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  1. Co-production of knowledge-action systems in urban sustainable governance: The KASA approach

    This paper examines how knowledge-action-systems the networks of actors involved in the production, sharing and use of policy-relevant knowledge - work in the process of developing sustainable strategies for cities. I developed an interdisciplinary framework- the knowledge-action system analysis (KASA) framework &#...

    Author(s):
    T.A. Munoz-Erickson
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Co-production, Knowledge-action systems, Science-policy interface, Sustainability, Urban governance, Social networks, Boundary work, Epistemic cultures, Future visions, Tropical city
    Source:
    Environmental Science and Policy. 37: 182-191

  2. Multiple pathways to sustainability in the city: the case of San Juan, Puerto Rico

    I examined the multiple visions of the future of the city that can emerge when city actors and organizations reconfigure themselves to address sustainability. In various cities worldwide, novel ideas, initiatives, and networks are emerging in governance to address social and ecological conditions in urban areas. However, cities can be contested spaces, bringing a...

    Author(s):
    Tischa A. Munoz
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    adaptive capacity, adaptive governance, frames, knowledge-action systems, networks, San Juan, sustainable pathways, transformation, urban social-ecological systems, visions
    Source:
    Ecology and Society. 19(3): Article 2

  3. Knowledge to serve the city: insights from an emerging knowledge-action network to address vulnerability and sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico

    This paper presents initial efforts to establish the San Juan Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory (ULTRA-Ex), a long-term program aimed at developing transdisciplinary social-ecological system (SES) research to address vulnerability and sustainability for the municipality of San Juan. Transdisciplinary approaches involve the collaborations between researchers,...

    Author(s):
    T.A. Munoz-Erickson; A.E. Lugo; E. Melendez-Ackerman; L.E. Santiago-Acevedo; J. Seguinot-Barbosa; P. Mendez-Lazaro
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    ULTRA-Ex, urban sustainability, social-ecological-systems, transdisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, collaborative knowledge production, framings, knowledge-action systems, adaptive science, reflexivity, research network, vulnerability, San Juan
    Source:
    Cities and the Environment (CATE). 7(1): Article 5
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