Introduction - Climate Change and Cities: Perspectives, Planning, and People -- Stakeholder Methods to Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- Case Study Reviews: People, Perspective, and Planning -- The Review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): People, Perspective and Planning -- Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change.This book considers the impact of climate ch…
1. Pathways to Low Carbon Living -- Part 1: Energy Transition2. Energy futures for Australia -- 3. Rooftop photovoltaics: distributed renewable energy and storage (or low cost PV changes everything) -- 4. Community owned renewable energy: enabling the transition towards renewable energy? -- 5. Unlocking the benefits of vehicle electrification -- 6. Decarbonising household energy use: the smart …
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- Framing Urban Movements, Contesting Global Capitalism and Liberal Democracy -- SECTION 2 - CHANGING FORMS OF URBAN ACTIVISM -- Housing Activism against the Production of Ignorance: Some Lessons from the UK -- Urban Food Activism in Athens: Recovering More Autonomous Forms of Social reproduction -- From Obedience to Resistance: Understanding Equal Ri…
Why Focusing on Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia Is Relevant and Urgent -- Part 1: Understanding Vulnerability: Neighbourhoods, Cities, and Nations Beyond -- Bridging Systems and People-centred Approaches in Urban Vulnerability Research: Insights for Resilience from Dawei, Myanmar.- Water Access and Resilience to Climate-induced Droughts in the Thai Secondary City of Khon Kae…
Prologue-A Place to Live, Work, and Play: Housing Demand and Urbanization in the Baltic Countries -- Turbulent Political History and the Legacy of State Socialism in the Baltic Countries -- Soviet-Era Housing Systems Explained: Constructing and Inhabiting Socialist Housing Estates in the Baltics -- Freedom and Constraints: Ideals Transferred but Eclipsed by Industrialised Housing Production -- …
Introduction -- Cluster and Smart specialization: different approaches to design innovation policy -- The intricate relationship between Smart Specialization and Clusters -- An untapped knowledge source towards implementing Smart Specialization: the life cycle of clusters.This book investigates cluster-life-cycle (CLC) analysis to inform the entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP), in order to …
Chapter 1 The Research Gap: Globalisation, Migration and Ageing Society -- Chapter 2 Participation and Engagement: Dynamics of Social Life -- Chapter 3 Economic Situation -- Chapter 4 Housing and Location Choice -- Chapter 5 Independence and Care: In Search of an Effective Care Model -- Chapter 6 Intergenerational Transfer and Transnational Migration Decisions in Later Life -- Chapter 7 Life Sa…
Introduction -- Part 1: Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension -- Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion -- Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: A New Approach on Spatial Injustice -- Territorial Cohesion: the Economy and Welfare of Cities -- Part 2: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems -- Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion -- Cross-borde…
Horizontal examination: Micro-Segregation mechanism in the diverse area of Whitechapel -- Vertical examination of residential patterns in Whitechapel -- The role of Community housing in generating nests of residualisation -- Effects of identity and belonging on residential experiences, perceptions and practices of the undocumented population in Whitechapel -- Whitechapel Road: Between Group Beh…
1. Introduction -- 2. The Family and the City – a Historical Overview -- 3. The Contemporary Inner City and Families -- 4. Why Are Families Staying in the City? -- 5. Parenting Practices in the City -- 6. Urban Parents and the Changing Consumption Landscape in Helsinki -- 7. New Urban Figures in Contemporary Urban Reality? -- 8. Conclusion: The Domesticfication of Neighbourhoods -- 9. Researc…