Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions

Part I. Introducing Urban Sustainability Transitions and Their Governance

1. The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Development and Transforming Cities
Derk Loorbach, Hideaki Shiroyama

2. Governing Transitions in Cities: Fostering Alternative Ideas, Practices, and Social Relations Through Transition Management
Julia M. Wittmayer, Derk Loorbach

3. City Networks for Sustainability Transitions in Europe and Japan
Julia M. Wittmayer, Satoru Mizuguchi, Sarah Rach, Junichi Fujino

Part II. Transition Management in European and Japanese Cities

4. A Transformative Vision Unlocks the Innovative Potential of Aberdeen City, UK
Niki Frantzeskaki, Nora Tefrati

5. Interactions Among Multiple Niche-Innovations and Multi-regimes: The Case of the “Welfare Mall” in Higashiomi
Satoru Mizuguchi, Kyoko Ohta, P. J. Beers, Michiko Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Nishimura

6. Ghent: Fostering a Climate for Transition
Katharina Hölscher, Chris Roorda, Frank Nevens

7. Case Study of Eco-town Project in Kitakyushu: Tension Among Incumbents and the Transition from Industrial City to Green City
Hideaki Shiroyama, Shinya Kajiki

8. Transition Management in Montreuil: Towards Perspectives of Hybridisation Between ‘Top-Down’ and ‘Bottom-Up’ Transitions
Adrien Krauz

Part III. Synthesis and Reflections

9. Insights and Lessons for the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
Julia M. Wittmayer

10. Practical Recommendations for Policy Makers and Practitioners for the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
Pieter J. Beers

11. Sketching Future Research Directions for Transition Management Applications in Cities
Niki Frantzeskaki, Hideaki Shiroyama

Keywords: Environment, Sustainable Development, Climate Change Management and Policy, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Management, Cities, Countries, Regions, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice