiatives which have borne fruit over a long period of time.
Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development
Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development write by Harald Alard Mieg. This book was released on 2013. Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Which new institutions do we need to trigger local and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of global change and increasing demands for sustainable development. Global environmental change is forcing cities to think about their possible futures. Common approaches to city governance, from top-down planning to participation, are no longer sufficient.
Social Innovations in the Urban Context
Social Innovations in the Urban Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Innovations in the Urban Context write by Taco Brandsen. This book was released on 2016-04-05. Social Innovations in the Urban Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the practice of social innovation, which is currently very much in the public eye. New ideas and approaches are needed to tackle the severe and wicked problems with which contemporary societies are struggling. Especially in times of economic crisis, social innovation is regarded as one of the crucial elements needed to move forward. Our knowledge of its dynamics has significantly progressed, thanks to an abundance of studies on social innovation both general and sector-specific. However, despite the valuable research conducted over the past years, the systematic analysis of social innovation is still contested and incomplete. The questions asked in the book will be the following: 1. What is the nature of social innovations? 2.What patterns can be identified in social innovations emerging at the local level? 3.How is the emergence and spread of social innovations related to urban governance? More precisely, which conditions and arrangements facilitate and hinders social innovation? We explore these questions using different types of data and methods, and studying different contexts. In particular, we focus on innovations that aim at solving problems of the young unemployed, single parents and migrants. This analysis is based on original research carried out in the period 2010-2013 in the framework of a European project with a specific empirical research strategy. Research was carried out in 20 cities in 10 different European countries.
Cities in Transition
Cities in Transition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities in Transition write by Thomas Sauer. This book was released on 2016-02-26. Cities in Transition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cities in Transition focuses on the sustainability transitions initiated in 40 European cities. The book presents the incredible wealth of insights gathered through hundreds of interviews and questionnaires. Four key domains—local energy systems, local green spaces, local water systems and local labour markets—have been the focus of the field research investigating local potentials for social innovation and new forms of civil society self-organisation. Examining the potential of new organizational frameworks like co-operatives, multi-stakeholder constructions, local-regional partnerships and networks for the success of such transitions, this book presents the key ingredients of a sustainable urban community as a viable concept to address current global financial, environmental and social challenges. Crucial reading for academics and practitioners of urban planning and sustainability in Europe, Cities in Transition is an innovative roadmap for sustainability in changing cities.
Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation
Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation write by Hyung Min Kim. This book was released on 2020-09-21. Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation establishes a key theoretical framework to understand the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, in terms of lasting impacts on productivity, livability and sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on empirical analysis of 12 case studies, including pioneer projects from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and more. It explores how successful smart cities initiatives nurture both technological and social innovation using a combination of regulatory governance and private agency. Typologies of smart city-making approaches are explored in depth. Integrative analysis identifies key success factors in establishing innovation relating to the effectiveness of social systems, institutional thickness, governance, the role of human capital, and streamlining funding of urban development projects. Cases from a range of geographies, scales, social and economic contexts Explores how smart cities can promote technological and social innovation in terms of direct impacts on livability, productivity and sustainability Establishes an integrative framework based on empirical evidence to develop more innovative smart city initiatives Investigates the role of governments in coordinating, fostering and guiding innovations resulting from smart city developments Interrogates the policies and governance structures which have been effective in supporting the development and deployment of smart cities
