Within the framework of CLEVER Cities Horizon 2020, London, Milan, and Hamburg are
putting in place nine Urban Living Labs in order to implement Nature-based Solutions that …

The narrative of urban sustainability transformations epitomises the hope that urban
governance can create the conditions to plan and govern cities in a way that they contribute …

The sharing economy finds a fertile breeding ground in cities for extremely different
initiatives. This paper moves from the emerging literature on sharing cities, draws on the …

Purpose This paper interrogates the impact of spatial transformations on urban life. It
explores the level of individual and group satisfaction and sense of well-being within the …

In shrinking cities, old New-Towns have emerged as an urban issue in recent years as the
population ages. New-Towns were quiet residential areas that flourished as neighborhoods …

Significant changes of climate governance have to accompany, or, even precede effective
climate action. We introduce our transformative perspective on climate change as a new …

The transformation to a post-fossil city is one of the central urban challenges of the 21st
century, with heat transition representing an important part of this process. In Germany, a …

This chapter introduces the robust transition pathways developed in four case studies at
different scales in Europe and analyses what capacities they create. Implementing transition …

The scale of cities has become an epicentre of scientific and policy attention for tackling
climate change and sustainability challenges. Local governments worldwide have already …

This chapter presents the case study of how transformative climate governance capacities
emerge in New York City. NYC represents a highly complex governance setting with …