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This edited volume interrogates the trade-offs made between the three arenas of sustainability in the implementation of innovative solutions in cities, and in doing so offers a new perspective on the politics of urban planning innovation and urban sustainability.
List of contents
1. Planning innovation politics and process for urban sustainability Glen Searle and Sébastien Darchen 2. Calgary, Canada: Policy Co-production and Indigenous Development in Urban Settings Yale D. Belanger, Katherine A. Dekruyf and Ryan C. Walker 3. Helsinki (Finland): Social Sustainability of Urban Settings - Contextually Sensitive, Participatory Approach Utilizing PPGIS Methodology Marketta Kyttä, Maarit Kahila-Tani and Anna Broberg 4. Medellin, Colombia: social urbanism to build human security Luisa Sotomayor 5. Vancouver (Canada): Equitable sustainability planning within the post-industrial urban development model Wesley Regan and Peter V Hall 6. Vauban and Rieselfeld, Freiburg (Germany): Innovation in the implementation process Thorsten Schuetze 7. Sukunan Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Environmental Sustainability through Community-based Waste Management and Eco-Tourism Iswanto, Sita Rahmani and Sonia Roitman 8. Seville (Spain): improving cycling mobility in a city with no previous cycling culture Manuel Calvo-Salazar and Ricardo Marqués 9. Dismantling a highway: Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul, Korea Sun-Young Rieh and Ji-in Chang 10. Los Angeles (U.S): Adaptive Re-use of Buildings to Regenerate the Inner-City Amanda Napoli, Sébastien Darchen and Donald Spivack 11. Bhubaneswar, India: Smart City Plan and Economic Sustainability Tathagata Chatterji and Saugata Maitra 12. San Francisco: A new model of sustainable industrial land use Carl Grodach and Declan Martin 13. Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg): The "Science City" in Belval – Planning a large-scale urban development project in a small country Tom Becker, Markus Hesse and Annick Leick 14. Conclusion Sébastien Darchen and Glen Searle
About the author
Sébastien Darchen is Lecturer in Planning at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Glen Searle is Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Environment Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia, and at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Summary
This edited volume interrogates the trade-offs made between the three arenas of sustainability in the implementation of innovative solutions in cities, and in doing so offers a new perspective on the politics of urban planning innovation and urban sustainability.
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"Based on international cases studies Global Planning Innovations for Urban Sustainability finds a key place in the literature of urban sustainability and planning. It offers one of the most practical and critical understandings of the implementation of planning solutions, and addresses global urban challenges, including those found in the Canadian context." — Professor Claire Poitras, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Urbanisation Culture et Société, Montreal, Canada
