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Subjective (social) well-being in the neighbourhood: A conceptual exploration
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This paper explores the relationships between place and subjective well-being. Despite the substantial growth in studies on this topic across multiple disciplines, there is still a long road ahead for urban planning theory. This work introduces a novel conceptual framework that illustrates in a structured manner the interrelations between place and subjective well-being, uncovering the mediating role of sense of place and highlighting the transformative potential of micro- and small-sized businesses in shaping urban neighbourhoods’ sense of place. The study emphasizes the significance of understanding subjective well-being at the neighbourhood scale for informed urban planning and policy making, contributing to the theoretical discourse on people-place relations.
Keywords: subjective well-being; neighbourhood; sense of place; social well-being; micro and small-sized businessespublished versio
How are youth living in ageing neighbourhoods? A Case Study in the Central District of Shanghai
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024With the construction of youth development-oriented cities, the phenomenon of housing/community youthification has emerged in the central districts of mega-cities. Communities in central mega-cities, which used to be mature, tend to have a significant ageing population and have formed their own cultural atmosphere and social relations. The living conditions of young people in these communities need to be studied. Taking Chuangyu 228, a youth-oriented guaranteed rental housing in Yangpu, Shanghai, as an example, the living conditions and satisfaction of young people are surveyed and analysed based on both the supply-side and demand-side perspectives from the physical, social, and cultural dimensions. The research provides empirical evidence of housing/community youthification in Chinese mega-cities and offers insights for optimising youth housing policies and community planning.
Keywords: youth apartment, youth community, affordable rental housing, youthification, youth-friendly citypublished versio
Stakeholders of participatory planning: a comparison between Megacities and Cities in Europe
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Participatory planning is regarded as an accelerator of sustainable development, it comes however with its own set of challenges. In this paper, we study the challenges that are explicit to the case of Megacities. As they are more prominent in our current years, megacities form a large portion of their countries' population, not to mention they constitute an issue when combatting climate change. In the context of megacities, the analysis of the participation process requires a breakdown of the biggest difference between its application in cities and that in megacities: the stakeholders and their extrapolation. At the end, a solution for its conduction in megacities is proposed following the learnings from the city of "Vinnytsia" and applying them to the case of the megacity of "London".
Keywords: Participatory Planning - Megacities - City Development - Planning Stakeholderspublished versio
Towards an inclusive and developmental housing regime in Chinese megacities? Evidence from the implementation of the Affordable Rental Housing Programme in Shanghai
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) is the latest social rental housing programme proposed by the Chinese government, which forms part of the social housing system and is primarily designed to alleviate the housing difficulties of the inflowing new citizens and young people in megacities, thus moving towards a developmental housing regime. Focusing on the implementing process of the ARH program in Shanghai, this study observed the location of ARH in the housing system, the project types, provision mode, spatial distribution, and affordability of ARH, then explored the tensions between the government and stakeholders through the conceptual lens of governance structure. This study enriches the conceptual and empirical understanding of ARH in China and enriches the understanding of housing regime transformation in China.
Keywords: housing regime, rental housing system, affordable rental housing (ARH), public rental housing (PRH), Shanghaipublished versio
Risk management for urban heritage: the case of Izmir
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Risk management for cultural heritage is a significant issue in conservation and management studies. The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage states that ensuring a good state of conservation of the property is a requirement for inscription on the World Heritage List. This paper aims to develop a preliminary site-specific methodology for the urban heritage, the case of historic centre of Izmir, which is the management site of the Historical Port City of Izmir in the Tentative List from 2020. Although risks are diversified, the scope of this paper is limited to physical risks affecting the spatial environment. The site-specific methodological approach is constituted based on key sources of ICCROM and UNESCO and adopted for the urban heritage of Izmir.
Keywords: Risk Management, Cultural Heritage, Historic Centre, Izmir, Historical Port City of Izmirpublished versio
Equity in essential services accessibility among the elderly: a comparison of community resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The COVID-19 has caused heavy damage across the globe. Lockdown measures implemented during the pandemic have affected residents’ normal daily lives. During the stay-at-home orders, the elderly faced greater challenges in accessing essential services due to their physical limitations. Reducing inequities in access to essential service facilities is crucial for enhancing community resilience. In this research, three indexes were developed to measure community resilience in accessing essential services. Specifically, we have considered the differences in walking ability between the elderly and healthy adults, as well as the unique needs of the elderly. The Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient were employed to measure spatial equity. Shanghai was selected as our case study. We utilized datasets from 2020 and 2023 to compare changes in equity during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicate that the Diversity Index exhibits the highest equity, followed by the Demand Accessibility Index, while the equity of the Per Capita Quantity Index is the lowest. The distribution of essential service facilities postpandemic is moving in a direction unfavourable to the needs of the elderly. These findings provide valuable scientific insights for policymakers to strengthen community resilience and reduce inequities in essential facility access.
Keywords: equity, the elderly, essential services, accessibility, community resiliencepublished versio
Reclaiming public spaces: Planning through informality in Santiago de Chile
Full text linkRossini, S. (2024). Reclaiming public spaces: Planning through informality in Santiago de Chile. plaNext – Next Generation Planning, 14, 131–153. https://doi.org/10.24306/plnxt/96This article aims to highlight how communities in Santiago de Chile have managed to claim back public spaces through informal practices that also take the form of informal planning. Particularly, the research explores the case of two community-led initiatives that are situated in deprived neighbourhoods in the north and south of the Chilean capital. The results demonstrate how communities develop and establish alternative spatial and institutional arrangements to contest the ineffectiveness of the state and ensure their own right to the city. Through the lens of informal urbanism, this article points out the political dimension of informal practices, and their importance in promoting structural change and expanding planning knowledge.publishedVersio
Retaining industrial heritage publicness : The interrelationship of industrial heritage and public space
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This research aims to explore how to use interrelationship of industrial heritage and public space for making a city with public industrial heritage. In the UK and especially in London, the industrial heritage is gradually becoming a private profitable property rather than being used as historical knowledge for the public. To retain the publicness of industrial heritage, this research uses public spaces as a platform for industrial heritage presentations, examines how the industrial heritage shapes and influences the public space, and in what way the public space reflects and responds to the public value of industrial heritage in the transformation process. The research finds that the interrelationship of industrial heritage and public space can be enhanced and created by intervening on the public space visually, socially and physically. Therefore, three specific strategies of different aspects are proposed to enhance the interrelationship and further to present the publicness of industrial heritage.
Key words: industrial heritage; publicness; public value; public spacepublished versio
Urban policy financialisation in mega-projects. The case of Milano Innovation District
Full text linkGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024This paper explores the linkages between housing studies and large-scale urban development projects through the lens of financialisation. Especially over the last three decades, global real estate finance massively hit local real estate markets, thus generating segregation, exclusion, and densification by commodifying housing as a financial asset class. Particularly, property financialisation has routed major projects into catalysts to extract capital gains from land value rather than levers to foster the right to housing and plan a 'just city'. Through the case of Milano Porta Romana, this paper shows how financialised schemes which are shaping such a large-scale urban regeneration project represent a dilemma for scholars, practitioners and politicians since, on the one hand, they produce home provision but, on the other hand, they rise up the housing costs without really tackling the housing unaffordability issue and these conditions affect the 'right to the city' for students, middle-class workers, and migrants.
Keywords: financialisation, large-scale urban development projects, housing crisis; densification; Milano Porta Romanapublished versio
Insights into urban spatial dynamics around Marmaray stations in Istanbul: Evidence from social media data
No full textGame changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024Key hubs like transfer centers facilitate intra-urban travel and accessibility in large cities. Understanding urban activity patterns around these hubs is vital for improving urban planning and infrastructure, thus enhancing livability. However, traditional research methods often fall short in capturing dynamic urban activities, whereas social media data provides rich insights into geographical locations, activity types, and movement patterns. This study uses location-based services from social media to analyze urban activity patterns around Marmaray stations on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. Analyzing Foursquare venue data within a 500-meter radius of 29 stations, Kernel density and K-means cluster analyses revealed four distinct activity clusters. These findings suggest varied urban activities at each station and help refine urban planning and transportation strategies.
Keywords: Activity patterns, Foursquare, Istanbul, location-based social network data, Marmaray stationspublished versio