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Social Innovation Scaling at Urban Level

  • Sabrina Bresciani*
  • , Cyril Tjahja
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

How can social innovation initiatives in cities be scaled to provide systemic and enduring impact on reducing GHG emissions? Academic and practitioners’ literature offers a number of conceptualizations of social innovation scaling strategies, including the popular “scaling up, out and deep” framework. In this chapter, scaling methods are presented to support cities to amplify social innovation impact. Based on cities’ social innovation readiness level, social innovation pathways can range from preparatory phases—including capacity building and mobilizing funds—to mapping the ecosystem, and to systematically embedding social innovation for climate neutrality in all cities’ activities, including communication strategies, public procurement, circular economy, urban planning, and policy co-creation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Innovation Projects for Climate Neutral Cities
Subtitle of host publicationMaking Municipalities Sustainable with People-Based Solutions
EditorsSabrina Bresciani
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages53-62
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783031877261
ISBN (Print)9783031877254
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Publication series

NameSpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
VolumePart F327
ISSN (Print)2191-530X
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5318
NamePoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)
PublisherSpringer

Bibliographical note

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Keywords

  • Pathways
  • Scaling strategies
  • Systemic innovation

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