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Reconfiguring Teaching/Learning/Action/Research: Apparatus for Socio- Spatial Transformation with/in Disadvantaged Rural Regions
No full textThe following article presents an adapted theoretical and methodological framework used to rethink and analyse social innovation at work in socio-spatial transformation. The framework is operationalised through a novel teaching/learning/action/research programme that supported local and collaborative spatial planning with/in a disadvantaged rural region in the United Kingdom. A diffractive reading of Gabriel Tarde with Karen Barad leads to the dimension of ‘spatial spread’ within the concept of social innovation being reconfigured through the posthuman turn, providing a novel apparatus for collaborative transformation through experiment and situated learning. Through this apparatus, which draws on advances in critical cultural theory, in particular Barad’s ‘Performative Posthumanism' the paper reveals how material–discursive practices are agential in the reconfiguration of boundaries and the distribution of agency, calling into question ‘stubborn dualities’ as in this case, the teacher-researcher, activist-professional, local-nonlocal and human-nonhuman
Between East and West : EU and China's competing spatial integration logics for the Western Balkan Region
No full textThe Western Balkan Region (WBR) is currently undergoing a complex process of integration into the European Union (EU) and its countries, although at different paces, are progressively nearing the moment of accession. This has several implications for the spatial integration of the region in the EU territory, with the EU that, since the 1990s, has been supporting the latter with a number of programmes and actions. In the last decade, however, a new, cumbersome actor entered the game: the launch of China’s belt and Road Initiative in 2013 has triggered a growing influx of foreign capitals into the region, potentially limiting the influence of the EU on ongoing transformations and reforms. The contribution aims at shedding light on this matter. It does so by exploring the logics of the Chinese interventions on the WBR, in terms of vision, approach, priorities, sectors and volume of investments and means of implementation, and by comparing it with the logics of the ongoing integration process. Overall, the contribution shows that, whereas the EU remains the most relevant player in the regions, the growing political and economic role played by China may in the slowdown the process of integration
Building resilience through collective learning in project-oriented organizations in infrastructure planning
No full textThe performance of existing main transport infrastructure networks in The Netherlands is currently being challenged by for example climate change, new mobility technologies, ageing infrastructure and energy transition. These challenges call for an adaptive approach towards existing and new infrastructure. One way is to make physical infrastructure itself more resilient, another way is to create organizational resilience. Literature describes learning as a key element in organizational resilience. Most infrastructure network agencies are organized in a project-oriented way and consist of multiple projects and a parent organization. However, how do projects learn from each other and how does the whole organization learn from projects? This paper aims to enhance the understanding of collective learning and resilience of project-oriented organizations within the domain of infrastructure planning at three distinctive levels: within a single project, between multiple projects, and between projects and their parent organization. Findings are based on an in-depth case study at Rijkswaterstaat - the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in The Netherlands. The study uses Social Network Analysis to analyse the observed network. Based on this study, it seems that collective learning in project-oriented organizations still remains limited despite the urgency of it
Sensing older people’s lived experiences through visual images in Singapore
No full textThis paper presents a user-based qualitative research approach: ‘see and snap’ to gain insights into older adults’ lived experience of their neighbourhood environment. The method provides a way of capturing personal observations from the older population by involving them to take photographs of their built environment. The purpose is to allow participant photographs to query the built environment, in particular, how the built environment is perceived, negotiated and experienced during daily journeys. The discussion presents findings on older Singaporeans’ (age 55+) daily travel experience, exploring what they see and think to be important environmental features for their ageing process. Such information has relevance to the wider discourse on healthy ageing and planning. Even though photographs are increasingly used as a research tool across a wide range of disciplines, e.g. anthropology, sociology, geography, few have used them with older people in cities. This ‘see and snap’ photo-taking method is part of a larger, multi-method study to understand the connection between older people’s health and their neighbourhood built environment in Singapore
Networking collective knowledge to foster change. The case of Sansheroes network (San Siro, Milan)
No full textThe aim of the following paper is to offer a reflection on the role that the co-production of knowledge assumed in the development of a local network of rooted social actors in the context of San Siro neighbourhood, one of the biggest Milanese public housing complexes. The paper will analyse the different phases of the development of the network, underlining the main strengths and the critical aspects related to the role that it assumed in promoting a new vision for the transformation of the neighbourhood. It will especially focus on the role that Mapping San Siro - Politecnico of Milan action-research group - played in the creation and progression of the network, particularly in relation to the involvement of the institutional actors and in the governance of the network. The contribution will set up some reflections regarding the role that governance, time, spatiality and planning play in this kind of processes.publishedVersio
ExCo Meeting, Reading (UK) 8 November 2019
No full textThis is the material for the Executive Committee Meeting, held in Reading (UK) 8 November 2019
AGENDA:
1. Opening of the meeting, welcome, and self-introduction of all participan
2. Approval of the agenda BD
3. Approval of the ExCo Meeting Minutes and Resolutions from Venice BD AC
4. The President’s Report, including
a. issues pertaining to the interpretation of the AESOP Charter communication
5. The Secretary General’s report, including
a. an update on the website
b. an update on AESOP individual memberships
c. an update on the AESOP Lecture Series
d. relocating AESOP from Belgium to Ireland
e. ACSP – AESOP cooperation
6. Congress Management
a. issues pertaining to the 2019 congress in Venice
b. progress report on the 2020 congress in Bristol
c. issues pertaining to the congress contract (e.g., non-compliance)
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Suitable renewal and space organization methods of historic town in the transition period: a case study in China
No full textChina’s urban planning and construction have stepped into a transition period, with three major characters, which are transitions “from efficiency demand to humanity demand”, “from perceptual planning to rational planning”, and “from incremental expansion to inventory planning”, this bring new demands to urban space planning, especially historic towns in China. The previous planning approaches caused some problems to historic towns, some of them were turned into tourist attractions, some of them were abandoned by natives. Most of them are facing the problems: how to develop sustainably with the consideration of the natives? How to demonstrate cultural heritage in a proper way? With the demands of transition period, this paper studied a typical historic town in Jiangsu province, China. First, this paper summarized the three characters of the transition period of China. Then through the study on the typical case, the paper summarized the problems caused by the previous planning approaches, which were missing of the original life pattern, narrow use of resources and inefficient use of public space. In order to solve these problems systematically, studies were made on three key parts “resource understanding”, “function activation”, and “space organization”. Firstly, on resource comprehensive understanding aspect, multi-dimensional resource understanding and excavation system were construct, which expanded resource understanding ideas, and offered resource discovery system, to adjust the old perspective of economic optimality. Secondly, on function activation and implantation aspect, a function activation system taking people and value as the double core was construct, which expanded function organization ideas, and offered a function activation system. Thirdly, on coupled spatial renewal aspect, an embedded planning model facing urban renewal was construct, which condensed spatial renewal main points, and improved renewal planning ideas.publishedVersio
Along the river Cormor, re-linking landscapes and public facilities in the region Friuli Venezia
No full textIn Italy, the drawing of policies for an Urban Agenda has only recently re-gained attention on the national level. However, while the discussion still focuses on metropolitan and inland urban contexts concerned by major transformations or abandonment trends, the ordinary framework of small and medium cities and villages – building the most of Italian territories – tends to remain at the background. These situations prevail in Friuli Venezia Giulia, where the 71% of Municipalities count less than 5.000 inhabitants. Many urban centres stand nearby the system of rivers, which structures a variety of landscapes from the mountains to the sea. Since the 2000s, a number of Municipalities from the valley of the river Cormor have started re-thinking their economies, taking slow mobility as the driver for sustainable tourism. With the support of a citizens’ Association, they are now working on a River Contract, a non-compulsory tool for the participatory construction of strategic/planning instruments combining environmental protection with sustainable local development. This is the context of the activities that the Master Course in Architecture of the University of Trieste has recently carried out in collaboration with local stakeholders. The design of the southern extension of a horse and cycle track along the river gave the opportunity to re-frame the issue of tourism in a larger planning perspective, aimed at enhancing the relations between the river, and the small/medium urban centres it goes through. Results offer new planning visions that: interpret the Cormor as the spine of a network of ecological services; foster the reuse and re-connection of existing public facilities; re-define the topic of ‘slow tourism’ according to the specific characters and lifestyles of these contexts.publishedVersio
Spatial Evolution Characteristics and the Planning Coordination Mechanism of Cross-border Regions in Rescaling
Get PDFSince 1980s, the transformation of industry production and migration in the process of globalization has triggered the reorganization of “scales”. Furthermore, the space rescaling has spawned the phenomenon of “cross-border area”, which has been a “softer” and flexible functional region. Space and governance are two important attributes to analyze cross-border area. This paper try to sort out the cross-border regional evolution of Hong Kong, Macau and the Pearl River Delta Region. The development of this area could be divided into spontaneous period (1978-1997), transition period (1997-2003) and official period (2003-2019). Research shows that: Firstly, in terms of spatial change, the industrial space were the forerunner, traffic links were followed almost at the same time. The ecology space was not valued until the official period. The social spatial connection, however, has not yet been established. Secondly, the governance has been developed from informal to the formal one. Planning and coordination mechanisms have been adjusted for many times. Formal contacts have been established through inter-governmental relations adjustment and multiple regional planning controls. In conclude, the empirical research proves that the “space-governance” model is efficient. The model might be effective in governing the rescaling region and ensuring coordination between multiple policy levels and administrative units
Regional strategy design – addressing transformations in multiple ways
Get PDFPlanning for Transition – book of proceedings 31; 2Regions in the 21st century are subject to global influences which include climate change, resource scarcities, economic transitions, demographic shifts and ongoing digitalisation. If sustainability is to be achieved within this changing context, new collaborations will be required which shape these transformations more proactively. Alongside this, awareness within planning has been evolving, including the recognition that various regional design approaches can complement established planning procedures. Building on these aspects, this article investigates the option to design long-term strategies for the development of regions which are facing fundamental change. To undertake this, a process is considered which took place within a real life experimental situation over a period of four years. This process involved the testing of a new model for “regional strategy design”, which required the cooperation with stakeholders from diverse institutional backgrounds. The Rhenish Mining Area (RMA) in Germany, which is characterised by rapidly changing circumstances, served as a case study. The discussion of the results reflects on the preconditions (e.g. established regional governance), outcomes (e.g. selective interventions) and the question of transferability. It can be concluded that regional strategy design has the potential to develop further as a field of activity.publishedVersio