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    Change the world city by city : a change maker's guide to fast forward sustainability / Leen Gorissen ; with Erika Meynaerts.

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    • Title:Change the world city by city : a change maker's guide to fast forward sustainability / Leen Gorissen ; with Erika Meynaerts.
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    • Author/Creator:Gorissen, Leen, author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Meynaerts, Erika, contributor.
    • Published/Created:Leuven, Belgium : Lannoo Campus [2018]
      ©2018

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Sustainable urban development.
      Sustainable development.
      City planning.
    • Description:196 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
    • Summary:Moderne ideeën en technologieën veranderen onze kijk op elkaar en de omgeving. We proberen en leren nieuwe dingen die onze maatschappij duurzamer kunnen maken. Maar welke methode werkt het best in die transitie naar duurzaamheid? Dit boek onderzoekt hoe stedelijke verandering werkt en zorgt voor duurzame groei. Het identi?ceert factoren die de overgang naar een duurzame, klimaatneutrale stad versnellen en doet concrete beleidsvoorstellen.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9789401453578 (paperback)
      9401453578 (paperback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
      Cities in transition
      Speeding up and scaling positive change
      About this book
      pt. ONE HOW TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES ARE REDESIGNING THEIR CITIES
      ch. 2 Change makers, transition initiatives and systems change
      ch. 3 Five transformative initiatives in five European cities
      pt. TWO HOW CHANGE MAKERS ARE ACCELERATING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
      ch. 4 Mechanisms for acceleration
      ch. 5 Overview of sustainability dynamics in five European cities
      pt. THREE TOWARDS FUTURE-FIT CITIES
      ch. 6 Key insights
      Meaningful change is happening organically, everywhere, all the time
      Change starts inside
      Food is a promoter and unifier for urban sustainability
      Sequencing change by working on new patterns
      ch. 7 Ten things to know and do to fast forward urban sustainability
      #1. next big thing will be a lot of small things
      #2. city of the future is designed for life (not cars)
      #3. Human
      nature
      human nature reconnecting is key
      #4. Forget power or status. Urban change makers are motivated by passion and purpose, shifting leadership from ego-based to soul-based
      #5. Welcome urban hacking, to create the future is to hack the past
      #6. Forget competition. The city of the future is built on collaboration and powered by reciprocal networks
      #7. Building a new logic of value creation is the only way out of the status quo
      #8. Updating urban social software is foremost about advancing collective learning and enabling collective intelligence and inclusive action
      #9. Space is an important resource for innovation. Open up space amid everyday busy-ness in support of business-as-UNusual
      #10. Forget certainty, stability and control. The future is made at the sweet spot between order & chaos and unity & diversity
      ch. 8 Conclusion
      Reinventing ourselves as human beings
      While change is constant, it is never easy
      Endings
      Saying thanks.
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