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Design climate-adaptive urban green regeneration: Nbs strategies for future-proof streetscapes
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024In the last two decades, global cities are addressing climate challenges, by transforming their infrastructural spaces through Climate-adaptive Nature-based regeneration, also aiming to cope with local ecological, social and economic asymmetries. Inside a prevailing technical and performance-based approaches, to date design research around Climate-adaptive Nature-based regeneration of urban infrastructure is limited, failing to impact on current transformations and to be implemented beyond larger cities. Taking advantage from a ‘research by design’ methodology, the research aims to leverage design potential for climate-adaptive green regeneration of infrastructural spaces and mainstream this approach in current practices. With this purpose, an operational Framework is defined, giving both conceptual and operational insight for Climate-adaptive Nature-based Streetscapes that will be tested inside a Southern Europe urban context in the future.published versio
Strategies for Small Public Space to Reclaim Urban Green
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Small public urban green space is a category of urban public space characterised by its abundant quantity and widespread distribution. In many cities, like Karaköy in Istanbul, rapid development and privatisation are impacting city dwellers' well-being and ecological health. Over the years, the current state of urban green spaces in the city are declining. We believe these small public spaces need to be reclaimed and prioritised. Through this paper, we aimed to illustrate how even small public spaces can be transformed to green space. We conducted literature review and employed Jan Gehl’s observation. Our findings suggest innovative solutions maximising the usability of existing spaces, by integrating adaptable design concepts that promote community engagement and enhance aesthetic appeal within sustainable parameters.
Keywords: reclaiming green space, community health, public spaces, small space, privatisation impact.published versio
On housing affordability. Questioning the European policy perspective in action
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Since the early 2000s, owning or renting a dwelling has increasingly become in Europe a toil for many. National policies have been reducing the investment on council housing and at the same time households’ incomes and spending power are decreasing, putting low- or unstable-income people at risk of homelessness. As the “availability of” and “access to” decent housing has been dropping in many European large and medium-size cities, EU policies are trying to address policies for “affordable” housing solutions. While this term has been widely used in an economic perspective, affordability should tackle on a wider range of issues embracing financial aspects, solutions for social support, funding measures and spatial models, as tools to improve the conditions for “just” cities to thrive.
Keywords: Affordability, Social Housing, EU Policy, Urban Planning, Urban Regenerationpublished versio
Individualized Perspective on Spatial Restructuring of E-commerce Villages: A Case Study of Village Q in Shaanxi Province, China
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The introduction of e-commerce in rural areas is profoundly reshaping the modes of production and lifestyle in these regions, altering the developmental trajectories of villagers, and promoting the restructuring of rural spaces. This study uses Q Village in Shaanxi Province, China,as a case study, employing semi-structured interviews, activity log surveys, and sales data analysis to explore the spatial restructuring of the rural e-commerce landscape from an individual perspective. The findings reveal: (1) E-commerce provides unique developmental pathways for rural individuals, enabling them to transcend traditional kinship and geographic constraints and establish a nationwide economic network, thereby enhancing their economic income; (2) E-commerce expands the sales reach of rural individuals, shifting the traditional geographically-based economic patterns towards regionalization; (3) Ecommerce transforms the traditional organization of production spaces in rural areas, moving from a village-centered to a layout centered around fields, residences, and towns; (4) Under the influence of ecommerce, the living time of rural individuals is compressed by production demands, increasing temporal pressures on individuals. These results offer insights for developing and constructing rural spaces influenced by e-commerce.
Keywords: E-commerce Villages, Spatial Restructuring, Individualization, Rural Revitalizationpublished versio
Integrating Metaphors for a Planning Ecology. Evaluating the Work of a Local Quality Platform
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Multi-actor collaboration is a major condition within planning situations which include not only analysis, research and design, but also action programs, communication, and implementation. For the sake of integration, five metaphors are introduced to frame a major change in an ongoing planning process, to guide projects towards coherence, and to offer a medium for coordination. The installation of a quality platform offered opportunities for transdisciplinary action research. Through the lens of a planning ecology the paper focusses on the fabric and dynamics of correspondence between contextualized planning actors. After introducing theme, approach and method, the paper elaborates on the notion of ‘planning ecology’, then problematises the case Beringen-Mijn, next reflects on findings concerning metaphors mobilized for and of collaboration. Conclusions reflect on the findings and evaluate the relevance of ‘planning ecology’ as approach.
Keywords collaboration, metaphor, planning ecology, correspondencepublished versio
Insights into the Evolution of Airbnb Accommodations: Beyoğlu Beyond Borders
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024In recent years, the sharing economy has revolutionized urban tourism, shifting from traditional hotels to amenitybased house stays facilitated by platforms like Airbnb. Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city, with approximately 16 million annual visitors, has seen a significant presence of Airbnb listings, particularly in the Beyoğlu district. This study delves into Airbnb's impact on Istanbul's urban tourism, focusing on Beyoğlu. By analyzing the spatial characteristics and development disparities of Airbnb listings, closely tied to city centres and major tourist attractions, the research utilizes spatial analysis to understand Airbnb’s impact amidst varying socioeconomic and environmental conditions. Utilizing data from InsideAirbnb.com, the analysis highlights that a significant number of Airbnb listings are strategically located near key tourist attractions such as Taksim Square and Istiklal Street, enhancing accessibility for tourists. While these accommodations drive consumer spending towards small businesses and foster cultural exchange by enabling guests to engage deeply with the local community, challenges such as disruptions to neighborhood dynamics and residential tranquility also arise. The study emphasizes the importance of balanced urban planning and regulatory strategies to harness Airbnb’s benefits while mitigating its adverse impacts, ensuring that Beyoğlu's growth as a tourist hub enhances both visitor experiences and community well-being.
Keywords: Airbnb, peer-to-peer accommodations, sharing economy, urban tourism, Istanbulpublished versio
AESOP Core curriculum (version 2024)
Get PDFThe Core Curriculum plays two crucial, interrelated roles for AESOP: It identifies knowledge, competencies and values deemed vital for spatial planners at the start of the 21st century; and it serves as a ‘benchmark’ for the evaluation of applications and admission of new member schools and their education programmes. This dual role poses conditions on the contents of the Core Curriculum. Because of different national situations, the diversity of planning schools applying for membership to AESOP is such that it is neither possible nor desirable to formalise the core curriculum in too much detail. Planning practice differs depending on national, regional, and local contexts. The diversity in approaches to planning that this implies should be considered an asset rather than a weakness of the planning discipline in Europe. Mutual learning, with respectful and responsible knowledge transfer and emulation of didactical practices is, however, highly desirable. Such mutual learning is further encouraged by the quality recognition programme of AESOP’s Excellence in Education Board.publishedVersio
Public-private dialogue in the cultural reuse of historical and architectural heritage: the example of the Carmine Monastery in Italy
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The paper analyses the restoration process of the former Monastero del Carmine, a complex structure of historical value located in the city of Bergamo (Italy). Built after the 14th century, the Monastery experienced a long period of abandonment from the 18th century until the second half of the 20th century when the property was transferred to the Municipality. In the gradual recovery, the theatre company Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo (TTB) played a significant role. Important for the reuse process was the Special Public Private Partnership activated between the TTB and the Municipality, thanks to which a complex process of material and immaterial regeneration began. The paper presents a public heritage regeneration process highlighting the role of the actors involved and the technicaladministrative tool adopted.
Keywords: Public-private Partnership; Abandoned place; Cultural Heritage; Restoration; Common goodpublished versio
Potential of Hydrogen Production by Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) - Technologies, Benefits, Challenges and Limitations using the Example of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Straubing
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Due to an ever-increasing change towards a circular economy and energy self-sufficiency, the energy production and the use of it must be redefined. This does not stop at the water- and wastewater industry, which is responsible for a large amount of a municipality's energy consumption. However, WWTPs can also make a significant contribution to the energy transition and circular economy. Sustainable hydrogen, produced decentrally, regionally and for regional consumers, will play a important role in the future energy supply. The aim of this study is to identify possible potentials and technologies for local hydrogen production, conceivable alternative uses, research programmes, funding opportunities, but also challenges and limits with regard to the possibilities of hydrogen production at the approximately 10,000 municipal WWTPs in Germany.
Key words: Hydrogen production, regionality, wastewater management, circular economy, sustainabilitypublished versio
Ligurian transfer: when territorial constraints may hamper mobility policies replicability
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Within EU, policy transferability is pivotal. Nevertheless, best-practices' approach has proved ineffective for fragile and peculiar regions. In terms of mobility policies, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans constitute one of the main EU-led tools larger cities were provided to define context-based actions, later spreading to wider regions, according to the reading of EU system as a polycentric intertwined network, where main hubs connect higher and lower layers. Nevertheless, not all EU regions show this territorial model. Liguria, North-Western Italy, does not: its geo-morphological asset has deeply influenced urban and infrastructural development. The definition of a user-centred perspective, turning from a case-study to a use case approach, contributes shaping inductively tailored solutions. Present perspective may contribute to identify similarities in needs and requirements, thus supporting policies up-scaling.
Key-words: mobility policies, user-centred, use case methodology, place-basedpublished versio