Overview
- Discusses the future of cities in light of the 2020 pandemic and concurrent crises
- Maps ways forward for cities to bounce forward better and lead the way to a sustainable future
- Proposes "pioneer initiatives" to light the way to systemic change
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About the author
Her research and publications address the scientific foundations, values, culture and innovations for sustainable development policies and the cities of the future. She believes that Science and the Arts are free and can herald a better world and strategic foresight and visions for desired futures can far extend the limits of the possible.
Citizen of the world and passionate European, she is pursuing an international career, starting as Special Adviser to the Greek Government and held important positions in various European and International organisations. She has been Research Manager at the European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions, an EU agency in Dublin, and worked as international expert on Sustainable Development at the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. In 2001, she joined the European Commission in Brussels and works as senior policy analyst at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.
Her Academic activities include Invited Master Lectures at the University of California at Berkeley, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture, Institut Français d'Architecture, the European University of the Environment, University College of London, Catalan Institute of Technology, and the Universities of Athens, Bologna, Trieste and Parma. She has been Associate Professor at the School of Public Administration, Athens.
She published extensively with the European Union, the UN, UNESCO, OECD and international publishers, notably Springer, in Greek, English, French, Spanish and Italian. She also published three poetry collections and exhibited drawings, watercolours and photographs. An exhibition at the European Parliament focused on her artistic work on European cities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Sustainable Cities
Book Subtitle: Towards the SDGs and Green, Just, Smart and Inclusive Transitions
Authors: Voula Mega
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04840-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04839-5Published: 27 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04842-5Published: 28 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04840-1Published: 26 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 303
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Public Policy, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights