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The third sector as a new urban actor in the territories of functional inequalities
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Italy's inland areas are strongly affected by the lack of essential services, their territorial absence and the low quality offered to citizens. In addition to this, it has emphasised the practices of central administration far from marginal places and local administrations often locked in particularistic dynamics for mere consensus --. How can European (extraordinary) and national (ordinary) resources be activators of processes that follow general guidelines but are place based? With the Code of the Third Sector a new approach to fund management is opening up. The novelty of these processes that are being promoted in some Italian cities could be a testbed to be monitored for inland areas, with less and less administrative capacity and more and more need for networking skills and experimentation.
Keywords: Urban planning, Third Sector, Cohesion, Risk, Inland unequal areaspublished versio
The simplified courtyard and its public space in north China’s small cities: significance, threats, and opportunities
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This study defined as ‘Simplified Courtyard’ a type of urban house widely built in the 1970s 1990s in small cities in North China. Together with their public and semi-public spaces, Simplified Courtyards constituted the urban landscape characteristic of the early socialist era in small cities. In the rapid urban transformation of the past few decades, a large part of them was demolished and replaced with a tabula rasa approach. Taking the small city Zhengding as an example, this study investigated the Simplified Courtyard with respect to its public space, analysing its urban significance, threats, and opportunities for regeneration, to draw adequate attention to this unique but long neglected urban component and contribute to their sustainable subsistence in the future.
Keywords: Simplified Courtyard, public space, urban regenerationpublished versio
The perception and preference of compound spaces in traditional villages in China
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Traditional villages in China are undergoing spatial renewal and reorganization, resulting in the emergence of compound spaces comprising modern and historical buildings. As integral parts of these traditional villages, these compound spaces have a significant impact on the perception preferences of the historical spaces within them. This study employs deep learning techniques to analyze photos and videos containing compound spaces and extract the visual occupation ratio and visual change ratio of modern and historic buildings. The specific focus is to explore the influence of the visual occupation ratio and visual change ratio on spatial perception preferences, aiming to analyze and understand the delicate balance between sustainable development and heritage preservation in traditional villages. The paper examines the external representation of architectural elements within compound spaces, including the potential increase in perception preferences by reducing modern buildings and the influence of trends in modern and historical buildings on perception preferences. The findings from this research provide valuable insights for addressing spatial dissonance amidst rapid development in traditional villages in China.
Keywords: Perception, Preference, Visual Occupation Ratio, Compound Spaces, Traditional Villagespublished versio
A system dynamics approach for the impact of transit-oriented-development and covid-19 on Kaohsiung mass rapid transit ridership
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023TOD reduces private transportation use, promotes public transportation development, and increases ridership. This study examines the Kaohsiung MRT to suggest planning recommendations for each station type. System dynamics are used to simulate the feedback relationship between TOD planning factors and MRT ridership. Results show that all station types positively impact TOD Design, while TOD Density is the main factor affecting ridership for "Suburb" and "CBD" stations, and TOD Diversity for "Residential" stations. The study aims to improve public transportation ridership and provide policy strategies for promoting TOD.
Keywords : transit oriented development; system dynamics, ridershippublished versio
How we teach and talk about Single Family Homes : “Single Family Homes” and “Single Family Home – thinking ahead” as a set of courses : 2023 Aesop Excellence In Teaching Award
Get PDF2023 Aesop Excellence In Teaching AwardThe two courses „Single Family Homes“ and „Single Family Homes – thinking ahead“ were offered in the degree programs Spatial Planning and Architecture at the TU Wien (both Bachelor and Master degree). Student interest in this very emotionally discussed topic is enormous. Facing different current challenges, such as high land consumption and climate change, the aim of the courses is to enable a critical discourse about the single-family house to prepare future planners and architects for professional practice. To cover different perspectives and the broad range of challenges within the topic, various methods were applied - such as elaborating basic knowledge (numbers/data/facts) and carrying out a personal interview with a single-family homeowner to learn more about individual motives and living preferences (course 1) or discussions following lectures on different topics and reviewing these as a group in specific settlement areas (course 2
Editorial Vol. 13 (2023)
No full textplaNext-Next Generation Planning Vol. 13 (2023) Exploring Human Well-Being and Community DynamicsVolume 13 titled ‘Exploring Human Well-Being and Community Dynamics’ of the peer-reviewed journal plaNext–Next Generation Planning is here. Partially derived from the 16th AESOP Young Academics Conference ‘In Search of Well-Being in Liminality: No Longer-Not Yet’ that took place in Istanbul between April 5-8, 2022, it includes one research paper previously published online. We are delighted to present this latest volume, which draws together a diverse collection of research papers delving into the complex dynamics of human interaction with the living environment, social participation and community development. While originating from different geographic and disciplinary backgrounds, the four papers featured in this volume share a common theme: the complex interplay between individuals, communities, and the places they inhabit.publishedVersio
The role of mental structures on Iran development program realization
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Iran has one of the most extensive histories of development programs in developing nations. The sixth of the national programs is currently in operation, and none of them have been a success. This article attempts to identify three mental structures that contributed to Iran's development plans failing. Elite development planners were interviewed for the research, and data were also collected from some published documents. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data. The outcomes show that the economic plans for development were not realized because the political ideas concealed in the development plans are incompatible with Iran's circumstances, development programs have epistemologicalF flaws, meritocracy , the rule making and rewarding system have not produced motivation, even for those in charge of program implementation. As a result, voluntary public participation doesn't help the implementation of programs.
Keywords: Development Programs, political ideas, methodological perspective, motivation, Iranpublished versio
Towards a resilient drought management system
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Drought is considered an insidious, complex and multidisciplinary phenomenon due to many interacting influences. This paper focusses on the specific situation in Flanders, Belgium. Although in Flanders, the annual precipitation remains stable, drought impacts are becoming more and more severe. This is partly due to increased water demand, changed water use patterns in combination with outdated legislation and reactive policies, not aimed at resilient water management. This paper identifies contributing elements, relations and interactions in the drought system of Flanders, through the actor relational approach and demonstrates how this approach might be implemented in the Flemish case. An actor relational approach would allow striving for a more resilient drought management system.
Keywords: resilience, drought, actor relational approachpublished versio
Teaching a new mixed method in spatial case selection through depoliticize of planning. Case study: less developed regions
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Urban planning is an inherently political activity, Therefore, political science approaches are included in it; But this does not always have positive synergistic results of the cooperation of different disciplines in interdisciplinary; Especially in researches that focus on evaluation of plans and in important steps such as sampling, politicians' interventions have a bad effect; Because the quality and correct selection of samples has an undeniable effect on the generalizability of the research. So, it should be controlled by the researcher. In this research, we will introduce a mixed method in spatial case selection among less developed regions(provinces), while helping to improve the validity and reliability of the research, it will remove the shadow of political interference and bias in sampling. In line with the scope of the research, which is the less developed regions of Iran, sampling has been done. The sampling results in this research, show that the selected provinces from each cluster promote geographical and spatial contiguity with their previous (less developed) cluster, a matter that was expected to happen due to the isotropic property of spatial development.
Keywords: Interdisciplinary Depoliticizing planning process Mix method Spatial case selection Less developed regionspublished versio
The tragedy of the time horizon : Navigating short-termism for long-term sustainability
No full textTransactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023): page 1-5Future-orientated thinking needs to be strengthened in planning and policy making to respond to the challenges posed by ‘presentism’. Despite the inherent uncertainty of the future, effective planning and policy making require the ability to envision potential future developments and implications of today´s decisions. The ’tragedy of the time horizon’ emphasises the detrimental effects of short-term thinking on various domains, including the environment, economic stability, and social equity. It encompasses the multifaceted challenges posed by short-term thinking and the neglect of long-term consequences. To combat this, we must boost our future literacy, i.e. the capacity to imagine, read, and use the future, both at the individual and societal levels. Future literacy is vital for navigating uncertainty, making strategic decisions, embracing innovation, enhancing social resilience, and promoting sustainable development. This requires a collective effort to improve future literacy skills, foster imagination and creativity, and overcome the challenges of ‘the tyranny of now’. Envisioning positive futures is crucial for inspiring hope, collaboration, and informed decision-making, particularly in a rapidly changing world