Abstract
AbstractThe narrative of ‘urban transformations’ epitomises the hope that cities provide rich opportunities for contributing to local and global sustainability and resilience. Urban transformation research is developing a rich yet consistent research agenda, offering opportunities for integrating multiple perspectives and disciplines concerned with radical change towards desirable urban systems. We outline three perspectives on urban transformations in, of and by cities as a structuring approach for integrating knowledge about urban transformations. We illustrate how each perspective helps detangle different questions about urban transformations while also raising awareness about their limitations. Each perspective brings distinct insights about urban transformations to ultimately support research and practice on transformations for sustainability and resilience. Future research should endeavour to bridge across the three perspectives to address their respective limitations.
Funder
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
European Commission
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Reference96 articles.
1. Acuto M. Give cities a seat at the top table. Nature. 2016;537:611–3.
2. Acuto M, Morissettte M, Tsouros A. City diplomacy: towards more strategic networking? Learning with WHO health cities. Global Policy. 2017;8(1):14–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12382.
3. Alberti M, McPhearson T, Gonzalez A. Embracing urban complexity. In: Elmqvist T, Bai X, Frantzeskaki N, Griffith C, Maddox D, McPhearson T, Parnell S, Romero-Lankao P, Simon D, Watkins M, editors. Urban planet: knowledge towards sustainable cities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2018. p. 68–91.
4. Anguelovski I, Connolly JJT, Pearsall H, Shokry G, et al. Opinion: why green “climate gentrification” threatens poor and vulnerable populations. PNAS. 2019;116(52):26139–43. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920490117.
5. Bai X. Eight energy and material flow characteristics of urban ecosystems. Ambio. 2016;45(7):819–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0785-6.
Cited by
55 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献