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This book presents a vibrant study of the rise, decline, and transformation of environmental thinking. The author’s analysis moves from the proclaimed death of environmentalism toward the emerging theory and practices of postenvironmentalism in its manifold interpretations. Building upon current transformation of the relationship between science, technology, society and the environment, the book combines a theory-informed presentation of worldwide cases and crucial events in the history of environmentalism with a journey into scholarly explorations in order to answer the crucial question: where is environmental thinking heading? Chiara Certomà is Research Fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and External Professor in Society and Environment at the University of Pisa, Italy. She has conducted research at The Open University, UK, Ghent University, Belgium, and the Rachel Carson Center, Germany, and published in international journals on environmental theory, sustainable planning and governance.

Environmentalism. --- Climatic changes. --- Global environmental change. --- Human beings --- Effect of climate on. --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Environmental movement --- Environmental aspects --- Climatology --- Acclimatization --- Medical climatology --- Change --- Ecology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Anti-environmentalism. --- Political theory. --- Political science --- Environmental policy. --- Nature Conservation. --- World politics. --- Political Theory. --- Political Philosophy. --- Environmental Politics. --- Environmental Policy. --- Political History. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Political philosophy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Philosophy. --- Conservation --- Government policy --- Political philosophy. --- Nature conservation.

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This book presents a vibrant study of the rise, decline, and transformation of environmental thinking. The author’s analysis moves from the proclaimed death of environmentalism toward the emerging theory and practices of postenvironmentalism in its manifold interpretations. Building upon current transformation of the relationship between science, technology, society and the environment, the book combines a theory-informed presentation of worldwide cases and crucial events in the history of environmentalism with a journey into scholarly explorations in order to answer the crucial question: where is environmental thinking heading? Chiara Certomà is Research Fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and External Professor in Society and Environment at the University of Pisa, Italy. She has conducted research at The Open University, UK, Ghent University, Belgium, and the Rachel Carson Center, Germany, and published in international journals on environmental theory, sustainable planning and governance.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociology of policy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Politics --- Nature protection --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- History --- politieke wetenschappen --- geschiedenis --- politiek --- wereldpolitiek --- milieubeleid --- natuurbescherming --- milieupolitiek

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This book engages the reader in exploring the relationships between digital social innovation initiatives and the city. It delivers a fresh, accessible and case-based discussion on the emergence of digitally-enabled social innovation practices in Europe that are redesigning the urban space and challenging the consolidated urban governance processes. By adopting a critical geography perspective, this ground-breaking analysis of digital social innovation provides the reader with an accessible overview of the way in which urban reproductive processes mobilise the physical and the virtual dimensions of the city and generate distinctive spatial configurations. Together with novel urban narratives and socio-technical imaginaries, these support the existing geometries of power or construct new ones. The author clearly describes contemporary cities as the new battlegrounds for controlling the digital sphere, shaped by the interplay between digital capitalism and resistance movements. In light of grassroots initiatives advanced by cyber-activists, e-makers and hackers, the book unveils the socio-political and cultural underpinnings of the revolution produced by the digital social innovations in the city and the socio-technological regimes supporting them. The author successfully sheds new critical light on traditional innovation studies exploring the debate on digital innovation through the lens of social and cultural geography and provides an invaluable reference for those working in this field. Chiara Certomà is Assistant Professor of Political and Economic Geography at the University of Turin (Italy), affiliate at the Centre for Sustainable Development at Ghent University (Belgium) and the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy). She is currently visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technologies and Society at TU Graz (Austria).

Sociology --- Higher education --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Geography --- HO (hoger onderwijs) --- ruimtelijke ordening --- sociologie --- steden --- technologie --- wetenschappen --- geografie

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What might an analysis of politics which focuses on the operation of power through space and place, and on the spatial structuring of inequality, tell us about the world we make for ourselves and others? From the national border to the wire fence; from th

Political geography. --- Human geography. --- Place (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Geography, Political --- Human geography

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This book analyzes the ongoing transformation in the “smart city” paradigm and explores the possibilities that technological innovations offer for the effective involvement of ordinary citizens in collective knowledge production and decision-making processes within the context of urban planning and management. To so, it pursues an interdisciplinary approach, with contributions from a range of experts including city managers, public policy makers, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists, and researchers. The first two parts of the book focus on the generation and use of data by citizens, with or without institutional support, and the professional management of data in city governance, highlighting the social connectivity and livability aspects essential to vibrant and healthy urban environments. In turn, the third part presents inspiring case studies that illustrate how data-driven solutions can empower people and improve urban environments, including enhanced sustainability. The book will appeal to all those who are interested in the required transformation in the planning, management, and operations of data-rich cities and the ways in which such cities can employ the latest technologies to use data efficiently, promoting data access, data sharing, and interoperability.

Technological innovations. --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Geography. --- Political economy. --- Urban geography. --- Computational intelligence. --- Electrical engineering. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Computational Intelligence. --- Political Economy. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Geography --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Engineering. --- Telecommunication. --- International Political Economy. --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology