The anthology, which gathers the most relevant research papers dedicated to urban commons theories, is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the Co-City approach.
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Micheal Bauwens – Recent Developments in Urban Commons Transition
David Bollier – Vernacular Law and Complexity Science: Two Guides for Creating Urban Commons
Paola Cannavò and Massimo Zupi – A pact for the territory: towards a collaborative governance of transformation processes
Tine De Moor – Urban Commons: a Reader
Sheila Foster – Law and the Urban Commons
Silke Helfrich – Imagining the (R)Urban Commons in 2040
Christian Iaione – The Platform-State. Government as an enabler Civic Imagination and Collaboration. Politics and Institutions in the CO-century
Ezio Manzini – A design strategy for social communing. Social commons, collaborative organizations, and relational goods: a virtuous circle
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