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Organizing and institutionalizing local sustainability : a design approach /

"Sustainability reflects perhaps the greatest combination of design problems facing local governments today. To look at the future, crises are everywhere, and they are contagious: climate change hastens pandemics and exacerbates systemic inequity. Yet, there is precious little theoretical or em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deslatte, Aaron (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration.
Subjects:
Local government > Indiana.
Sustainability > Indiana.
Organizational change > Indiana.
Strategic planning > Indiana.
Organizational learning > Indiana.
Performance > Management.
Administration locale > Indiana.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Indiana.
Changement organisationnel > Indiana.
Planification stratégique > Indiana.
Apprentissage organisationnel > Indiana.
Local government
Organizational change
Organizational learning
Performance > Management
Strategic planning
Sustainability
Indiana
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Design processes in local sustainability
  • Strategy assemblage : Designing conceptual futures in South Bend
  • Recovery and realignment : Organizational capabilities and their codification in Bloomington
  • Reverse-engineering performance : Outcome identification in Indianapolis
  • Institutionalizing design processes : Challenges and future directions for managing city sustainability.