Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships

Cities worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable development, calling for large-scale and fastpaced transformations towards sustainability. Urban sustainability challenges are now being reframed as a lack of capacity of individuals and organizations to carry out such socio-technical trans...

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Published in:Ambio 2019-05, Vol.48 (5), p.529-538
Main Authors: Keeler, Lauren Withycombe, Beaudoin, Fletcher, Wiek, Arnim, John, Beatrice, Lerner, Amy M., Beecroft, Richard, Tamm, Kaidi, Seebacher, Andreas, Lang, Daniel J., Kay, Braden, Forrest, Nigel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arizona
Atmospheric Sciences
Cities
Cups
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Environment
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental Management
Humans
Oregon
Partnerships
Physical Geography
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Transformations
Universities
URBAN TRANSFORMATIVE CAPACITY
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Summary:Cities worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable development, calling for large-scale and fastpaced transformations towards sustainability. Urban sustainability challenges are now being reframed as a lack of capacity of individuals and organizations to carry out such socio-technical transformations. This article expands on transformative capacity literature by elucidating the concept of actor-centric transformative capacity. It focuses on the unique role city-university partnerships (CUPs) can play in catalyzing and supporting effective urban sustainability transformations. Two case studies on CUPs in Portland, Oregon and Tempe, Arizona are used to identify determinants of actor-centric transformative capacity, their role in the transformative capacity of urban systems, and how they are built through CUPs. The article concludes with strategies for building effective CUPs capable of building actor-centric transformative capacity among university actors and city administrators.
ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
DOI:10.1007/s13280-018-1117-9