Urban Transformations: Debates, concepts, and how our approach stands out -- Part 1: Conceptual dimensions of sustainable Urban Transformations -- Dimensions of Urban Transformations -- Linking transition theories with theories of institutions - implications for sustainable urban infrastructures between flexibility and stability -- Efficiency-equity-tradeoff as a challenge for shaping urban -- On the connection between urban sustainability transformations and multiple societal -- Part 2: Resilience and Risk Assesment -- Introduction -- Resilience and urban transformation – different sides of the same coin? -- Adapting built-up areas to climate change – assessment of effects and feasibility of adaptation measures on thermal comfort -- Climate proofing in urban planning and permitting – a key to resilient urban development -- Decision support on natural hazards management in complex urban settings -- Is risk assessment the right approach or do we need decision heuristics? -- Part 3: Quality of Life through Eco System Services -- Introduction/Synthesis -- Green infrastructure and clean air as decisive constituents of local residential quality -- Socio-spatial distribution of airborne outdoor exposures – from environmental quality to quality of life and environmental justice -- Can we enhance ecosystem services by protecting biodiversity in urban areas or do we just hope it is that easy?- Urban ecosystem services as proxy for quality of life: Santiago de Chile as a showcase city -- Urban vegetation matters -- Part 4: Governing Urban Resources -- Introduction/Synthesis -- Governing residential water demand in Amman: Sustainable transformation of urban water infrastructure in the face of unreliable public and unregulated private water supply -- Green Infrastructure -- Institutional Keys to Sustainable Urban Water Governance - Major Challenges, Fundaments and Innovative Approaches -- Challenges of the “Wärmewende” in the context of urban areas -- From shrinkage to regrowth: the nexus between urban dynamics, land use and ecosystem service provision -- The TEEB Approach for Urban Transformations: Making Ecosystem Services’ Values Visible -- Part 5: Reflection and Perspectives -- Transformations concepts and implementation strategies of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda -- Reflection of current state of the art of urban transformation research and further perspectives.