Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions

N Frantzeskaki, A Dumitru, I Anguelovski… - Current Opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Civil society plays different roles in urban sustainability transitions beyond civil
advocacy.•Civil society is increasingly recognized as a cog for sustainability transitions.•Civil …

Cities, systems and sustainability: status and perspectives of research on urban transformations

M Wolfram, N Frantzeskaki, S Maschmeyer - Current Opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Urban transformation research combines complex system studies with urban
studies.•Research focuses on system change, urban change or urban/system …

Governing public–private partnerships for sustainability: An analysis of procurement and governance practices of PPP infrastructure projects

M Hueskes, K Verhoest, T Block - International journal of project …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a recognized need to incorporate sustainability considerations in infrastructure
projects delivered through public–private partnerships (PPPs). The aim of this study is to …

[HTML][HTML] Co-producing urban sustainability transitions knowledge with community, policy and science

N Frantzeskaki, A Rok - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2018 - Elsevier
This viewpoint presents insights on designing, engaging with and researching multi-
stakeholder engagement spaces based on the experience of the ARTS project (2014 …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based innovation systems

APN van der Jagt, R Raven, H Dorst… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems
towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented …

The acceleration of urban sustainability transitions: A comparison of Brighton, Budapest, Dresden, Genk, and Stockholm

F Ehnert, N Frantzeskaki, J Barnes, S Borgström… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
City-regions as sites of sustainability transitions have remained under-explored so far. With
our comparative analysis of five diverse European city-regions, we offer new insights on …

[PDF][PDF] Nature-based solutions accelerating urban sustainability transitions in cities: Lessons from Dresden, Genk and Stockholm cities

N Frantzeskaki, S Borgström, L Gorissen… - … -based solutions to …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
Nature based solutions are amongst other practices that transition initiatives work with when
intervening in their place and change its fabric. Focusing on the actors establishing, driving …

Moving towards systemic change? Investigating acceleration dynamics of urban sustainability transitions in the Belgian City of Genk

L Gorissen, F Spira, E Meynaerts, P Valkering… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, multiple transformative initiatives have been set up in cities across the world
to kick-start transitions of urban systems towards sustainability. Yet to what extent do these …

Can public procurement be strategic? A future agenda proposition

P Guarnieri, RC Gomes - Journal of Public Procurement, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how public procurement can be strategic.
Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Key stakeholders and operation processes in the regeneration of historical urban fabrics in Iran

A Mirzakhani, M Turró, S Jalilisadrabad - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
This article is a comprehensive study about the process of regeneration of historical urban
fabrics of Iran through the role played by its main stakeholders. A thorough analysis of the …