The roles of new foresight methods in urban sustainability transformations

Abstract

The objective of this agenda setting paper is to outline a new conceptual approach for increasing understanding of how new foresight processes impact efforts toward urban sustainability transformations. The ideas in this paper provide the conceptual basisfor collaboration between two strategic entities hosted by Utrecht University -the Governing Futures Lab at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development and the Urban Futures Studio -to inform and contribute to a range of research efforts on the topic of foresight and sustainability transformations. These activities are aligneed with the core Utrecht University theme ‘Pathways to Sustainability’.