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- Offers an applied development of the futures studies approach backcasting, which is becoming increasingly popular; Presents an example of Interdisciplinarity, showing a result on what can be done when scholars from various disciplines take on a common subject; the three main authors include an environmental strategist, a sociologist and an economic historian; Provides a new approach to the field of sustainable cities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
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Images of the Future
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Front Matter
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IMAGES OF THE FUTURE
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Perspectives
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Front Matter
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Appendixes
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Front Matter
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About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Royal Institute of Technlogy, Centre for Sustainable Communications (C, Stockholm, Sweden
Mattias Höjer
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Committee for Stockholm Research, City of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Gullberg
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, Economic History, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Ronny Pettersson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Images of the Future City
Book Subtitle: Time and Space For Sustainable Development
Authors: Mattias Höjer, Anders Gullberg, Ronny Pettersson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0653-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0652-1Published: 17 February 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9047-6Published: 25 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0653-8Published: 11 February 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 457
Additional Information: Translated and updated version of: Gullberg, A., Höjer, M., & Pettersson, R. (2007). Bilder av framtidsstaden – Tid och rum för hållbar utveckling (1 ed.). Eslöv, Sweden: Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposion.
Topics: Sustainable Development, Cities, Countries, Regions, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking