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A ladder of urban resilience: towards a paradigm of evolutionary resilience to support communities facing chronic crises
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This paper explores the concept of urban resilience in the context of complex socio technical ecosystems within cities. Its objective is to move beyond the functional schematization of capacities along successive implementation phases. Instead, it proposes an integrated framework for a comprehensive approach to urban resilience that considers the interaction between i) appropriate qualities based on the specific problem characteristics, ii) processes across different system domains forming a city, and iii) the involvement of agents in decision making and action implementation. Through an analysis of the challenges posed by chronic crises and structural disorders, the article underscores the need for a paradigm shift in governance to support communities grappling with the impossibility of contradictory adaptation choices. This is essential to ascend the ladder of city resilience through adaptive strategies, inclusive decision making, and the co generation of innovation, including the application of information and communication technology for this purpose.
Keywords: Urban Resilience, Evolutionary Resilience, Participatory Design, System Thinking, Complex Socio Technical Eco Systempublished versio
Resilience and risk multiadaptation: A method and a case study
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The term resilience is used in many disciplines due to its adaptability to theories of complexity, including economics, ecology, political science, cognitive science, new technologies and land-use planning. Consequently, Zolli and Healey's (2012) definition of resilience understood as "the ability of a system, company or person to maintain its fundamental purpose and integrity in the face of radically changed circumstances" integrates ecology and sociology and offers an overview of the multidisciplinary nature of the issue. It is also true that resilient spaces are spaces capable of adapting to change by contributing to their balance. This must be appropriately planned and managed also with the use of indicators capable of measuring the performance of cities. Therefore, the purpose of this study - carried out within the research project PRIN 2020 SUMMA is to define multiresilience and multiadaptation starting from the concept of resilience and adaptation and present the synthesis of a case study carried out with an ad hoc method.
Keywords: multiresilience, multiadaptation, multirisk, sustainable urban designpublished versio
The distribution, causes and governance of urban shrinkage in China
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Abstract: The spatial distribution of shrinking cities shows a trend of spreading from local to global, and shrinking has gradually become the new normal of urban spatial evolution. From 2000-2010 to 2010-2020, the agglomeration area of urban shrinking in China migrates from the central region to the northeast, and the population spilover of shrinking towns decreases in a circular pattern. By collecting the data of the last three population censuses and using qualitative, quantitative and questionnaire interview methods, we find out the factors closely related to the phenomenon of urban shrinking, such as geographical location, population structure, urban industrial power, employment positions, public service supply, etc. In response to geographical location and population structure factors, governance strategies are put forward from the perspective of rational formulation of population development policies.
Keywords: Urban Shrinking, Shrinking City, Population Forecast, Distribution Mechanismpublished versio
Towards community-health planning: compliance and the social space of cities under Covid-19 regulations
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Cities’ environments are key to healthier communities. The Covid-19 pandemic challenged this relationship, when the issue of communities' compliance with government restrictions to mitigate the spread of the pandemic became apparent. Despite the growing literature on the relationship between communities’ characteristics and Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, little attention has been paid to the drivers of compliance at the city and community levels. Our paper addresses this lack through the Bourdieusian concept of communities' capital resources. Using Israel as a test case, we explore how the economic, social and cultural capital of urban communities affected compliance with Covid-19 related restrictions. The analysis reveals how the spatial dispersion of the components of these capitals explains the likelihood of communities’ level of compliance. It shows how the accumulation of various forms of capital increased compliance with health regulations. The study highlights the explanatory power of local resources in collective spatial behavior patterns.
Keywords: Compliance; Public health; Covid-19; Spatial capital; Social space; Habituspublished versio
Are IBA/IBTA successful instruments for regenerating mining regions sustainably?
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023IBA Internationale Bauausstellung has been for more than a century an important instrument of structural change in the regions facing socio-economic and environmental concerns. With the onset of Information Technology being used as a successful tool for urban planning, IBA now has reinvented itself as IBTA Internationale Bau und Technologieausstellung. It can be said that IBA and IBTA are constantly striving to have a forward-looking approach to global change in socio-economic, environmental and climatic systems. The IBA-Fürst-Pückler Land was an attempt to reimagine the postindustrial landscape of the open-cast lignite mining region in Lausitz or Lusatia which was completed in 2010. As part of the vision, several decommissioned and abandoned open-cast lignite mines were transformed into pit lakes, therefore becoming Europe’s largest artificial lake district. Two decades later the Rheinishce Revier or the Rhenish Mining Area (RMA), also an important Lignite region in Germany, is undergoing a similar process of change with plans to fill up the open cast mines with underground and river water to fulfil the vision of a Lake for the community. In the context of climate change, the observed declining ground water recharge potential and the unpredictable precipitation patterns in Germany, filling up of the open cast mines with water may not be the most optimal proposition when thinking for a sustainable future. The paper therefore seeks to highlight the limitation and challenges of the IBA/IBTA as a tool for regenerating mining regions and suggest measures and frameworks to address them.
Keywords: IBA, IBTA, Mining Regions, Lausitz and Rheinishce Revierpublished versio
Place in place-based approaches: a framework for analysing integration, agency of place, actors and institutions
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Urban planning, design and place based approaches have regained importance on the Dutch policy agenda. Especially integrated place based approaches are promoted to address complex intertwined societal and environmental challenges at various scale levels, in urban and rural contexts. However, there is limited understanding about how integration comes about. This paper addresses this gap by focusing on agency of place. It develops an analytical framework for assessing the role of agency of place, actors, institutions and their interactions in integration. This framework is applied to two Dutch place based processes: 1) National Programme for Rotterdam South (NPRZ) and 2) Area Deal Alblasserwaard Vijfheerenlanden. This application results in a refined, empirically informed and theoretically substantiated framework where the dimension of time appears of critical importance for realising place based integration.
Key words: place based approach, place agency, integration, transdisciplinary, place based transformative capacitypublished versio
Master in Architecture and Urbanism - Spatial Planning Module (Czech Technical University Prague)
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https://ror.org/03kqpb082The Master Programme in Architecture and Urbanism - Spatial Planning Module delivered at the Czech Technical University in Prague enriches students’ knowledge in the field of regional policy and development, geography and social ecology, and skills in applied statistics, spatial analytics, ICT and GIS. In this way, the Module provides the students of the study programme Architecture and Urbanism an added value, extending their professional capabilities to the field of spatial planning. Additionally, it brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education:
Programme Curriculum and Identity:
- Acknowledgement of professional ethics through applied approach (e.g., studio course occasionally attended by real-world stakeholders).
- A cross-disciplinary approach, seen not only in the structure of the courses offered in the Module but also in collaboration with experts in complementary fields from other universities.
- A comprehensive yet well-interlinked and content-coordinated system of subjects
Designing for gender equality: spatial thresholds as empowerment devices
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Designing for inclusion, justice, and care means questioning how different bodies and voices are made visible in space and how architecture can translate their needs, aspirations, and identities. Historically, the heard and visible voices were those correlated with the mainstream, usually Caucasian, abled-bodied males, who addressed design through the lens of a universal man. Designing through a feminist critique means questioning whose voice is represented and how this attitude can inform a different kind of engagement with people and the environment. The idea of collaboration and co-design that permeates this approach to architecture allows for blurring the lines between public and private, individual and collective, considering the thresholds between these dimensions as places where empowerment, justice and dignity arise. In this sense, the contribution proposes a reflection on the design of collective housing conceived as catalysers of inclusive and democratic practices, able to foster gender equality through design.
Keywords: Feminist Critique, Spatial Thresholds, Empowerment through Design, Collective Housingpublished versio
How network resources empower expert involvement? Evidence from urban planning decision-making in China
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Expert involvement has received increasing academic attention, and expert typology, organisational types and knowledge utilization have been well documented and well theorized. However, the literature on expert involvement is remarkably silent on how to understand the internal structure of expert groups and the influence they bring to bear. This paper seeks to bridge this gap by theorizing and empirically demonstrating the internal discrepancy in expert network. This is achieved through in-depth qualitative analysis of empirical research data on urban planning decision-making in China. This study elaborates on an expert network model that analyses how government choices, organisational characteristics, and capital in network resources shape expert influence. Empirical analysis shows that the role played by experts in policy making is the result of different expert networks. Then, the concept of “resources empowerment expert network” was proposed to understand the logic of resource flow in the network and contribute to the broader literature on expert involvement.
Keywords: Expert Involvement; Network Resources; Expert Network; Urban Planning; Decision-Makingpublished versio
Life service TOD space organization and place creation from the perspective of people
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The establishment of the comprehensive hub station has brought about an increase in the flow of people, which is regarded as a positive benefit of the comprehensive development of TOD. With the construction of the station, the surrounding area is not only a transfer station for people, but also a dynamic place for people to stay, communicate, create and even work and live about the flow of people. Based on the fact that the human-station-city mode of TOD4.0 model is the mainstream of revitalizing the block and driving the development of the area, the development of the Intelligence-human-station-city mode of TOD5.0 model is proposed for the first time, emphasizing more accurate demand perception, more accurate element allocation, more accurate spatial link and more accurate development timing, reflecting the human perspective design and human concern. Based on the project practice and the problems of parking difficulty, lack of rest area and inconvenient transfer in TOD spatial organization from the perspective of people, this paper explores the development process of life service TOD with people's destination as the end point and people's activities as the core to provide service support of different layers of station-core area-surrounding area-whole city. Explore the life service TOD space organization and place construction from the perspective of people in the new stage.
Keywords: human perspective; Communication; Interaction; Contact; Grey space; Positive space; designpublished versio