Quintessential Cities, Accountable to the Future [recurso electrónico] Sustainability, Innovation and Citizenship

This book can be seen as the third part of an unofficial trilogy on Sustainable Cities of the Future with the author's previous books 'Sustainable Development, Energy and the City' and 'Sustainable Cities for the third millennium: The Odyssey of urban excellence', both prefaced by Prof. Sir Peter Hall. All three books follow the evolving forefront of innovations towards Sustainable Cities. They collectively try to respond to the questions: What future cities wish to build (with their scarcities and capacities) on a finite planet? What do-they do to achieve this? How do-they contribute to redesign the world? The third book adopts, first and foremost, a strategic foresight approach including a scan of the future trends, tensions and risks in a more uncertain world, the possible and preferable futures, emerging policy issues, such as intergenerational cities or cities welcoming the immigrants and their impact on sustainable development, the Rio 20 prospects and the effects of the protracted crisis, efforts by world interconnected cities, including a case-study on Bangkok, a laboratory of urban change, and examples of frugal and resilient urban policies.​ "This book can be seen as the third part of an unofficial trilogy on Sustainable Cities of the Future with the author's previous books 'Sustainable Development, Energy and the City' and 'Sustainable Cities for the third millennium: The Odyssey of urban excellence', both prefaced by Prof. Sir Peter Hall. All three books follow the evolving forefront of innovations towards Sustainable Cities. They collectively try to respond to the questions: What future cities wish to build (with their scarcities and capacities) on a finite planet? What do-they do to achieve this? How do-they contribute to redesign the world? The third book adopts, first and foremost, a strategic foresight approach including a scan of the future trends, tensions and risks in a more uncertain world, the possible and preferable futures, emerging policy issues, such as intergenerational cities or cities welcoming the immigrants and their impact on sustainable development, the Rio+20 prospects and the effects of the protracted crisis, efforts by world interconnected cities, including a case-study on Bangkok, a laboratory of urban change, and examples of frugal and resilient urban policies"- - Springer Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Insights from the Future: Trends, Risks, and Opportunities....Pages 1-28 Human Ecosystems in Harmony with a Resource-Scarce World....Pages 29-54 Cities ahead of the Energy Transition....Pages 55-86 Reinventing Smart, Green, and Inclusive Mobility in Cities....Pages 87-103 Pioneer Cities in the Creative Sustainable Economy....Pages 105-126 Intergenerational Cities Embracing Diversity and Social Justice....Pages 127-145 Cities of Education, Science and Innovation, Culture and the Arts....Pages 147-167 Sustainable Regeneration and Enlightenment....Pages 169-185 The Civic Bond: Cities for and with Citizens....Pages 187-200 Codesigning Fair Cities for the Next Generations....Pages 201-217 European Cities and Interconnected World Experiences....Pages 219-244 Back Matter....Pages 245-279 Voula Mega. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.