| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies |
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Routledge explorations in environmental studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Framing the research; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Research context and questions; 1.3 Structure of the book; 2 Towards a post-growth society and economy; 2.1 Analysis of societal conditions: modernisation theory; 2.2 The ecological basis: climate change and further planetary boundaries; 2.3 The economic growth trap: a system theoretical approach; 2.4 Approaches for redefining economy and society; 3 Governing commons; 3.1 Commons -- a special type of goods; 3.2 Countering the 'tragedy of the commons' |
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3.3 Principles of the governance of commons following Ostrom3.4 Critique of Ostrom's theory; 3.5 Policy implications; 4 Methodological approach; 4.1 Embedding the research into an interdisciplinary multi-stakeholder project; 4.2 Applying Ostrom's theory to urban resource systems -- the WWWforEurope project ROCSET; 4.3 Research strategy; 5 Urban spaces-green spaces, and observed socio-ecological transition; 5.1 The relevance of cities for the socio-ecological transition; 5.2 The relevance of green spaces for cities |
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5.3 The state of the local socio-ecological transition and of the green spaces resource system -- decreasing availability of urban green spaces6 Social innovation and urban spaces of civil society action; 6.1 Social innovation; 6.2 The corrective power of civil society; 6.3 Spaces of civil society action; 7 Reappropriating urban green spaces and urban food production; 7.1 Power, democracy, and public space; 7.2 Disappearance and loss of public space/privatisation |
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7.3 (Re)appropriation of public space -- defending urban green spaces: self-organisation in reaction to the reduction of urban green spaces for building and infrastructure development7.4 Urban food production; 8 Actors' motivations; 8.1 A theoretical model; 8.2 Motivations to commit oneself to sustainability issues; 8.3 Motivations for producing food in the city; 9 Proposing an innovative policy framework as resulting from identified barriers and conducive conditions for citizen participation, self-organisation, and the socio-ecological transition; 9.1 Local decision-making autonomy |
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9.2 Financial means9.3 Legal framework; 9.4 Functioning of the local authority; 9.5 Learning and social capital building in the local arena; 10 Steps to post-growth European cities; 10.1 Civil society's role in the governance of urban green spaces in European cities; 10.2 Conclusion; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land use, Urban -- European Union countries
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Urban agriculture -- European Union countries
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Land use, Urban
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Urban agriculture
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315403816 |
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1315403811 |
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