Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Murakami
  • Foreword by Heyse
  • Preface
  • Series description Part I Introducing Urban Sustainability Transitions and Their Governance
  • Chapter 1 The challenge of Sustainable Urban Development and Transforming Cities
  • Chapter 2 Governing Transitions in Cities: Fostering Alternative ideas, Practices and Social Relations through Transition Management
  • Chapter 3 City Networks for Sustainability Transitions in Europe and Japan Part II Transition Management in Japanese and European Cities
  • Chapter 4 A Transformative Vision Unlocks the Innovative Potential of Aberdeen City, UK
  • Chapter 5 Interactions among Multiple Niche-Innovations and Multi-Regimes: The Case of the "Welfare Mall" in Higashiomi
  • Chapter 6 Ghent - Fostering a Climate for Transition
  • Chapter 7 Case Study of Eco-town Project in Kitakyushu: Tension among Incumbents and the Transition from Industrial City to Green City
  • Chapter 8 Transition Management in Montreuil: Towards Perspectives of Hybridization between 'Top-Down' and 'Bottom-Up' Transitions Part III Synthesis and Reflections
  • Chapter 9 Insights and Lessons for the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
  • Chapter 10 Practical Recommendations for Policy Makers and Practitioners for the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
  • Chapter 11 Sketching Future Research Directions for Transition Management Applications in Cities.