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Regenerative sustainable development of universities and cities : the role of living laboratories / Ariane König.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.Description: xxii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781781003633 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 333.72072 REG 008441
Contents:
Foreword : a shared exploration of "living laboratories" for sustainability / Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz -- Introduction : experimenting for sustainable development? : living laboratories, social learning and the role of the university / Ariane König and James Evans -- Campus as living laboratory : engaging communities in experimentation. Next generation sustainability at the University of British Columbia : the university as societal test-bed for sustainability / John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell -- Sustainable campus as a living laboratory for climate change mitigation and adaptation : the role of design thinking processes / Ying Hua -- Campus building energy management in Tongji University : an approach to achieve energy efficiency of buildings for sustainability / Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen -- Can an environmental management system be a driving force for sustainability in higher education? : a case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden / Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro -- Creating change : building an environmentally sustainable campus / Bart Meehan -- Reconciling the pursuit of excellence with sustainable development at the University of Hong Kong / Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao -- What might a sustainable university look like? : challenges and opportunities in the development of the University of Luxembourg and its new campus / Ariane König -- The challenge for universities to foster sustainable development across multiple scales. Mistra Urban Futures : a living laboratory for urban transformations / Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg -- Leading by example : developing an effective energy efficiency program for a campus and community / Christopher Powell -- How can physical campus planning support universities in their development and ultimately help cities change? / Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe -- Campus planning for promoting quality of life in the community / Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu -- Building a sustainable university from scratch : anticipating the urban, regional and planning dimension of the "Cité des Sciences Belval" in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg / Tom Becker and Markus Hesse -- Conclusion : a cross-cultural exploration of the co-creation of knowledge in living laboratories for societal transformation across four continents / Ariane König.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword : a shared exploration of "living laboratories" for sustainability / Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz --
Introduction : experimenting for sustainable development? : living laboratories, social learning and the role of the university / Ariane König and James Evans --
Campus as living laboratory : engaging communities in experimentation. Next generation sustainability at the University of British Columbia : the university as societal test-bed for sustainability / John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell --
Sustainable campus as a living laboratory for climate change mitigation and adaptation : the role of design thinking processes / Ying Hua --
Campus building energy management in Tongji University : an approach to achieve energy efficiency of buildings for sustainability / Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen --
Can an environmental management system be a driving force for sustainability in higher education? : a case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden / Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro --
Creating change : building an environmentally sustainable campus / Bart Meehan --
Reconciling the pursuit of excellence with sustainable development at the University of Hong Kong / Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao --
What might a sustainable university look like? : challenges and opportunities in the development of the University of Luxembourg and its new campus / Ariane König --
The challenge for universities to foster sustainable development across multiple scales. Mistra Urban Futures : a living laboratory for urban transformations / Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg --
Leading by example : developing an effective energy efficiency program for a campus and community / Christopher Powell --
How can physical campus planning support universities in their development and ultimately help cities change? / Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe --
Campus planning for promoting quality of life in the community / Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu --
Building a sustainable university from scratch : anticipating the urban, regional and planning dimension of the "Cité des Sciences Belval" in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg / Tom Becker and Markus Hesse --
Conclusion : a cross-cultural exploration of the co-creation of knowledge in living laboratories for societal transformation across four continents / Ariane König.

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