Guy, S and Marvin, S 2007, 'Constructing sustainable futures: from models to competing pathways' , in: Sustainable urban development volume 2: the environmental assessment methods. , Sustainable urban development series , Routledge.

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Abstract

This paper begins to build a conceptual framework that acknowledges the multiplicity of pathways towards different sustainable futures that often co-exist within a single city. There are three stages to the argument: the shift from the concept of a singular towards multiple models of what the sustainable city might become; the rejection of the simplistic use of models and the development of competing pathways to sustainable cities; and the recognition that a wide diversity of sustainable urban futures are likely to co-exist within a single city. The analytical framework of social constructivist theory developed here usefully demonstrates the contingent and contextual nature of technological innovation and building design.

Item Type:	Book Section
Editors:	Deakin, M, Mitchell, G, Nijkamp, P and Vreeker, R
Themes:	Built and Human Environment
Schools:	Colleges and Schools > College of Science & Technology Colleges and Schools > College of Science & Technology > School of the Built Environment Colleges and Schools > College of Science & Technology > School of the Built Environment > Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF)
Publisher:	Routledge
Refereed:	Yes
ISBN:	9780203417034
Related URLs:	https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk...
Depositing User:	Institutional Repository
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2011 11:54
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2011 10:55
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/16612

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