AESOP Digital Archive
Not a member yet
2915 research outputs found
Sort by
Rural Heritage Governed as Commons: A Case Study of a Chinese Heritage Village from the Cultural Capital Perspective
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The concept of commons in economics and management has been positioned within the heritage field to emphasise their characteristics like Common Pool Resources. Rural heritage governed as commons means building a new understanding of its values, which extends beyond consumerism or state identity to embrace the local community, and implicating dynamic governance processes towards a more sustainable, equal and inclusive development in rural areas. Under the framework of ‘Resources-Governance Community-Governance Systems’ in heritage commons governance and the perspective of transformation of cultural capital, this paper re-examines the two typical eras governance process of a centuries-old village in southwest China. This study first reveals tensions between community heritage versus official heritage and commercial heritage. Secondly, ‘governance community’ is more complex than common sense, particularly, local government has different hierarchies and departments with multiple targets. Besides, an effective conservation and development planning with appropriate mechanisms is the core of coordinating heritage management system, tourism development system, rural revitalisation campaign system, and community self-governance and social-engagement system. Lastly, two cases show that social power and community have the vitality to cover the shortage of physicalised cultural capital, constituting an alternative path towards common benefits and inclusive development of rural heritage communities.
Keywords: rural heritage; governance; commons; cultural capital; heritage communitypublished versio
Research on spatial optimization strategies of rural settlements in the Loess Plateau from the perspective of disaster prevention and reduction A case study of Gaoxigou Village,China
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The Loess Plateau is one of the regions with the most serious soil erosion and the most fragile ecological environment in the world. In recent years, the fragile rural settlement space is increasingly challenged by extreme weather, and various natural disasters occur frequently.Therefore, exploring spatial optimization strategies for rural settlements in this area from the perspective of disaster prevention and reduction is of great significance to ensuring the safety of residents and achieving sustainable development of rural settlements.Based on the results of natural disaster risk assessment in Gaoxigou Village, this paper analyzes the coupling relationship between different risk areas and various types of current village Spaces, and puts forward spatial optimization strategies from living space, ecological space and road space.
Keywords: Loess Plateau, rural settlement, spatial optimizationpublished versio
Book of Abstracts of the18th AESOP Young Academics Conference “Bridging Gaps: Urban Planning for Coexistence”
No full textUrban planning as a discipline has been continuously evolving in the past decades, aiming to become the response to diverse issues through transdisciplinarity, innovation, creativity and justice. As a result of an ever-accelerating pace of life, we constantly witness worldwide transitions and turbulences, from environmental crises to socio-economic struggles, that challenge cities, regions, and the nature of the planning discipline itself. Climate change and both natural and man-made disasters render territories fragile and force humans and species to migrate, while the growing urban population requires solutions for sustainable transformation for life in the city and beyond. In this context of increasing uncertainty, the planning discipline attempts to suggest ways forward, yet often lacks in providing tangible examples of how to bridge theory and practice.
Within this framework, the conference focuses on the predominant discontinuities that currently characterise the planning field. Those are articulated into two directions of discussion that are in dialogue with and between each other: the urban-rural divide (Track 1 and Track 2) and the academia-practice divide (Track 3 and Track 4). The conference aims to create space for these dialogues to emerge, and to ultimately bridge these gaps by reflecting on our role as researchers, on our position towards, and in relationship with, society and on the effectiveness of practice. The questions that arise are timely and crucial, contemplating on the complexities inherent in a perpetual endeavour for coexistence between humans, species and the environment (Track 5). How can planning reinvent itself? How can we reconcile a holistic perception of territories? Which theories, strategies and methods should planning adopt so as to contribute to a better future for the human and natural species? Which are the tools and practices that will ensure human well-being and coexistence with the world?publishedVersio
Prototyping Future Scenarios For Urban Planning Through The Production Of Virtual Reality Scenes
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Designing 3D urban scenes for Virtual Reality (VR) offers the opportunity to transfer future scenario narratives to multiple publics involved in urban planning. Nevertheless, there is a current lack of conceptual frameworks to produce VR environments out of future scenarios. This research explores how scenarios might be enhanced and communicated through VR narrative environments. It elaborates and test the Scenarios-to-Scenes’ framework, encompassing three steps: (i) generation of future stories; (ii) real/virtual places; and (iii) VR experiences. The framework was tested with urban planners, academics, and media communication experts in two collaborative workshop settings. This process illustrated the frameworks’ capacity to enable the expansion of scenario contents out of diverse participants’ interpretations and to transfer key narrative and design elements for the VR scenes.
Keywords: scenario prototyping, Virtual Reality, narrative environments, 3D urban scenespublished versio
Study on Refining Historical and Cultural Values of Urban and Rural Areas in Qinghai Province
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Highly condensing the value and characteristics of urban and rural historical and cultural resources in Qinghai is crucial for building a preservation system. This study, focusing on Qinghai, excavates its value themes and summarizes its historical development's core values. Leveraging geography, history, and GIS, it analyzes cultural origins, lineages, and theme condensation. Integrating planning, heritage, and spatiotemporal development, 27 value features are extracted from politics, economy, society, science, culture, and geography. Ultimately, Qinghai's "Four Area" core value is condensed. This study aims to offer insights for recognizing the province's urban and rural cultural value and utilizing cultural heritage.
Keywords: Historical Culture, Historical Culture Protection and Inheritance System, Qinghai Province, Value Condensationpublished versio
How far do decision-makers see? A spatiotemporal investigation of flood risk governance in a French Alps city
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024At the confluence of two rivers, the Grenoble Metropolitan area of France is a fabric of municipalities surrounded by Alpine massifs. Despite the absence of a major flood since 1859, flood risks persist, further amplified by climate uncertainties. We investigated how institutional structures manage these evolving risks. From previous research using Q-methodology, we found tensions related to spatial and jurisdictional aspects of flood risk management. To gain a deeper understanding of the temporal aspects not apparent from the Q-method study, we conducted a thematic analysis of seven interviews of study participants who hold managerial positions. Even though the interviewees were well aware of flood history and climate change, regulatory and policy mechanisms often impede the mobilisation of a long-term view into flood risk management strategies.
Keywords: flood risk governance; policy myopia; institutional inertia; thematic analysis; Francepublished versio
Research on Carbon Accounting Methods for Urban Areas Based on Spatial Data Utilization
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024As climate change becomes a significant global threat, the pursuit of carbon peak and carbon neutrality is now essential for urban development in China. Carbon accounting is a crucial technical tool for monitoring urban carbon emissions and guiding low-carbon urban construction. This study, which focuses on urban built-up areas, integrates carbon accounting methods with urban spatial elements, significantly aiding the achievement of'dual carbon' development goals in cities. Using Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province as a case study, this paper summarizes and analyzes fifteen years of data on energy and spatial usage to develop a carbon accounting system for urban built-up areas. Additionally, it formulates a carbon accounting method for urban built-up areas based on spatial usage, and validates its accuracy by comparing the results with those from energy usage carbon accounting. Based on these findings, the study proposes pathways for predicting urban carbon neutrality and specialized assessments for low-carbon construction, thus supporting the 'carbon neutrality' goals in national spatial planning.published versio
Saturation as urban crisis. Understanding Anthropocene from two flooded cities of the Global South
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The paper proposes to shed light on the articulation of global processes typical of urban trajectories in southern cities and crises at the local scale, based on a comparative analysis in two cities frequently affected by floods, Dakar (Senegal) and San José (Costa Rica). In doing so, the paper aims to clarify the notions of 'crisis' and 'disaster' in urban contexts in the Anthropocene by linking them to that of 'saturation'. We highlight three results. First, using flooding as an example, saturation sheds light on the processes that shape cities and their disasters. Second, saturation highlights the specific ways in which water interacts with urban environments. Finally, the findings touch on the capacity of actors to cope with these crises.
Key words: city, floods, crises, Anthropocene, saturationpublished versio
Reconnecting Planning Theory with Urban Design: Public Space as a Social and Architectural Concern
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Today’s planning theory is largely procedural and remains abstract in urban design terms even when formally content-oriented, as when treating the just city. The theory reflects Anglo-Saxon weak planning conditions. While this explains the felt need to reinvent the role of planning and its theory, it threatens to break planning theory’s tie to town planning. Especially, it becomes inadequate for comprehending the workings of architect-led, still powerful and proactive planning organisations. Such exist even where academics contribute to mainstream theory, producing a gap in the understanding of real-world planning among students, practitioners and non-practising researchers. My purpose is to help reintroduce an urban design focus into planning theory, integrating the latter’s social scientific interests with an understanding of the social significance of urban design traits.
Key words: planning theory, public space, urban designpublished versio
Removing cultural barriers to climate change adaptation in Tuscany
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The paper investigates the role of cultural factors in hindering climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. The importance of historical landscape in Tuscany makes it difficult to accept transformations necessary to adapt to the new climate. After reviewing available data on climate transformations in Italy and taking stock of the status of mitigation and adaptation planning, some projects of renewable energy production facilities are analysed. The media debate and the legal and bureaucratic oppositions to them are discussed. The idea of landscape emerging from the debate is related to the musealised conception of the same that has been established in Italy. The concluding section discusses the policy implications of the present work.
Keywords: urban landscape; climate change adaptation; cultural barriers; Tuscany; Italy.published versio