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Bringing Transition Management to Cities: Building Skills for Transformative Urban Governance

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  • Niki Frantzeskaki

    (Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3101, Australia
    Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Cities are open to trialing new approaches for advancing their planning and urban governance practice. Evidence from urban research and practice shows that transition management has been widely and diversely applied for strategic planning for climate mitigation and adaptation, regeneration, as well as sectoral (energy, water, waste) and social cohesion agendas. Despite the amounting evidence of the applications of transition management, the research has not identified what it is required in terms of skills to apply such a governance framework for participatory governance in cities. In this paper, we respond to this gap by providing evidence from 11 cities across Europe that applied transition management as an approach to participatory urban governance for unpacking what transformative actions are required to strengthen urban resilience in deprived neighborhoods. Our multi-case study research and analysis reveals that a multitude of vocational and academic skills are required for the application of transition management approach including systems thinking, creativity, theory-to-practice application skills, diplomatic skills for forging partnerships and learning alliances and openness to learning-by-doing during experimentation. Transition management application in cities in the Resilient Europe project brought about positive outcomes in terms of developing new skills, embedding new knowledge about urban resilience and transition management in planning.

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  • Niki Frantzeskaki, 2022. "Bringing Transition Management to Cities: Building Skills for Transformative Urban Governance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:650-:d:719790
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    1. Hölscher, Katharina & Wittmayer, Julia M. & Avelino, Flor & Giezen, Mendel, 2019. "Opening up the transition arena: An analysis of (dis)empowerment of civil society actors in transition management in cities," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 176-185.
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