Enabling urban systems transformations: co-developing national and local strategies

Urban Transformations, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

Transformative urban development is urgent to achieve future sustainable and wellbeing. Transformation can benefit from shared cumulative learning on strategies guide across local national scales, while also reflecting the complex emergent nature of systems, need for context-specific place-based solutions. The article addresses this challenge, drawing extensive transdisciplinary engagement National Strategy co-development processes Australia. This includes generation two frameworks as boundary objects assist such strategy development. An 'enabling systems transformation' framework comprises four generic overarching transformation enablers a set necessary underpinning capacities. built cumulatively other sustainability studies. A complementary 'knowledge key knowledge themes that support an integrated approach mission-focused transformations, decarbonising cities. provides insights processes, frameworks, scoping may help those developing scales. Science highlights • Transdisciplinary used distil scopes with potential international application. build published framings convergent, science. transformations' 'urban knowledge' include perspective strategies. enabling informs 'National Urban Policy' 'Knowledge Innovation Hub' strategies, prevailing power imbalances. frame challenges, missions programs. Policy practice recommendations 'transformation imperative' 'strategic response' be co-developed Local initiative crucial drive but sustained leadership coherent policy sectors scales key. Diversity in participation generates whole-of-urban-systems local-to-national perspectives. solutions are collaborative issue framing responses. Collaborative informed by bring broader perspectives contested issues.The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s42854-023-00049-9.

Language: Английский

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Sensemaking for entangled urban social, ecological, and technological systems in the Anthropocene

npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: June 26, 2023

Abstract Our urban systems and their underlying sub-systems are designed to deliver only a narrow set of human-centered services, with little or no accounting understanding how actions undercut the resilience social-ecological-technological (SETS). Embracing SETS perspective creates opportunities for novel approaches adaptation transformation in complex environments. We: i) frame through shift from control entanglement, ii) position thinking as sensemaking create repertoires responses commensurate environmental complexity (i.e., requisite complexity), iii) describe modes system structures functions basic tenets build complexity. is an undertaking reflexively bring sustained adaptation, anticipatory futures, loose-fit design, co-governance into organizational decision-making help reimagine institutional processes entangled SETS.

Language: Английский

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Forms of participatory futuring for urban sustainability: A systematic review

Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 154, P. 103268 - 103268

Published: Oct. 14, 2023

Making cities sustainable is a global commitment. Achieving sustainability in demands novel, integrative, and innovative approaches that enable communities to collaboratively anticipate, envision, negotiate futures enhance opportunities for action. Participatory futuring promising approach drive urban sustainability; however, it can take many forms insights are fragmented across multiple fields, creating an incomplete understanding. This systematic literature review aims shed light on the existing of participatory identify potential research directions. Our study identifies how revolves around three futuring, i.e., 1) interdisciplinary expert-driven scenario-building, 2) quadruple-helix informing policy agendas, 3) public social learning.

Language: Английский

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Urban infrastructure reconfiguration and digital platforms: Who is in control?

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 50, P. 100816 - 100816

Published: Feb. 2, 2024

The literature on urban sustainability transitions has grown substantially over the last two decades. Recent debates have sought to position transition as an incremental process of reconfiguration informed by novel relationships between existing systems provision and new infrastructural governing arrangements. We extend these exploring how digital platformisation infrastructure is challenging organisation governance systems. Bringing together with platform urbanism, we focus empirically rapid expansion multiple mobility platforms in contexts. ask: what ways are reconfiguring public transport who control this process? paper makes contributions. First, deepening understanding processes reconfiguration. Second, contributing transformation shaping system implications for

Language: Английский

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Maintenance in sustainable stormwater management: issues, barriers and challenges

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 27

Published: March 25, 2024

There is growing scientific and policy interest towards transitioning from conventional to sustainable systems manage stormwater in urban areas. The literature has produced several contributions prove the (often compound) benefit of nature-based solutions (NBS) discussed challenges their implementation. However, an open gap remains regarding NBS maintenance over time how this might hinder a broad uptake. We conducted comprehensive review academic technical documents that reveals five significant barriers linked constitute obstacle transition grey green approaches: importance local context, unclear management responsibilities, lack funding incentives, uncertainty long-term costs performance, mixed perceptions about requirements. analysis also showed more governance than challenge, we argue arises its multi-disciplinary knowledge base, increased system complexity competing imperatives.

Language: Английский

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Exploring governance challenges of sustainable infrastructure development on the nexus between energy and mobility

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

The development of infrastructure can create synergies across multiple sectors, yet the governance and decision-making processes that drive such transformations often receive insufficient attention. This study aims to highlight key challenges in associated with 'infrastructural turn' at intersection energy mobility. case focuses on a public transport provider's initiative leverage its metro power grid for charging electric vehicles. We trace how collaborative process navigated through various configurations. challenged established organizational roles pervasive silo mentalities ultimately reached two significant milestones after nearly decade. findings suggest harnessing potential requires developing more integrative thinking allowing sufficient space joint goal-setting sectors. advocate research informal organization unintended consequences better understand sustainable development.

Language: Английский

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Towards the next generation of urban heating systems? Governing multi-infrastructural solutions in Amsterdam

Urban Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 30, 2025

Pressurised by commitments to climate targets and the volatility of fossil fuel prices, cities need decarbonise their heating systems. However, promoting new ways generating, recovering, storing distributing heat from unconventional sources is a complex urban governance task that overarches several infrastructure domains. This article explores challenges transitioning towards increasingly hybrid systems built on other domains in which networks at different temperatures scales are combined with off-grid solutions. Building critiques techno-solutionism its promise seamless fixes for sustainability issues, we focus frameworks designed support technological We argue innovations such as devolution key responsibilities, multi-infrastructure coordination or experimentation follow similar logics solutionist thinking underestimate socioeconomic, political spatial dimensions. Empirically, investigate Amsterdam’s transition generation infrastructures based nexuses data, electricity, water, wastewater waste infrastructures. These purported multi-infrastructural solutions have been promoted through collaborative planning efforts, local visions experiments. expose limitations current approaches: these partially overlook conflicts interest, resistance ambivalent socioeconomic impacts transitions. Equally problematic weak European national regulation limited institutionalisation district heating, stakeholders relying primarily voluntary collaboration.

Language: Английский

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Identifying levers of urban neighbourhood transformation using serious games

npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Abstract Growing urban population and contemporary systems lock-in unsustainable development pathways, deteriorating the living quality of dwellers. The systemic complexity these challenges renders it difficult to find solutions using existing planning processes. Alternatively, transformative processes are radical, take place on multiple scales, often irreversible; therefore, require integration local stakeholders’ perspectives, which contradictory. We identify perceived levers change a serious game facilitate perspectives through simulating neighbourhood transformation in two European case studies. Building frameworks, we organize, conceptualize, compare effectiveness demonstrating their interactions with different scales transformation. Specifically, drawing from close commonalities between large-scale (Three Spheres Transformation) place-based (Place-making) show how can help develop recommendations unlock change. Results that access participation is key lever enabling It appears be mid-level effective political sphere procedural element Place-making. Ultimately, however, most those interact all For example, by engaging combination including , public spaces parking place-characteristics place-identity. These findings could operationalized self-organized focused repurposing hard infrastructure into spaces, whilst ensuring continuity social- physical features. Local stakeholders further use such better understand engage individual roles process, because personal scale, i.e., appear paramount

Language: Английский

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Spatial Pattern and Mechanism of the Life Service Industry in Polycentric Cities: Experience from Wuhan, China

Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 149(2)

Published: April 13, 2023

The life service industry is the basic to increase employment and meet people's needs. Therefore, it important reveal its spatial pattern mechanism. In this paper, we apply methodologies of kernel density analysis, entropy index, standard deviational ellipse (SDE) point interest data explore distribution in Wuhan, a representative polycentric city China. We focus on following seven types industry: catering, scenic leisure, shopping, scientific-educational, transportation, sports, healthcare. Our results show that (1) all display coexistence single multiple centers. (2) Wuhan shows high degree mixed use central urban area but low peripheral area. (3) centers SDE are close one another distributed Wuchang Jianghan. (4) Except for other six trend development toward southeast. study provides key information planning cities.

Language: Английский

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Pluralising place frames in urban transition management: Net-zero transitions at precinct scale

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 50, P. 100803 - 100803

Published: Dec. 22, 2023

This paper is concerned with unpacking net-zero frames and identifying implications for precinct scale urban transition management. Using data from frontrunner interviews secondary sources in a case study on the Monash Technology Precinct (Melbourne, Australia), analysis points towards four of at scale: 'Electrify Everything' focuses technology development to achieve carbon emissions reductions; 'Place Matters' which attends liveability, mobility, inclusivity, sociality amenity; 'Going Green' embraces circular economy principles, nature-based solutions green infrastructures; 'Innovation Hotspot' emphasises potential become major geographical agglomeration entrepreneurship, industry development, job creation, international recognition connectivity. Each these are unpacked terms 1) problem that needs be addressed; 2) causal diagnosis key drivers give rise this problem; 3) moral interpretation underpinning drivers; 4) type actions follow framing. The concludes important generating deeper understanding what shapes possibilities as well tensions accelerating transition, because each frame prioritises enables certain strategies collaborations, while it obscures challenges others. Ultimately, calls plausible management approaches connect people, politics place consider real-life multiplicity, diversity, differences views, ambiguities contestation reality potentially generative dynamics.

Language: Английский

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