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Managing coastal risks in the Mediterranean through participatory processes. Preliminary insights from the Metropolitan City of Bari (Southern Italy)
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Coastal erosion is a critical issue in the Mediterranean Basin, heavily impacting vital coastal industries like tourism, agriculture, and fishing. Climate change compounds these problems, worsening floods and storms. To counteract the risk of erosion and flood, «hard» engineering-based approaches have been used, often prove ineffective and undesirable effects. Recognising the need for a shift, the international community advocates for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Nature-based Solutions. Participatory actions involving local communities and stakeholders need to be provided to facilitate collaboration and consensus-building and to enhance peoples’ perceptions. Through a case-study analysis in the Metropolitan City of Bari (Italy), this paper tries to understand if policy-makers and stakeholders acknowledge and consider the newly proposed methods for coastal risk management as a potential alternative or supplement.
Keywords: Coastal areas, Risk management, Participatory System Dynamics modelling, Italypublished versio
Housing prices in portugal and the covid-19 pandemic
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024During the 2010s decade, Portugal witnessed a steep surge in house prices, akin to trends in other European countries. This work aims to: i) analyse the reasons that led to the increase in housing prices in Portugal; ii) discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the housing market; iii) study the evolution of housing prices during the pandemic; iv) understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the housing market. The analysis adopts a quantitative approach and is based on official data from 2016 to 2023, providing a comprehensive view of the housing market in Portugal before, during, and after the pandemic. Preliminary findings suggest that the pandemic had minimal impacts on the housing market.
Key-words: housing, housing market, real estate, Covid-19, Portugalpublished versio
Urban Peripheries and the 15-Minute City: A comparative study on proximity-based strategies for the transformation of suburban and periurban areas
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Urban areas are responsible for more than 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. As the global urban population increases, future growth will happen primarily in urban peripheries. This raises the question if proximity-based approaches such as the 15-minute city (FMC) can be applied for the sustainable transformation of urban peripheries. Therefore, this study comparing the long-term strategic vision of Melbourne, Portland and Vancouver investigates if these visions address strategies for transformatinng of urban peripheries and if those strategies align with the FMC concept. The study reveals, that the visions, although relying on important points of the FMC, deviate from the original concept regarding the allocation of workspaces: While the urban function of working isn't necessarily a part of complete or 20-minute neighbourhoods, it is one of the essential functions named in the original FMC concept. This is due to challenges which occur when applying proximity-based approaches such as the FMC to urban peripheries which cannot provide the building and population density needed in order to make the provision most daily essentials viable inside a 15-minute walking distance. This poses a dilemma as promoting walking as the main mode of transit is of utter importance for the FMC concept.
Keywords: urban peripheries, 15-minute city, complete neighbourhoods, Zwischenstadt, proximity, mobilitypublished versio
Research on Informal Residential Space Under Viaducts in Shanghai: From the perspective of Socio-spatial Transformationi
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Since 2019, China has prioritised high-quality development and a ‘people-centric’ approach in urbanisation, emphasising ‘people-oriented’ planning. This shift has highlighted overlooked spaces and needs, such as the informal use of space under viaducts in inner cities due to their accessibility and unused areas. Formal spatial transformations are cautious, addressing safety, sanitation, and publicity issues. This article examines informal living spaces under Shanghai's viaducts, focusing on activities and social networks. It aims to summarise the activity characteristics and spatial patterns of informal use, identify lacking functional needs in urban spaces, and provide suggestions for urban transformation based on socio-spatial insights. The study employs participatory observation, semi-structured interviews, and archival studies to gather information. Typological morphology analysis is used to understand spatial patterns, while actor-network theory analysis reveals the transformation of social networks.
Keywords: Informal Residential Spaces, Spatial Equity, Urban Facilities, Space under viaductpublished versio
Planning histories of Delhi: Urban governance perspective
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The city of Delhi, about four centuries old, is a rich example that demonstrates the shades of sustainability. Each of the historical layers were/is comprised of geo-political context wherein the socio-cultural milieu was nurtured: case of Delhi that spans across Hindu, Islamic, Mughals, British to independent India. Delhi was built seven times and the current being the National Capital Region. However, imprints of each one embedded within the city and fairly legible through its fabric, cultural heritage, economies, social connotations’ in architectural vocabulary and planning. The paper attempts to highlight the histories from governance perspective and its influence on planning approaches spanning over four centuries. The mapping of planning governed by geo-political through histories for the city of Delhi.
Keywords: Histories, Planning, Urban Governance, Cities of Delhipublished versio
International, transdisciplinary and place-based academic activities: education, research and third mission. The experience carried out in Sant’Eusanio Forconese (L’Aquila, Italy)
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This contribution refers to a cooperation between ENSA Paris-Belleville and University of Naples Federico II concerning the Build Back Better of the Italian hamlet of Sant’Eusanio Forconese that was struck by the 2009 earthquake. Considering the complexity determined by the current multiple crises, the reconstruction process has to be rethought. Within these transformation processes and their corresponding temporalities, place-based academic activities – e.g., through living labs – merging together education, research and third mission can represent a tool for activating, boosting and guiding public engagement, strengthening networks and renovating policies. Since the “Intervenir dans un territoire à risque: vulnérabilités, enjeux, opportunités” workshop experience, universities will be proposed as game changers.
Keywords: Build Back Better, living-lab, territorial sustainability, third mission, time-based design.published versio
Urban Development Strategies: Navigating the Complexities of Multi-Level Governance in Northern Italy
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This study examines multi-level governance in Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (SUDs) across Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, and Piedmont in Northern Italy. Utilising stakeholder interviews, document analysis, a CAWI survey, and a thematic laboratory, it explores regional implementation of SUDs. Despite regional variations, two primary needs emerge: policy and planning reforms towards participatory, integrated, and strategic approaches aligned with multi-level governance principles, and strengthened institutional capacity through training to integrate SUD principles and assess their impact. The study concludes by advocating for a cohesive SUD framework with enhanced regional collaboration and capacity building.
Keywords: Sustainable Urban Development Strategies, Multi-Level Governance, Regional Managing Authorities, Cohesion Policy, Northern Italypublished versio
Book of Proceedings : Game changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions
No full textParis is now another example of the urban impact caused by significant events like the Olympics. However, it generally raises questions about all urban transformations intended to be virtuous but often proves counterproductive. Both great events and disasters teach us to adopt a rigorous and critical approach to significant events. Moreover, this occasion provides an opportunity to ponder the interface between new and emerging themes that Tracks, Round tables and Special sessions offer from the various networks connecting AESOP researchers, institutions and countries of origin. A new section introduced this year - French Cuisine - addresses the interface with researchers in France and the world of operational urban planning, which is in a constant dialogue with researchers in France Lastly, it entails reflection on the ongoing significant challenges, transitions, and changes, as well as the wars and conflicts that we cannot ignore, even though we may not know how to address them.publishedVersio
Urban Resilience in EU Cities: Insights from Ukrainian Citizens with an Understanding of War Risks
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This paper considers into urban resilience by drawing insights from Ukrainian citizens who have firsthand experience with the risks of war, aiming to provide practical lessons and examples to enhance urban adaptability and preparedness. Their unique perspective enriches the discourse on urban resilience in EU cities, shedding light on the challenges faced in the aftermath of conflict. The narrative begins by highlighting the stark realities experienced by Ukrainian citizens due to the lack of preparedness in their cities, setting the stage for an exploration of resilience issues post-conflict. Key areas of concern include energy system resilience, with real examples emphasizing vulnerabilities and the need for EU cities to fortify their energy infrastructure. This paper contributes to academic discourse while offering pragmatic lessons to inform policies and practices, fostering resilient, compassionate, and inclusive cities ready to face future uncertainties.published versio
Conformorality and the economic urbanism of Jane Jacobs
No full textTransactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Vol. 8, No. 1 (2024)The renowned urbanist Jane Jacobs made radical and important criticisms of and contributions to both economics and urban planning. Yet, while her contributions to planning have been embraced and admired, her contributions to economics have been mostly overlooked by the economics profession as well as by most of her ardent supporters. Contrasting the strength of conformorality in each of these disciplines may provide part of the explanation, and comparing the experience of Jacobsian economics with market-process economics can shed additional light.publishedVersio