Falling real incomes, rising utility prices and the historically poor thermal quality of the
housing stock are some of the main factors that have driven the rise of systemic injustices …

This book begins with a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which
forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some of the …

The on-going transition towards low-carbon forms of energy provision (frequently termed
'energy transitions') has triggered far-reaching material, economic and institutional …

This Special Issue draws out intersections between two of the most important
socioecological issues of the 21st century. The first is the rise of the urban form as the …

This paper uses the experience of post-socialist district heating reforms to tell a broader
story about the continued and shared challenges that central and eastern European cities …

Existing studies of the incorporation of climate mitigation into urban governance are
concerned overwhelmingly with the material aspects of low-carbon urbanism. Emphasis is …

The article is a contribution to discussions about the territorial arrangement of suburbs, their
types and other settlements in suburban zones around post-socialist CEE provincial cities …

Cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world s energy consumption. If we are to
reduce our demands on the planet s resources how can we make our urban areas more …

Mounting evidence of the harmful effects of conventional energy resources on human and
ecological systems has led to an increased development of renewable energy technologies …

The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly
understood or neglected. This book, therefore, examines questions of local participation at …