Citizen Participation in Sustainable Urban Development - A Framework for Engagement From the Nordics

This book assesses the ambitious goals for sustainability set by cities and nations, and details ways to achieve those goals through effective forms of collaboration between citizens and multiple stakeholders, such as municipal decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers.

List of contents

1. Engaging citizens in sustainable urban development: Building inclusive and resilient cities through multidisciplinary approaches Part I: Citizen participation in project-based sustainable urban development 2. Public participation in urban development projects: A systematic cross-disciplinary literature review 3. Negotiating neighbourhoods? Balancing sustainability goals in urban development districts 4. Participation in urban regeneration programmes: The case of Trondheim, Norway 5. User engagement in public urban development projects Part II: Mechanisms for citizen engagement 6. Effective digital citizen participation processes in urban development 7. SustHack: Hackathons as a model of citizen participation in innovating for sustainable urban development 8. Possibilities for democratic equality? Participatory budgeting as a question of municipal resources 9. Designing an energy community operator: Capabilities for citizen engagement in Nordic case studies 10. The development of democratic attitudes and civic virtues in a deliberative mini-public Part III: No-one left behind 11. The dark side of mundane digitalisation: The use of digital technologies in social work with vulnerable clients 12. Junior University: A collaborative social innovation in education 13. Play, plan, participate: Bridging education for sustainable development with children participation through gaming Part IV: Conclusion 14. A framework for engagement from the Nordics

About the author

Tuomas Ahola is a Professor of Industrial Management at Tampere University, Finland.
Nina Tura is an Adjunct Professor at LUT University, specialising in Innovation Management and Sustainable Development.
Ville Ojanen is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at LUT University.
Agnar Johansen is a professor in project management at NTNU and has more than 25 years of experience as a researcher, teacher, and consultant.

Product details

• Authors: Tuomas Tura Ahola
• Assisted by: Tuomas Ahola (Editor), Agnar Johansen (Editor), Ville Ojanen (Editor), Nina Tura (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032732787
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273278-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, ARCHITECTURE / Annuals, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, Urban & municipal planning, Social discrimination & inequality, Interdisciplinary studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Social discrimination and social justice, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning