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Analysing and Evaluating Gender+ Specific Requirements in Urban Space to Support Urban Planning
Get PDFThe research project called Smart Through Gender+ aims to support a gender+ appropriate urban planningand investigates on how new GIS based spatial planning tools can assist analysing the available data. In this context, gender groups are not only determined by sex, but by further factors which are considered to shape a person’s urban routines.1 Those groups are referred to as gender+ groups. For the case study area of Linz, a medium sized city in Austria, data from different sources like official statistics (Statistics Austria), Open Government Data (OGD), OpenStreetMap (OSM), Foursquare and TomTom have been evaluated. The focus is on data about infrastructure, services and facilities that are crucial for daily routines and the everyday life patterns of certain gender+ groups. The analysis is centred upon the principle residence of the citizens. This data is used to correlate supply and demand, deficits and potentials. Based on the “city for all” approach, different gender+ groups and their specific spatial demands wereidentified in the course of the research project. This paper demonstrates the creation of gender+ specific supply and demand maps. For increased readability and comparability, a unique key performance indicator (KPI) was developed, which evaluates the appropriateness of the urban space to the needs of a specificgender+ group. This KPI set is a combination of spatial, infrastructural and demographic features, theclassification is based on median values. The resulting maps 1) express the current situation highlighting especially areas where the current infrastructure offer, and the available functions and facilities show need for improvement and 2) expel areas which possess the potential for an increased demand due to an already existing infrastructure for a specific gender+ group. Generally speaking, the resulting maps facilitate planning decisions within given spatial circumstances, which might range from easily adjustable services to fixed, immovable infrastructure. The paper further discusses the different data sources and analysis methods, as well as the workflow of creating the maps of the current situation. The data basis as well as generalisation and simplification – both in terms of map creation and formation of gender+ groups – is critically reviewed. It finally concludes with the potential involvement of the demand and supply maps to display and validate future demographic development scenarios, as well as to support accompanying urban planning decisions. Decisively based on open data the developed tool shall be applicable to further Austrian cities, providing planners with a first overview of hotspot areas concerning gender+ appropriate design of a given city
Evaluating the Impact of Innovative Public Transport Systems: a Case of South Africa
Get PDFThe Fourth industrial revolution has created new realities on the spatial growth of urban areas. One interesting phenomenon is the innovative public transportation systems that have emerged in the developing world. Developing countries such as South Africa have seen a rapid improvement in mobility systems, with the introduction of innovative public transport systems such as bike sharing services, bus rapid transport and high speed trains. Building on these innovations is the concept of big data, which has enhance the development of information dissemination systems. The objective of this paper was to review innovativepublic transportation systems and develop an index to determine the sustainability of these systems. Using an explorative approach the innovative public transportation systems were assessed in relation to the spatial development of land parcels within their proximity. Preliminary results reveal locations within close proximity to the high speed train stations are highly accessible, as there are connected to more one or two other traditional mobility systems which has increased the rate of multi-modal trips in these zones. Although bike sharing services are present in major metropolitan cities, few commuters utilise these services for commuting trips. In conclusion the innovative public transportation systems have improved mobility in the city, however, currently interchange zones between these modes are still limited which has adversely affected the rate of multi-modal commuting. Also economic opportunities over time for citizens have increased in location within close proximity to routes of these innovative mobility systems
Deciphering and Modelling Spatiotemporal Patterns and Processes across Scales – Migratory Flows and their Implications under a Healthy City Scenario in the Ruhr Area, Germany
Get PDFAs it has been stated over and over again, today’s large-scale urban structures are becoming increasingly hard to be grasped and understood through the lens of conventional spatial and temporal scales. Due to their dynamic interactions and complex interdependencies, cities are expanding way beyond traditional - such as municipal, regional or even national – barriers and boundaries. Nevertheless, comprehensive methods and innovative tools for effectively deciphering and designing complex urban systems are still relatively few. Here, we introduce a five-step integrated methodology to understand, reveal and model dynamic spatiotemporal patterns and processes across scales. The main focus of this paper will thereby lie on factor and cluster analysis of prevailing socioeconomic contexts and on their embedding into multiscale urbanmodelling. We contend that a meaningful connection between empirics and modelling is a quintessential and often missing link of endeavours simulating long-term development of urban environments. Therefore, wedemonstrate how - with a machine-learning mechanism called self-organising maps - empirical findings may effectively infiltrate into modelling attempts of complex urban systems. Subsequently, we will use theexample of the residential and employment migration subsystem of the multiscale urban model (Lengyel and Friedrich, 2019), to study the effects of demographic change, local and regional migration flows, as well as their interdependencies with the ongoing economic structural change between 2011 and 2050 in the Ruhr region. Furthermore, we show how we can use micro-scale outcomes to identify the small-scale anchoring of latter regional processes. In our example, we determine neighbourhoods with substantial changes in their local economic and land value profiles: which might be indicators for future hot and cold spots of gentrification processes. The main aim is to inform and instigate meaningful cooperation and synchronised action between urban stakeholders and decision-makers on different scales. The latter task is perhaps even more pressing and challenging for large-scale polycentric regions such as the Ruhr Area in Germany, which will serve as the case study for this paper
Kommunale Profile zur Prüfung möglicher Übertragbarkeiten von lokalen Entwicklungskonzepten
Get PDFKönnen an unterschiedlichen Orten angesetzte Reallabore anhand ihrer Rahmenbedingungen verglichen werden? Lassen sich aus einer Umfeldanalyse sogar generalisierbare Faktoren extrahieren, die helfen können für eine in der spezifischen Situation eines Reallabors erfolgreich getesteten Konzeption Randbedingungen zur erfolgreichen Übertragbarkeit des Ansatzes an andere Orte zu definieren? Diese Fragen stehen im Ausgangspunkt eines Forschungsvorhabens, das sich mit dem Aufheben der dogmatischen Trennung von scheinbar gegensätzlichen urbanen und ländlichen Planungssichten beschäftigt. Gemeinsame Methodik der von unterschiedlichen Projektpartnern angesetzten Konzepte an verteilten Orten bildet ein Fokus auf die Bevölkerung(sstruktur) sowie gesellschaftliche Veränderungsprozesse als verbindendes Element zwischen den traditionell isoliert behandelten Planungsräumen Stadt und Land. Anhand von Analysemethoden aus abgeschlossenen Forschungsprojekten, die sich mit Konzepten zur energieeffizienten Stadtentwicklung mehrerer räumlich verteilten Kommunen befassten, werden in einem laufenden Vorhaben hierfür räumliche Kontexte erfasst und deren nur auf die „dem Land“ oder „der Stadt“ zugeordneten gesellschaftlichen Veränderungsprozesse auf Gemeinsamkeiten hin überprüft. Dabei wird dasZiel verfolgt die Projektpartner methodisch zu unterstützen, die an verschiedenen Orten lokale Konzepte gemäß eines Konstrukts der Transformativen Zelle zur Untersuchung von Projekten und Vorhaben mit transformativer Wirkung umsetzen. Der Beitrag stellt entwickelte Methoden sowie ihre Veranschaulichungan generellen Randbedingungen der lokalen Situationen vor, die den Partnern ein Instrument zur Umfeldanalyse bereitstellten
“Digital.Labor” – Co-Creation for the Digital City of Tomorrow
Get PDFIn order to design and develop urban solutions successfully, the need to include a wide and diverse range of stakeholders is becoming evermore apparent. These tasks must be recognized as a societal task and perceived jointly, and provide a platform for bringing together several actors to colaborate effectively. Digitization is providing new orrprtunities to integrate a large number of (local) actors into decision-making and implementation processes, relevant to urban development through both conventional and innovative participation methods (HANZL;2007). But, how might such new integrated approaches look? How is it ensured that the impulses of a heterogeneous stakeholder landscape are equally taken into account? Moreover, how is it guaranteed that cities integrate the results of open idea processes into traditional urban planning? One such emergent approach is that of co-creation (ALVES;2013), which focuses on the collaboration of transdisciplinary actors who jointly address challenges in a "process of creation” to develop new and successful solutions to existing problems. Practical experience are combined with expertise knowledge and specialized skills and solutions are developed “on the ground”, regardless of professional background. In such a co-creation process, all backgrounds and approaches are recognized as equally valuable and accompany all stages of the process, from the initial idea to (prototype) implementation. Thereby suchapproaches promise the creation of holistic and sustainable (systems ́) solutions with a high innovation potential. They offer a new format for stakeholder participation in urban processes, given the wide variety of urban challenges we are currently facing. The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, in cooperation with the Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management IAT of the University of Stuttgart, has launched the Municipal Innovation Center (Kommunale InnovationsCenter (KIC@bw)). The focus is on creating experimental spaces and new innovation partnerships between administration, business, science and civil society. The goal is to develop and implement innovative solutions for cities, towns, counties and regions. The Municipal Innovation Center is funded by the Ministry of the Interior, Digitization and Migration Baden-Württemberg as part of thedigitization strategy of the state government of Baden-Württemberg digital@bw. To test the possibilities of digitization for cities, the Fraunhofer IAO has developed a process for prototyping. Central is the "Makeathon" (from "to make" and "Marathon") as a format in which local actors from the city administration, politics, civil society, business and the creative sector are brought together in a limited period of time. In the process, which is moderated by Fraunhofer IAO and Tinkertank, not only ideas are developed and conceptualized, but also implemented as prototypes. The format can be individually adapted and enables almost all questions relating to urban digitization to be tackled jointly. In total, eight of these digital laboratories, in cities and municipalities, will be completed by mid-2020
Shaping Urban Changes for Child-Friendly Cities: How Participation and Co-Creation Processes are Transforming Car-Oriented Neighbourhoods in the Metamorphosis Project
Get PDFThe focus on cars in urban planning has made cities increasingly child-unfriendly. The European research
project Metamorphosis aims at introducing new ideas and suggestions for changing this by empowering
active mobility and bottom-up human-scale design. In three years, from 2017 to 2020, three universities,
three commercial parties and seven cities work together towards a common goal: the development and
implementation of bottom-up measures to achieve lasting behavioural change to make neighbourhoods more
inclusive, active, less car-dependent and thus child-friendlier. The exploration of new ways to involve
primary school children in city planning proofed to be successful and granted bigger support for the project
among children, parents, schools, neighbours and policy makers. Aim of this paper is to elaborate on the
implemented measures, the participation and co-creation processes carried out, as well as on the evaluation
approach used, the project results and lessons learnt
Wissensbasierte Stadtentwicklung in Bochum – von der Strategie zum Konzept
Get PDFBildung und Forschung, Innovation und Wissen sind Schlüsselressourcen der ökonomischen und
gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung im nationalen wie internationalen Wettbewerb der Städte und Regionen.
Bildungseinrichtungen, insbesondere Universitäten und Hochschulen, kommt dabei als ‚Institutionen des
Wissens’ eine entscheidende Rolle als Standortfaktor zu.
Wie viele andere Regionen in Europa befindet sich auch die Region Ruhr in einem Transformationsprozess
von der Industrie- zur urbanen Wissensgesellschaft. Hochschulen, Universitäten und
Forschungseinrichtungen sind im zunehmenden Wettbewerb um Innovationen und Investitionen zentrale
Standortfaktoren.
Bochum ist Universitäts- und Hochschulstadt. Das Potenzial, was daraus für Stadt und Hochschulen
gemeinschaftlich entsteht, wurde in Bochum früh erkannt. Aktuell wird ein gemeinsames räumliches
Konzept für einen zukunftsfähigen und urbanen Campus entwickelt, auf dem exzellent geforscht, gelehrt und
gelebt werden kann
Vibrant or Dull Urban Spaces: Are City of Tshwane “A Re Yeng” and “Gautrain” Connector Points Places of Social and Economic Interaction?
Get PDFPublic transport infrastructure investments have been widely advocated for as catalysts for economic growth
and development. They have also been regarded as pivots of functionality of economic nodes and
communities. Thus, considerations of innovative strategies in investing in public transport infrastructure as
contributors of socio-economic transformation through facilitating growth of business operations and
creation of small-scale entrepreneurship has gained momentum. The common envisaged outcome of such
innovative approaches is creation of vibrant urban centers and economic spaces characterized by a variety of
social and economic activities. This paper investigated the impact of implementation of innovative urban
public transport systems on business operations and formation of new small-scale businesses within the City
of Tshwane. The study adopted mixed research approaches where qualitative and quantitative data were
gathered concurrently. Field observations, key informant interviews, questionnaire administration were used
for data collection. Subsequently, content data analysis was applied through the exploration of findings under
various relevant themes of public transport infrastructure and business operations. Findings reveal limited
improvement on business operations or formations, especially integration of previously disadvantaged
communities and informal traders to the local economy. Even for few opportunities created, limited
entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and expertise amongst people previously systematically excluded
restrained them from taking advantage of such opportunities. Skewed focus on public transport infrastructure
roll-out coupled with limited practical focus on socio-economic benefits as trickle-down effects was
observed as another obstacle hindering creation of vibrant socio-economic spaces through public transport
infrastructure investments. This work recommends the creation of activity nodes for social and economic
interactions at connector points to the benefit of local economy and residents. To complement such, human
capacity development and entrepreneurial skills development amongst the previously disadvantaged group is
advocated for in to attain socio-economic transformation
Public Perception of Environmental Change in Rapidly Growing Cities: the Case of Cairo, Egypt
Get PDFCities, especially in the global south, have expanded exponentially over the recent time. However, the pace of the required public acceptance of environmental change and the progression (invasion) into new ecosystems is not yet fully taking place at the same speed of the socio-cultural and natural identity changes and environmental awareness. Accordingly, scholars nowadays are calling for the pressing necessity of dealing with cities as socio-ecological realms, where social and ecological issues should be tackled and solved in an integrated manner. Future extensions of Cairo are promoted by the Egyptian government and the private sector promises unrealistic images of landscape futures through unsustainable landscape practices influencing the socio-cultural meanings and values of nature while disregarding the environmental context of the proposed new city extensions. Lush and vast open green spaces are being marketed on an everyday basis through billboards on main roads across the capital, TV advertisements, and newspapers. These aspirational landscape images are promoted in a desert climate, which manipulates the public expectations and masks the environmental change that is facing the new urban extensions. This paper argues that these acts affect the public attitudes and aspirations towards nature/landscapes of the future and hinder the required shift and awareness of environmental change as per the new ecosystem inputs. Environmentalism and pro- environmental behaviour require knowledge, awareness and most importantly frequent experiences of nature as advocated by scholars from different ecological and psychological disciplines. In this regard, the research paper shall investigate these propositions in the case of Cairo and its new administrative capital as an urban extension. The research deploys various methodological strands including visual data and sources to shed a light on the different daily images and messages of landscapes. The findings offer insights about the accompanying messages of landscape production dynamics as a mainstep towards understanding landscape futures and balancing between quality of life, environmentalism and economic prosperity in the new developments
Transdisciplinarity in Urban Planning for Future Challenges at the Example of Digital Transformation
Get PDFThe tasks of spatial planning are becoming ever more complex as a result of the increasing and growingnumber of demands, such as climate change, digital transformation or densification. This increases theimportance of inter- and transdisciplinarity in planning. Integrated perspectives are necessary for the sustainable design of future settlement and landscape areas. The understanding of other disciplines and views is crucial for a fair and expedient balancing of interests. This paper aims to analyse and compare the views and assessments of three spatial disciplines: spatialdevelopment, transport planning and landscape planning. The topic of digital transformation provides an ideal basis for discussion, as it brings with it future challenges and uncertainties, besides all three planning areas are affected. The basis for this is a broadly-based two-step Delphi study on the spatial effectiveness of digital transformation. In an online survey, the members of the professional associations from Switzerland of the three disciplines were asked to assess the changes in space caused by digital transformation. The survey was carried out as part of a research project at the HSR University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil (Switzerland) with the aim of assessing future developments (Engelke et al., 2019). The research project deals with the benefits of digital transformation for sustainable spatial development and represents a research focus of the Institute for Spatial Development and the Institute for Landscape and Open Space at the HSR. The disciplinary differences and similarities are not in the foreground of the research. In retrospect of the survey, however, interesting and particularly important aspects for goal-oriented, joint planning can be identified, on which this paper focuses on. Topics such as the future of public space, spatial data usage and the role of public authorities were surveyed and are discussed in this article. The aim of this publication is to elicit common and different assessments of the three professional groups concerning future space due to digital transformation. Using the mixed-methods approach, the survey results are compared quantitatively on the one hand and questions and comments are semantically analysed on the other. This methodological triangulation is necessary for a better understanding and comparison of different questions on a topic (Johnson et al., 2007). Based on this, the paper shows how the estimations of spatial, landscape and transport planners diverge and how they see the future to change due to the digital transformation. The analysis identifies the greatest common challenges. It can be stated that there are different levels of knowledge and various visions of the future between the professional groups. Finally, proposals are made as to how the challenges can be tackled using the principles of transdisciplinary research and where the focus can be advantageously placed