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Unravelling a sustainability vision in the national spatial plan
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024There is an increasing demand for a new generation of planning frameworks capable of delivering long-term sustainability outcomes amidst the escalating uncertainties (Becker 2023, Kivimaa 2023). European policies reshape the territorial dimension at the national level, fostering policy debates through downscaling emerging initiatives and measures (Böhme et al., 2022b). Estonia's National Spatial Plan has undergone a significant transformation, shifting from traditional growth paradigms to a sustainability vision. The research evaluates the plan's inception and framework, addressing challenges posed by climate change, regional disparities, and national security while striving for a resilient and sustainable future. The inception phase establishes principles, selects themes, and outlines impact assessment methodologies, along with identifying necessary studies. Rethinking climate policy, particularly in the land-use sector, involves aligning policies with decarbonisation, climate and biodiversity implications, simply minimizing land take and acknowledging spatial scarcity. The plan should set clear land use priorities, providing conditions and guidelines for local comprehensive plans, seeking climate-proof and low carbon land uses and enforcing brownfield development for reducing aggressive land take. A nuanced approach incorporates cross-cutting planning principles and sustainability dilemmas, plus national deference urgencies. The research highlights potential gaps in the plan's adaptability to the transition mode and underscores uncertainties regarding high territorial dynamism, navigating tensions between flexibility and stability. This initial phase of national planning is crucial as it sets the ethos and tone for the entire planning system and process.published versio
Video: A planner walks into a bar
No full textAhead of the game: Reversibility, frugality and care in the context of urban transitions. Grenoble, July 3-6th 2024Keynote speech by Ben Davy, Professor of Urban Plannign and visiting professor at Johannesbourg University, - AESOP PHD Workshop, Grenoble, July 5th
«Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it» (E. B. White). Asking William of Baskerville (Il nome della rosa), the Joker (The Dark Knight) and Chat GPT for help, Professor Ben Davy explores the role of humor for planners. Is planning 'always Monday in an endless February' (T. Swift)?https://vimeo.com/1053365539/dea5321ea8?&login=true#_=
November 6th, 2024; 17:30 – G11 Alan Walters Bldg, University of Birmingham
Get PDFThe lecture briefly recounted important historical links between public health and planning legislation and the weakening of this close association in the post WWII ‘antibiotic’ era. With now more than half of the world’s population living in urbanized settings, there is a strong case to be made to pay closer attention to urban form and conditions such as noise, green space or walkability as these impact risk levels of both chronic and infectious diseases. Professor Webster made a strong case for the disciplines of health and planning to be ‘remarried’ based on an impressive range of research case studies providing evidence that building shapes and urban morphology can significantly impact health outcomes such as obesity or respiratory illnesses alongside other lifestyle factors (e.g. smoking).
The second session of the 2024 AESOP Lecture Series took place at the University of Birmingham UK.
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Urban planning in the post-growth era: insights from World Bank indicators
Get PDFGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024In the current era of IPCC reports emphasising the urgency of shifting to a climate-resilient development paradigm, there is still a theoretical gap in understanding the interplay between economic growth and economic sustainability. This study proposes a new economic growth model based on an extensive analysis of 921 indicators from the World Bank database, which identifies two main categories of growth drivers: "economic model dynamics" accounting for 73.9% of influence, and "environmental forces for development" contributing the remaining 26.1% of influence. "Urban planning plays a key role in harnessing these drivers to adapt and optimise economic growth. We advocate an integrated approach that combines rigorous data analysis with visionary planning, aiming to promote an urban renaissance of sustainable and inclusive growth.
Keywords: urban planning, post-growth era , economic growth modelling, World Bank indicators, sustainable developmentpublished versio
About the Grenoble PhD Workshop, July 3-6th 2024
No full textThematic Workshops
1# The role of narrative in urban and planning research Room T204 Juliet Davis & Jean-Michel Roux
2# Supervising your supervisor: what can and should you expect from your supervisor? Room T205 Myriam Houssay & Renaud Le Goix
3# Alternative scientific writing: filmic methods Room T206 Noa Schumacher & Laure Brayer
4# Co-producing the research with non-academic actors Room T207 Adriana Diaconu & Frederic SantamariapublishedVersio
Investigating the carbon elements based on remote sensing, UAV oblique photography, and AI technologies: A case study of Nanhui New Town, Shanghai
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This study investigates carbon dynamics within Shanghai's Nanhui New Town, exploring the intricate relationships among land cover, climate factors, and carbon sequestration processes. Utilizing advanced methodologies such as remote sensing, UAV, and AI technologies, we conduct a thorough assessment of carbon sinks and emissions, with particular emphasis on the contributions of vegetation and water bodies. Our analysis highlights the importance of integrated land management strategies in optimizing carbon sequestration potential and mitigating emissions. Furthermore, we discuss Shanghai's proactive initiatives towards peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality. Overall, this research offers valuable insights into carbon management strategies for sustainable urban development, contributing to efforts aimed at building resilient and low-carbon cities in the face of climate change.published versio
Research on regeneration strategies of old urban areas from the perspective of resilience: take Erqi Square in Dalian, China as an example
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The regeneration of old urban areas is faced with various problems such as low spatial and environmental quality, functional decline and inadequate ability to cope with emergencies, and weak resilience, but the existing regeneration strategies lack attention to resilience. This paper aims to explore the regeneration strategy of old urban areas from the perspective of resilience, clarifies the connotation of resilience in the regeneration of old urban areas, and constructs a resilience analysis framework comprising four dimensions, including economic, engineering, environmental and social dimensions. The study proposes a regeneration path that integrates the concept of resilience into the whole process, and proposes a regeneration strategy for the old areas from four aspects, including production, living, ecology and governance, in order to improve the ability of the old areas to cope with risks.
Keywords: urban resilience, old urban areas, risk response, urban regenerationpublished versio
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Achieving adaptation in medium-sized cities: the contribution of urban climate transition strategies in increasing soil permeability
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Soil sealing and land take have produced negative impacts on urban areas, leading to adverse phenomena such as loss of ecosystem services, the urban heat island effect, and flooding. In this critical context, increasing soil permeability through desealing interventions is considered an effective solution against these problems. Over the past years, desealing has begun to be recognised in the scientific literature and in spatial planning practice to meet various needs. The approaches to desealing considered today are either top down, as a result of political actions and choices by local and regional governments, or bottom up, i.e. promoted by local associations. Within this complex framework, the aim of this contribution is to investigate and compare some specific innovative strategic urban planning instruments in medium sized cities, specifically the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), which were examined focusing on how these tools have interpreted and proposed desealing interventions.
Keywords: desealing, soil sealing, climate change, adaptation, urban planning transition plans.published versio
Questions of justice in hydrological extremes: advanced review
Get PDFCurrent geographies of hydrological risk are rooted in deep inequalities. Every year more than 100 million people are stricken by hydrological extremes, which disproportionally affect low income and marginalized groups. The severity and the frequency of floods and droughts have often increased as a result of climate and socio-economic changes. In addition to the impacts produced by the event, hydrological extremes also compromise the future of affected communities. The production and distribution of hydrological risk thus raises important questions of justice. Although critical studies have developed different conceptual tools to define and capture how power manifest through unjust water flows, there remains a gap in understanding how this power intersects with hydrosocial extremes and results in disproportionate experiences of drought and flood events. Drawing on different perspectives of justice, this paper reflects on what justice entails in the context of hydrological risk. It argues that understanding injustices in hydrological extremes requires unravelling the dynamics of risk emerging from the mutual shaping of hydrological extremes and society. Finally, the review stresses the need for an inter-disciplinary approach to holistically address the uneven production and distribution of hydrological risks