Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Urban Transformations - Sustainable Urban Development Through Resource Efficiency, Quality of Life and Resilience -- Motivation -- Sustainability Through "Urban Transformations" -- Our Approach and Understanding of Urban Transformations -- Resource Efficiency -- Quality of Life -- Resilience -- Synopsis -- Purpose of the Volume -- References -- Part I: Conceptual Approaches of Sustainable Urban Transformations -- Outline -- Exploring the Extent, Selected Topics and Governance Modes of Urban Sustainability Transformations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Extent of Urban Transformations: Transition Management and the Great Transformation -- 2.1 Transition Management -- 2.2 The Great Transformation -- 3 Topics of Urban Transformations -- 3.1 The Post-fossil City -- 3.2 The Resilient City -- 4 Goverance of Urban Transformations -- 4.1 Transformative Urban Governance - Illustrated by the WBGU Approach -- 4.2 Growth Machines and Urban Regimes - Illustrated by the Smart City Concept -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Linking Transition Theories with Theories of Institutions - Implications for Sustainable Urban Infrastructures Between Flexibility and Stability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Concepts for the Transformation of Urban Infrastructures -- 2.1 Transforming Socio-Technical Systems -- 2.2 On the Steering of Socio-Technical Transformations -- 3 Socio-Technical Transformations as a Phenomenon of Institutional Change -- 3.1 The Importance of Institutions in the Urban Transformation Process -- 3.2 The Theory of Institutional Change -- 3.2.1 Mechanisms of Institutional Change -- 3.2.2 The Concept of Adaptive Efficiency -- 4 Transformation of Urban Infrastructure Systems: The Example of Urban Water Management. , 4.1 The Need for a Transformation of Urban Water Infrastructure Systems Towards Greater Sustainability -- 4.2 The Institutional Inertia in the Urban Water Sector as a Challenge -- 4.3 Starting Points for Steering Transformation in the Urban Water Sector -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Efficiency-Equity-Trade-Off as a Challenge for Shaping Urban Transformations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Efficiency-Equity Trade-Offs - An Overview -- 2.1 Economics and the Idea of Efficiency and Trade-Offs -- 2.2 Social Sciences' Concepts of Environmental Justice -- 3 Efficiency and Equity in Urban Transformations: Two Empirical Examples -- 3.1 Flood Risk Management in England and the Urban-Rural Divide -- 3.2 Sustainable Infrastructure: Pricing Water Services and the Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- On the Connection Between Urban Sustainability Transformations and Multiple Societal Crises -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Perspectives: Connections Between Transformation and Crises -- 3 Connection Between Urban Sustainability Transformation and Multiple Crises, Based on Empirical Evidence from Various Arenas of Urban Development -- 3.1 Introduction to the Urban Context and Examples -- 3.2 Examples of Crises' Impacts on Urban Sustainable Development -- 3.2.1 Urban Water Infrastructure Crisis -- 3.2.2 Financial Crisis and Urban Austerity: Trade-Offs Between Environmental, Social, and Financial Sustainability -- 3.3 Cross-Case Assessment -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- How to Measure Progress Towards an Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable City? Reflections on Applying the Indicators of Sustainable Development Goal 11 in Germany and India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aims and Approach -- 3 The Urban Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Outlook -- References -- Part II: Urban Resources and Governance -- Outline. , Sustainable Transformation of Urban Water Infrastructure in Amman, Jordan - Meeting Residential Water Demand in the Face of Deficient Public Supply and Alternative Private Water Markets -- 1 Introduction: Transforming Urban Water Infrastructure -- 2 Institutional Settings in Amman -- 3 Governance Challenges for Residential Water Supply -- 3.1 Sustainability Problems -- 3.2 Sustainable Urban Water Supply - The Economic Perspective -- 3.3 The Transformation Conundrum -- 3.3.1 Four Obstacles to Sustainably Transforming Amman's Water Supply Sector -- 3.3.2 Interdependencies Between the Four Obstacles -- 4 Governance Implications: Water Demand Policy Is Key -- 4.1 Overview: Governance Options for Sustainable Water Policy -- 4.2 Water Pricing -- 4.2.1 Effectiveness of Pricing -- 4.2.2 Pricing and Equity Considerations -- 4.2.3 Acceptance: The Willingness to Pay for Higher Quality -- 4.2.4 Political Feasibility -- 4.3 Fighting Illegal Abstractions -- 4.4 Funding Infrastructure Improvements: Curing Revenue Deficits -- 4.5 Implementation Strategy -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The TEEB Approach Towards Sustainable Urban Transformations: Demonstrating and Capturing Ecosystem Service Values -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Green and Its Services for Human Health and Well-Being -- 3 Demonstrating the Value of Urban Green -- 3.1 Which Values Are Covered by the Economic Approach? -- 3.2 Methodological Approaches to Demonstrating Values of Urban Green -- 4 Capturing Urban Green in Decision-Making -- 4.1 Delivering Information -- 4.2 Enhancing Cooperation and Creating New Alliances -- 4.3 Strengthening Ecosystem Service Perspectives in Urban and Land Use Planning -- 4.4 Providing Economic Incentives -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Green Infrastructure for Increased Resource Efficiency in Urban Water Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Graywater. , 3 Rainwater and Surface Runoff -- 4 Wastewater -- 5 Outlook -- References -- Sustainable Urban Water Governance - Main Aims, Challenges and Institutional Approaches in Germany and Beyond -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Seminal Challenges for Urban Water Infrastructure Development -- 2.1 Widespread Reinvestment Gaps and Obsolescence of Existing Waste Water Structures -- 2.2 Demographic Change (Shrinkage/Growth/Aging) -- 2.3 New and Stricter Environmental Standards -- 2.4 Increasing Risk of Urban Flash Floods as a Result of Land-Use Change and Climate Change -- 2.5 Increasingly Dry Summer Seasons and Drought Periods as a Result of Climate Change -- 2.6 Strong Call for More Energy and Resource Efficiency -- 2.7 Increasing and Highly Diverging Water Prices -- 2.8 The Liberalization Question -- 3 Towards Sustainability: Essential Aims and Requirements of Sustainable Water Infrastructure Development -- 4 Institutional Foundations for Sustainable Urban Water Infrastructure -- 4.1 State-Sponsored vs. Competitive Fulfilment of Infrastructure Tasks -- 4.2 The Regulatory Framework -- 4.3 Incentives -- 4.4 Organization -- 4.5 Planning -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Transitioning the Heat Supply System - Challenges with Special Focus on Bioenergy in the Context of Urban Areas -- 1 Background and Challenges -- 2 Heat Supply in Urban Areas -- 3 Biogenic Urban Sources of Heat Supply -- 4 Criteria for Promising Supply Systems in Urban Areas for Heat from Biomass -- 5 Future Technologies for Heat from Biomass -- 5.1 Heating Technologies Based on Solid Biomass -- 5.2 Solid Biomass for Production Purposes -- 5.3 Heating Technologies Based on Gaseous Biofuels -- 6 Change Management - Integrating People and Processes -- 7 The Path Ahead for Biogenic Urban Heat Supply -- References. , From Shrinkage to Regrowth: The Nexus Between Urban Dynamics, Land Use Change and Ecosystem Service Provision -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Shrinkage and Regrowth -- 2.1 The Nexus Between Urban Dynamics and Land Use Changes and the Provision of UES -- 2.2 Examples for the Interplay of Urban Dynamics, Land Use Changes, and the Provision of UES -- 2.2.1 Shrinkage -- 2.2.2 Regrowth -- 3 Which Challenges Can Be Identified from the Interplay of Urban Dynamics, Land Use Change, and UES Provision? -- 4 How Do Actors, Policies, and Governance Respond to These Challenges? -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Potentials of Urban Brownfields for Improving the Quality of Urban Space -- 1 Urban Brownfields as Land Resources -- 2 The Potential Re-Use of Urban Brownfields -- 2.1 Revitalisation -- 2.2 Renaturation -- 2.3 Multifunctional Land Use Options -- 3 Potential Spaces for Regrowing Cities - The Case of Leipzig, Germany -- 4 Leeway in Decision-Making -- References -- Part III: Quality of Life and Ecosystem Services -- Outline -- Local Residential Quality from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Combining Individual Perception and Micrometeorological Factors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Framework for Local Residential Quality (LRQ) -- 2.1 Social Science Perspective to Grasp the Individual Perception -- 2.2 Micrometeorological Factors Characterizing Local Exposure -- 2.3 Influences of Urban Landscape Features on Environmental Stressors -- 3 Methodological Design -- 3.1 The Case Study: Leipzig and Its Large Housing Estate Grünau -- 3.2 The Methods Used: Household Survey, Air Quality Measurements and Micrometeorological Simulations -- 4 Empirical Findings and Their Synopsis -- 4.1 Survey Findings -- 4.1.1 Estate Scale: Perceptions of Local Residential Quality -- 4.1.2 District Scale: Perceptions of Local Residential Quality -- 4.2 ENVI-met Model Findings. , 4.3 Synopsis of the Results and Discussion.

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