Edited by Kes McCormick, Professor, Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden, James Evans, Professor, Manchester Urban Institute and Department of Geography, The University of Manchester, UK, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Associate Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden and Niki Frantzeskaki, Professor, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

• Contents:1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for SustainableCities and Communities 1Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya VoytenkoPalgan and Niki FrantzeskakiPART I TAKING STOCK2 Assessing the research on sustainable cities andcommunities: how to meet the ambitions of theSustainable Development Goals? 17James Evans and Katie Elder3 Sustainable urbanism is a failed project and whatwe can do about it 31Robert Krueger4 Researching the urban sustainability agenda inIndia: where to start? 45Tathagata ChatterjiPART II NAVIGATING DYNAMICS5 Energy communities as accelerators of energytransition in cities 67Jenny Palm6 Share and repair in cities: agenda for researchand practice on circular urban resilience 79Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont7 The need for a systemic approach to informalsettlements upgrading 101Ignacio LoorPART III SHAPING GOVERNANCE8 Grassroots strategies for environmentalgovernance and circular transitions in cities:lessons from Lagos and Melbourne 113Olamide Shittu9 Blessed mess: new modes of thinking, acting, andlearning for sustainable urban transformations 129Andrew Karvonen and Jonas Bylund10 Climate city contracts? Governing towards climateneutral cities 139Katherine Shabb, Kes McCormick, Selma Mujkicand Stefan AnderbergPART IV EMBRACING JUSTICE11 Urban transitions and green space provision: justand green, or just green? 153Farahnaz Sharifi and Christian (Andi) Nygaard12 Representing cultural diversity in urban spacesand planning regulations for sustainable cities 169Fatemeh Shahani13 Sustainability and the governance of urban green space 181Md. Badrul Hyder, Angelika Papadopoulos and Wendy SteelePART V REFRAMING PERSPECTIVES14 The hidden perversity of demand response: oneof the building blocks of smart cities 201Stephanie Pincetl15 Nature-based urbanism: designing for and withnature for sustainable cities and communities 209Melissa Pineda-Pinto and Niki Frantzeskaki16 Regenerative cultures for sustainable cities andcommunities 229Katherine FooIndex

Edited by Kes McCormick, Professor, Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden, James Evans, Professor, Manchester Urban Institute and Department of Geography, The University of Manchester, UK, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Associate Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),Lund University, Sweden and Niki Frantzeskaki, Professor, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

• Contents:1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for SustainableCities and Communities 1Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya VoytenkoPalgan and Niki FrantzeskakiPART I TAKING STOCK2 Assessing the research on sustainable cities andcommunities: how to meet the ambitions of theSustainable Development Goals? 17James Evans and Katie Elder3 Sustainable urbanism is a failed project and whatwe can do about it 31Robert Krueger4 Researching the urban sustainability agenda inIndia: where to start? 45Tathagata ChatterjiPART II NAVIGATING DYNAMICS5 Energy communities as accelerators of energytransition in cities 67Jenny Palm6 Share and repair in cities: agenda for researchand practice on circular urban resilience 79Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont7 The need for a systemic approach to informalsettlements upgrading 101Ignacio LoorPART III SHAPING GOVERNANCE8 Grassroots strategies for environmentalgovernance and circular transitions in cities:lessons from Lagos and Melbourne 113Olamide Shittu9 Blessed mess: new modes of thinking, acting, andlearning for sustainable urban transformations 129Andrew Karvonen and Jonas Bylund10 Climate city contracts? Governing towards climateneutral cities 139Katherine Shabb, Kes McCormick, Selma Mujkicand Stefan AnderbergPART IV EMBRACING JUSTICE11 Urban transitions and green space provision: justand green, or just green? 153Farahnaz Sharifi and Christian (Andi) Nygaard12 Representing cultural diversity in urban spacesand planning regulations for sustainable cities 169Fatemeh Shahani13 Sustainability and the governance of urban green space 181Md. Badrul Hyder, Angelika Papadopoulos and Wendy SteelePART V REFRAMING PERSPECTIVES14 The hidden perversity of demand response: oneof the building blocks of smart cities 201Stephanie Pincetl15 Nature-based urbanism: designing for and withnature for sustainable cities and communities 209Melissa Pineda-Pinto and Niki Frantzeskaki16 Regenerative cultures for sustainable cities andcommunities 229Katherine FooIndex