Urban Transformations

Urban Transformations: Debates, concepts, and how our approach stands out.- Part 1: Conceptual dimensions of sustainable Urban Transformations.- Dimensions of Urban Transformations.- Linking transition theories with theories of institutions - implications for sustainable urban infrastructures between flexibility and stability.- Efficiency-equity-tradeoff as a challenge for shaping urban.- On the connection between urban sustainability transformations and multiple societal.- Part 2: Resilience and Risk Assesment.- Introduction.- Resilience and urban transformation - different sides of the same coin?.- Adapting built-up areas to climate change - assessment of effects and feasibility of adaptation measures on thermal comfort.- Climate proofing in urban planning and permitting - a key to resilient urban development.- Decision support on natural hazards management in complex urban settings.- Is risk assessment the right approach or do we need decision heuristics?.- Part 3: Quality of Life through Eco System Services.- Introduction/Synthesis.- Green infrastructure and clean air as decisive constituents of local residential quality.- Socio-spatial distribution of airborne outdoor exposures - from environmental quality to quality of life and environmental justice.- Can we enhance ecosystem services by protecting biodiversity in urban areas or do we just hope it is that easy?- Urban ecosystem services as proxy for quality of life: Santiago de Chile as a showcase city.- Urban vegetation matters.- Part 4: Governing Urban Resources.- Introduction/Synthesis.- Governing residential water demand in Amman: Sustainable transformation of urban water infrastructure in the face of unreliable public and unregulated private water supply.- Green Infrastructure.- Institutional Keys to Sustainable Urban Water Governance - Major Challenges, Fundaments and Innovative Approaches.- Challenges of the "Wärmewende" in the context of urban areas.- From shrinkage to regrowth: the nexus between