Eco-cities

Provides a review of recent eco-city concepts and knowledge management tools for effective decision-making in the transition to urban sustainability

Aims to serve as a toolbox for those interested in urban transformation toward sustainability

Draws from literature and pioneering experience in innovation clusters during the last decade

Auteur
Dr. Ioan M. Ciumasu is the President of the Institute of Innovation for Transition to Sustainability INTRAS in Paris, France. He holds a magna cum laude PhD from the Technical University Munich. He functioned as a visiting scientist at the GSF/Helmholtz Research Centre for Environmental Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry (2001-2004), Neuherberg-Munich, Germany; Scientific coordinator of the Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Exploitation of Ecosystems (CEXDUREC) at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (UAIC) of Iasi, Romania (2005-2010); Assistant Professor/Professeur Associé and Director of the International Professional Master in Management of Eco-innovation at the University of Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) (2010-2013). Since 2010, he has been involved in research-innovation and education networks of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community (Climate KIC); he has served on the selection jury of ACES Awardsby Science|Business and on the board of directors of Observatoire de Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines (OVSQ). He is concerned with environmental technologies and knowledge management methods for urban sustainability and eco-innovation. He works on projects that bring together universities, businesses, and governmental bodies into a dynamic cross-sectoral experimentation: models, scenarios, and demonstrators.

Contenu
Defining urban sustainability.- Systemic risks and urban resilience.- Knowledge generation and decision making.- Brokering pulls and tensions: Scenario concepts.- Experimenting futures: Scenario methods.- Towards a transition management capability.- Learning to fly.- References.