Title: Informed cities : making research work for local sustainability /
Authors: Joas, Marko.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sustainable urban development.; Research; Urban policy; Research; Sustainable urban development; Urban policy
Abstract: Informed Cities looks at the knowledge brokerage processes between cities and higher education institutions, and in particular evaluates governance mechanisms for monitoring local sustainability and the role of research within this.
Contents: Understanding knowledge brokerage for urban sustainability / Marko Joas and Kate Theobald -- Approaches to monitoring sustainable urban development in europe / Sam Gronholm and Maria Berrini -- Local governments for sustainability and the use of tools / David Mcguinness -- Explorative application of monitoring tools / Sam Gronholm -- Urban ecosystem europe: measuring environmental urban sustainability / Lorenzo Bono -- Requirements for a resilient local process for sustainable development / Sam Gronholm -- Building on experience: learning from end users of tools / Cristina Garzillo, Ania Rok and Isabel Fernandez de la Fuente -- Knowledge brokerage in action in european cities - five case studies in focus / David Mcguinness -- Shaping practice and research together for local sustainability / Cristina Garzillo and Stefan Kuhn -- Bibliography -- Index.