Cities are striving to become more resilient, adaptive and sustainable; this requires new ways of governing and developing the city. This book features chapters by researchers using regenerative development and transitions theories to envisage how Eco-Cities could be planned, designed and created, and concludes with practical tools and an outline of how this evolution could be facilitated. It examines two major questions: How can we use understandings of Eco-Cities to address the legacy of urban built form and existing practices which often make it difficult to create the systemic changes needed? And what are the elements of complex urban places and spaces that will enable the planning, creation and evolution of thriving cities? The book will appeal to planners, city makers, urban researchers, students and practitioners, including planners, designers, architects and sustainability managers, and all those seeking to envisage the steps along the path to thrivingcities of the future.

Autorentext
Dominique Hes is Director of the Thrive Research Hub at the University of Melbourne, Australia. 
Judy Bush is a researcher and lecturer in environmental policy and practice at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction: Introduction: Creating Eco-Cities-From Sustaining to Thriving by Dominique Hes and Judy BushChapter 2 Regenerative Development and Transitions Thinking by Dominique Hes and Lars Coenen Chapter 3 Innovation: Creativity as a Renewable Resource for the Eco-City By Tanja Beer, David Curtis and Julie Collins Chapter 4 Urban Green Space in the Transition to the Eco-City: Policies, Multifunctionality and Narrative by Judy Bush and Dominique Hes Chapter 5 Niches: Small-Scale Interventions or Radical Innovations to Build Up Internal Momentum by Andréanne Doyon Chapter 6 Benefit Driven Design Process: An Inclusive and Transdisciplinary Approach Towards Enabling More Resilient and Thriving Outcomes by Angelica Rojas-Gracia Chapter 7 The Problem, the Potential, the Future: Creating a Thriving Future by Dominque Hes and Judy Bush