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The increasing entry of the energy subject in spatial planning policies: new visions for energy landscapes
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The energy topic is of great concern to our society, because of the increasing tensions of fossil resources supply and emission of greenhouse's gas to the atmosphere resulting in climate change. The landscapes we live in are transforming and becoming increasingly complex in their relationship to energy and we can observe an evolution of the European and national directives and laws progressively increasing the place of energy in spatial planning policies as well as the subject of the ordinary landscape. The spatial planning documents are participating in changes and the evolution of landscapes and they are developing new visions for future energy landscapes. The research explores and compares the spatial planning system in France and the Netherlands, enabling to follow the evolution of two different planning cultures, as they incorporate new relationships between energy and landscape.
Key words: France, Netherlands, renewable energy production, energy sufficiencypublished versio
The Game-Changing Role of AI in Urban Development Decision-Making: Trends and Future Perspectives
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Urban development in today's rapidly evolving landscape demands the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to foster sustainable growth amidst vast spatial data. AI applications offer invaluable insights, revolutionizing decision-making processes by uncovering patterns, trends, and relationships. This paper explores the transformative potential of AI in urban development decision-making, highlighting trends, challenges, and future perspectives. Through advanced analytics and reporting tools, AI enables targeted interventions for environmental sustainability, resource optimization, and equitable social development. We delve into emerging trends such as Urban AI and synthetic data, examining their role in reshaping urban governance and planning. By addressing challenges and embracing innovative solutions, AI paves the way for sustainable, resilient, and inclusive urban futures.published versio
Dis-integrated urban biodiversity: an analysis of urban policies and plans in Italy
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This contribution presents the outcomes of an analysis of urban policies and plans in Italy where the objectives of UB safeguarding, restoration, provision, and enhancement are explicitly acknowledged. The objective is to understand the interface between biodiversity and urban policies and identify guidelines and strategies for reorienting the action of city governments towards conserving and enhancing UB. The survey has a two-fold focus, respectively, on the urban policies adopted at regional, sub-regional, municipal levels, and on the spatial plans in charge of translating the general objectives identified in policies into concrete actions, and monitoring their implementations. The research findings show that, while at the European and national levels, a clear trajectory of policies regarding urban biodiversity can be observed, at the local level policies mainly have a sectoral focus as well as an ambiguous impact on UB and lack tools and mechanisms for monitoring their implementation. Concerning the plans, the survey highlighted the pervasive, although rhetorical, diffusion of UB strategies and actions in spatial plans. Nevertheless, the scarce integration between thematic and statutory plans results in the difficulty of implementing and monitoring in an integrated way the objectives related to the protection and restoration of urban biodiversity.
Keywords: urban biodiversity, urban policies, spatial plans.published versio
Planning As Magma. Suggestions From The Work Of Cornelius Castoriadis
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The philosophical work of Cornelius Castoriadis on the imaginary institution of society can inform planning theory today at a juncture of major transitions, unprecedented global urbanisation, multiple crises, and conflict. Planning as magma constitutes a dynamic world of social imaginary significations, which goes beyond plans, legal frameworks, administrative processes, and professional practices. This highlights the political dimensions of planning as thinking and doing interwoven with consensual or conflictual social dynamics, representations, desires, finalities, and affects. Derivative values such as indetermination, infinite potentiality, inexhaustibility, multiplicity, and difference may open paths to self-reflection, selftransformation, and radical imagination. Planning as magma means to elucidate planning goals and orientations, to conceive new social imaginary significations, and to constitute new methodologies, epistemologies, policies, and practices, toward sustainability and justice.
Keywords: planning theory; spatial planning; philosophy; magma; Cornelius Castoriadispublished versio
Exploring Transformations in Sustainable Urban Mobility : Insights from CityWalk 2.0 project and beyond
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024In response to societal shifts towards green and digital transitions, urban mobility emerges as a pivotal arena for change, influencing behaviour, transportation modes, as well as urban planning policies. This paper investigates the role of CityWalk 2.0 project in promoting energy-efficient urban mobility and shifting urban transport systems from car-centric to active mobility modes. Firstly, a literature review is conducted to define a framework for categorising different practices that promote active mobility. Secondly, a comparative analysis was conducted between three CityWalk 2.0 pilot cities. Despite the distinct local contexts, the results showcase the evident impact of 'soft' and 'hard' actions across various dimensions. Common walkability issues related to regulation and street design, as well as the| elevation of pedestrians and cyclists to the apex of the "traffic pyramid" are highlighted in the cities' approaches to sustainable urban mobility. In conclusion, the paper provides essential guidelines for reshaping the discourse on urban mobility transformations in the 21st century.
Keywords: urban transportation, street redesign, travel behaviour, urban mobility policiespublished versio
Study on Youth Friendly Urban Renewal Strategies from an Inclusive Perspective
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024With the acceleration of global urbanisation, urban renewal has gradually received attention as a key means to improve urban quality of life and optimise spatial resource allocation. However, the traditional urban renewal model focuses more on land use, construction land development intensity, and other aspects, ignoring the needs of different groups of people. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2021, the domestic youth population in China is about 448 million, accounting for about one-third of the total population. This group is an important component of cities and a key part of the city's future development. Currently, youth in urban life face problems such as the lack of urban identity, undersupply of services, and poor quality of living space. Therefore, this study takes an inclusive perspective as the entry point, taking Expo A area of Pudong New Area in Shanghai, China, as an example. Firstly, a literature review, questionnaire survey, and other methods were used to investigate the full needs of young people for public spaces. The research results found that the needs of young people for urban public spaces are mainly reflected in diversity, comfort, and publicness, which mainly reflect their needs for cultural, fitness, social and other public spaces. Afterwards, targeted and actionable youth-friendly city renewal strategies are proposed in terms of spatial optimisation, facility configuration, and business upgrading in order to enhance the sense of security, belonging, and experience of young people. It is not only beneficial for solving various challenges faced by youth in urban renewal, but it also provides feasible solutions for the sustainable development of cities and provides new ideas and methods for future urban planning and urban renewal.
Keywords: Urban Renewal, Youth, Inclusive, Public Spacepublished versio
Research on Strategies for Enhancing Urban Spatial Resilience in Shanghai Based on the Connotations and Characteristics of "Resilient Cities"
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This paper explores the enhancement strategies for urban spatial resilience in Shanghai by defining, interpreting, and identifying the characteristics of "urban spatial resilience." Firstly, it analyses the relationship between resilient cities and urban spatial resilience. Secondly, it examines the systemic composition, organisational methods, and representation of resilient cities, revealing three essential contents-hierarchical structures, resilience mechanisms, and resilience representations-and four fundamental characteristics (13 attributes): capacity, structure, mechanism, and representation. Thirdly, it reviews the urban spatial planning, spatial expansion changes, and urban compactness variations in Shanghai since 1985. Finally, the paper identifies current issues in Shanghai's urban spatial development and proposes strategies to enhance its urban spatial resilience.
Keywords: Resilient Cities, Spatial Resilience, Shanghai, Construction Principles, Enhancement Strategiespublished versio
Dynamic Visual Assessment of Urban Streetscapes: Hengshan Street in Shanghai as a Case Study
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Objectives: By investigating the urban street-human perception nexus under "dynamic" walks, this paper aims to enhance urban streetscapes and optimize pedestrian experiences. Methods: In this study, a dynamic visual assessment system, encompassing objective, subjective, and interactive components, was developed through a combined application of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The computational foundation of this system was strengthened by Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial analysis, image semantic segmentation algorithms, Partial Least Squares Regression in SPSS, and so forth. Results: Reduced desire for space and pedestrian flow are caused by an increase in dynamic viewing frequency. The public’s impression of street space is enhanced in terms of clarity, transparency, ease of use, and richness when there is a greater range of spatial hues within the field of view, a smaller building area, and more translucent and clear spaces. Conclusion: The research results are of great significance to street spatial design.
Keywords: dynamic viewing, visual assessment of landscapes, interaction between subjects and objects, urban streetscapepublished versio
Citywalk preference: An expanded measurement for informing data-driven urban planning based on social media analytics
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Citywalk, a popular trend on social media platforms, is transforming people’s preference for walking in cities. Despite its growing influence on street and place-making efforts, the relationship between Citywalk preference and built environment remains undisclosed, let alone their concerted efforts for informing more complex urban planning. In this research, a comprehensive evaluation system is proposed based on space analysis of built environment indicators and data of Citywalk from Xiaohongshu, to reconstruct a new urban perception model and recommend route selections for urban renewal practices.We take Shanghai’s historical area as the representative example and find the results well correspond to real pedestrian preferences in LBS data, which suggests this measurement is a potential valuable guidance for urban planning in the future.
Keywords: Citywalk, social media data, spatial analysis, route selectionpublished versio
Spaces of automobility : diverging trajectories within the Liège-Aachen diffuse city
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The Liège-Aachen metropolitan axis sets itself apart from neighbouring cases of diffuse city by lying both at the centre of the continent and at the edge of two countries, languages, and planning cultures. The socio-technical system of automobility constitutes a defining catalyst not only for accentuating already present dispersed settlement structures, but also for producing, within a very short time span, characteristic urban forms linked to the car. This contribution aims to interrogate this very type of transborder diffuse city through the lens of automobility and a future post-car discourse. Specifically, it proposes, in the light of both Belgian and German past planning practices, to compare the spatial impact of current policy objectives and government plans in both regions to reduce future car use.
Keywords: diffuse city, urban morphology, automobility, post-car policies, transborderpublished versio