The role of place in shaping urban transformative capacity. The case of València (Spain)

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 42, P. 124 - 137

Published: Dec. 28, 2021

Language: Английский

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Rethinking the governance of urban infrastructural transformations: a synthesis of emerging approaches

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 55, P. 101157 - 101157

Published: Feb. 23, 2022

Recent urban debates on the governance of sustainability transformations have witnessed an 'infrastructural turn'. Previously blacked-boxed, role infrastructures in has been foregrounded by both growing academic scholarship and major investments new infrastructural programs. How these changes are, could be, governed remains somewhat opaque however, with traditional forms knowledge practices need urgent revision. To nuance public debates, this paper synthesizes emerging approaches to transformative change, revealing their underlying logics potential contributions. These include appraisal of; alternative pathways via 'futuring', enactment experimentation processes, supported cross-domain coordination assessment methods. Such may open directions toward but also surface tensions contradictions inherent infrastructures.

Language: Английский

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Mapping the diversity & transformative potential of approaches to sustainable just cities

Urban Transformations, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: May 7, 2024

Abstract How can cities be more sustainable and just? This question has guided a process of synthesizing insights from previously funded research innovation projects that deal with approaches tackling urban sustainability justice. As part this process, database in the form knowledge commons was developed to gather 40+ approaches: sets interventions, actions, strategies, solutions or policies address paper reflects on what we learn an transitions perspective, both by sharing method used develop analysing content those revealed relation them. Not only do introduce our methodology co-creating (Section 2) also present its outcomes terms interlinkages between just identified 3), their transformative potential 4) which institutional logics are involved 5). We conclude addressing challenges cities, tensions contradictions emerge ecological one hand inclusivity, recognition equity other 6). Based approaches, find issues linked justice frequently glossed over, implicitly addressed, instrumentalized favour improvements profitability causes serious implications for future innovation. In order gap, four recommendations city-makers city-thinkers across globe integrate at level.

Language: Английский

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Advancing urban transitions and transformations research

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 41, P. 102 - 105

Published: Nov. 6, 2021

Urban transitions and transformations research fosters a dialogue between sustainability theory an inter- transdisciplinary on urban change. As field, encompasses plural analytical conceptual perspectives. In doing so, this field opens up to new communities of practice in environments, including mayors, transnational municipal networks, international organizations.

Language: Английский

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The ‘New Urban Science’: towards the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary pursuit of sustainable transformations

Urban Transformations, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Nov. 2, 2021

Abstract Digitalisation is an increasingly important driver of urban development. The ‘New Urban Science’ one particular approach to digitalisation that promises new ways knowing and managing cities more effectively. Proponents the New Science emphasise data analytics modelling as a means develop novel insights on how function. However, there are multiple opportunities broaden deepen these practices through collaborations between natural social sciences well with public authorities, private companies, civil society. In this article, we summarise history critiques science then call for embraces interdisciplinary transdisciplinary approaches scientific knowledge production application. We argue such expanded version can be used transformative capacity achieve ecologically resilient, economically prosperous, socially robust twenty-first century.

Language: Английский

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The transition towards the implementation of sustainable mobility. Looking for generalization of sustainable mobility in different territories by the application of QCA

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 1(2), P. 100015 - 100015

Published: April 6, 2022

Mobility emerges as one of the axes on which cities base their response to challenges sustainability. It is a complex phenomenon where elements located at different levels interact, meaning that it increasingly being studied from multi-level perspective. There are numerous smart mobility initiatives around world, although there doubts about generalisation. The purpose this article stablish configurations determine degree city making changes implement sustainable solution, and study if those generalisable across continents. Based data 60 continets provided by Urban Readiness Index, explain both transition towards implementation solutions denial established, three in each case. QCA was applied model use multilevel perspective.The main contribution infrastructures maintain pivotal role, joint presence other also required, including certain characteristics city, such its innovative character, well high population density. Individual experiences can be extrapolated between

Language: Английский

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Bringing Transition Management to Cities: Building Skills for Transformative Urban Governance

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 650 - 650

Published: Jan. 7, 2022

Cities are open to trialing new approaches for advancing their planning and urban governance practice. Evidence from research practice shows that transition management has been widely diversely applied strategic climate mitigation adaptation, regeneration, as well sectoral (energy, water, waste) social cohesion agendas. Despite the amounting evidence of applications management, not identified what it is required in terms skills apply such a framework participatory cities. In this paper, we respond gap by providing 11 cities across Europe an approach unpacking transformative actions strengthen resilience deprived neighborhoods. Our multi-case study analysis reveals multitude vocational academic application including systems thinking, creativity, theory-to-practice skills, diplomatic forging partnerships learning alliances openness learning-by-doing during experimentation. Transition Resilient project brought about positive outcomes developing embedding knowledge planning.

Language: Английский

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Disentangling municipal capacities for citizen participation in transformative climate adaptation

Environmental Policy and Governance, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 179 - 191

Published: March 14, 2022

Abstract Transformative adaptation is described as decisive to mitigating risks and seizing opportunities from a changing climate, requiring new ways of governing, planning collaborating, alongside technical innovations. Building municipal capacities for citizen participation in important enabling such transformational changes but remains challenging. By applying distilled the literature on Urban Capacity Participatory Climate Governance Swedish case, this study aims disentangle key limits for, innovations strengthen, local transformative climate adaptation. Interviews with officials, focus groups citizens, document analyses were employed analyse how are governed, these policy areas interacting could be bridged. The points at conditions that foremost prevent bridging established policies practices participation, stemming different logics distribution responsibility within, lacking collaboration between, separated areas. analysis concludes potential enable involve: broadening geographical boundaries deliberations; redefining target participation; co‐designing targets, approaches evaluation; developing act patterns inputs received.

Language: Английский

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Can green roofs help with stormwater floods? A geospatial planning approach

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 127724 - 127724

Published: Sept. 5, 2022

Increasing urbanization, impervious space, and the impact of climate change are threatening future cities. Nature-based solutions, specifically urban green infrastructures, seen as a sustainable strategy to increase resilience against extreme weather events, including escalating occurrence stormwater runoff flooding. Consequently, planners decision-makers have pushed their efforts toward implementing infrastructure solutions reduce floods. Among others, roofs help store water decrease impacts on local scale. This research aims investigate effect surface permeability roof implementation reducing flooding subsequently provide with evidence-based geospatial planning recommendations improve in Helsinki. First, we modeled current using Arc-Malstrom model The was used identify districts under high flood risk. Then, zoomed focus area tested combination scenarios representing four levels implementation, two infiltration rates 40-, 60-, 80-, 100 mm precipitation events available rooftops. We utilized open geographic data science principles implemented GIS environment conduct this study. Our results showed that low-level low retention reduces average depth by only 1 %. In contrast, maximum scenario decreased most (13 %) reduced number vulnerable sites. proposed methodology can be for other cities develop plans implementations.

Language: Английский

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Research on the Optimization of Urban Ecological Infrastructure Based on Ecosystem Service Supply, Demand, and Flow

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 208 - 208

Published: Feb. 8, 2024

Ecological infrastructure plays a crucial role in strengthening the relationship between humans and environment by optimizing ecological space resource allocation urban environments. However, there are few studies on functional assessment spatial temporal evolution of its layout optimization. In this study, we developed an optimization method based ecosystem service supply, demand, flow Yantai City as study area; identified extent changes quantification multiple services; assessed whether existing could satisfy needs residents calculating supply demand indexes; used flows to optimize infrastructure. This shows that, from 2010 2018, Longkou, Zhaoyuan, Laiyang decreased, contrasting with growth peripheral areas. The found clear mismatch services, especially central areas, suggesting that was unable high-demand areas city using comparative radiation force (CERF), including 314.64 km2 environmentally beautiful village units key components City. These findings for sustainable environmental management development strategies.

Language: Английский

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