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dc.contributor.authorWebb, R.
dc.contributor.authorBai, X.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, M.
dc.contributor.authorCostanza, R.
dc.contributor.authorGriggs, D.
dc.contributor.authorMoglia, M.
dc.contributor.authorNeuman, M.
dc.contributor.authorNewman, Peter
dc.contributor.authorNewton, P.
dc.contributor.authorNorman, B.
dc.contributor.authorRyan, C.
dc.contributor.authorSchandl, H.
dc.contributor.authorSteffen, W.
dc.contributor.authorTapper, N.
dc.contributor.authorThomson, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T02:21:00Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T02:21:00Z
dc.date.created2017-08-23T07:21:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationWebb, R. and Bai, X. and Smith, M. and Costanza, R. and Griggs, D. and Moglia, M. and Neuman, M. et al. 2017. Sustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation. Ambio: pp. 1-21.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55901
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13280-017-0934-6
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 The Author(s) Rapid urbanisation generates risks and opportunities for sustainable development. Urban policy and decision makers are challenged by the complexity of cities as social–ecological–technical systems. Consequently there is an increasing need for collaborative knowledge development that supports a whole-of-system view, and transformational change at multiple scales. Such holistic urban approaches are rare in practice. A co-design process involving researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders, has progressed such an approach in the Australian context, aiming to also contribute to international knowledge development and sharing. This process has generated three outputs: (1) a shared framework to support more systematic knowledge development and use, (2) identification of barriers that create a gap between stated urban goals and actual practice, and (3) identification of strategic focal areas to address this gap. Developing integrated strategies at broader urban scales is seen as the most pressing need. The knowledge framework adopts a systems perspective that incorporates the many urban trade-offs and synergies revealed by a systems view. Broader implications are drawn for policy and decision makers, for researchers and for a shared forward agenda.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleSustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage21
dcterms.source.issn0044-7447
dcterms.source.titleAmbio
curtin.departmentSustainability Policy Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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