Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities : Joining Forces for Change, Pa...

by Polk, Merritt (EDT)

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Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities : Joining Forces for Change, Paperback by Polk, Merritt (EDT), ISBN 0367599791, ISBN-13 9780367599799, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US At the current time, many issues and problems within sustainable urban development are managed within traditional disciplinary and organizational structures. However, problems such as, climate change, resource constraints, poverty and social tensions all exceed current compartmentalization of policy-making, administration and knowledge production. This book provides a better understanding of how researchers and practitioners together can co-produce knowledge to better contribute to solving the complex challenges of reaching sustainable urban futures. It is written for academic and professional audiences working with urban planning and sustainable cities around the world. Co-producing Knowledge is presented, by way of introduction, as a non-linear, collaborative approach to knowledge production which combines interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, cross sector and policy approaches to societal problem solving. Examples are taken from Cape Town, Gothenburg, Kisumu, Manchester, Melbourne and a selection of cities in Southeast Asia. Each city chapter discusses the drivers and motivations behind knowledge co-production and gives concrete examples of activities and approaches that have been used to promote sustainable urban futures. Each chapter is written to promote mutual learning from the approa

• ISBN: 9780367599799
• Condition: Fine

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