Blending adaptive governance and institutional theory to explore urban resilience and sustainability strategies in the Rome metropolitan area, Italy

Vandergert, Paula; Collier, Marcus; Kampelmann, Stephan; Newport, Darryl J.

doi:10.1080/19463138.2015.1102726

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“…With this multi-level perspective in mind, we paid special attention to certain terms linking "urban resilience" and "cities". Papers concerning the term "multiple scales" are either about the influence of natural hazards to technical networks on different scales [78], or about the influence of natural hazards to diverse urban morphological entities [79], or about the multi-scale approach in ecosystem management [80,81]. However, some papers apply the multi-scale approach directly to a city considering cities as functional nodes in global market networks [82].…”

Section: Urban Resilience Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Resilience Discourse Analysis: Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Cities

Rogov

Rozenblat

2018

Sustainability

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This study aims to understand the current state of research in urban resilience, its relations to urban sustainability and to integrate several distinct approaches into a multi-level perspective of cities comprising micro, meso and macro levels and their interactions. In fact, based on the meta-analysis of nearly 800 papers from Scopus from 1973 to 2018, we show that urban resilience discourses address micro and meso levels, considering shocks of bottom-up origin such as natural disasters. In contrast, the regional resilience approach addresses meso and macro levels (regional and global scales), considering shocks of top-down origin such as world economic crises. We find these approaches complementary and argue that in order to expand the urban resilience theory and overcome its limitations, they should be combined. For that purpose we propose a multi-level perspective that integrates both top-down and bottom-up dynamic processes. We argue that urban resilience is shaped by the synchronicity of adaptive cycles on three levels: micro, meso and macro. To build the multi-level approach of dynamics of adaptive cycles we use the panarchy framework.

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Section: Urban Resilience Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Resilience Discourse Analysis: Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Cities

Rogov

Rozenblat

2018

Sustainability

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“…Whilst this complexity provides a challenging framework for analysis, the SES approach to urban planning offers opportunities to develop urban resilience and sustainability strategies (Vandergert et al, 2015) and to explore UGI multifunctionality. We have used the case study approach to analyse this in order to provide an appropriate methodology to blend science and policy in action at different urban scales, from local to regional.…”

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“…Considering the city as a Social Ecological System (SES) provides a framework for understanding the interconnectedness of citizens, physical spaces and policies in a way that enables urban resilience and sustainability approaches to be developed (Vandergert et al, 2015). Emerging research suggests that a social-ecological approach can be promoted by multi-stakeholder experiments that bring together expertise from individuals, organizations, agencies and institutions at multiple organizational levels.…”

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confidence: 99%

Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure

Connop

Vandergert

Eisenberg

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Environmental Science & Policy

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Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure AbstractIf a 'Renaturing of Cities' strategy is to maximise the ecosystem service provision of urban green infrastructure (UGI), then detailed consideration of a habitat services, biodiversity-led approach and multifunctionality are necessary rather than relying on the assumed benefits of UGI per se. The paper presents preliminary data from three case studies, two in England and one in Germany, that explore how multifunctionality can be achieved, the stakeholders required, the usefulness of an experimental approach for demonstrating transformation, and how this can be fed back into policy. We argue that incorporating locally contextualised biodiversity-led UGI design into the planning and policy spheres contributes to the functioning and resilience of the city and provides the adaptability to respond to locally contextualised challenges, such as overheating, flooding, air pollution, health and wellbeing as well as biodiversity loss. Framing our research to encompass both the science of biodiversity-led UGI and co-developing methods for incorporating a strategic approach to implementation of biodiversity-led UGI by planners and developers addresses a gap in current knowledge and begins to address barriers to UGI implementation. By combining scientific with policy learning and defined urban environmental targets with community needs, our research to date has begun to demonstrate how nature-based solutions to building resilience and adaptive governance can be strategically incorporated within cities through UGI. Highlights• Three case studies of novel urban green infrastructure implementation are presented• Effective multifunctional approaches to green infrastructure design demonstrated• That biodiversity should be an intrinsic consideration in design is illustrated• Local context and multi-stakeholder approach to design and management are integral

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“…In adaptive co-management there is an emphasis on social learning, feedbacks, adapting and adjusting, shadow networks, bridging functions, transformational leadership, mediation, and collaboration between diverse actors at all scales (Olsson et al, 2007). Wilkinson (2011) notes significant social and institutional barriers to the realisation of adaptive co-management, and Vandergert et al (2015) address an identified limitation of adaptive governance theory relating to asymmetric power relations and achieving social and environmental equity.…”

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Operationalizing urban resilience through a framework for adaptive co-management and design: Five experiments in urban planning practice and policy

Crowe

Foley

Collier

2016

Environmental Science & Policy

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The emergent discourse on social-ecological resilience can be understood as a response to the rapid pace of change and severe challenges facing urban areas. This paper reports on one strand of research being carried out as part of the EU FP7 TURAS project (Transitioning to Urban Resilience and Sustainability) that aims to gain insight into the implications of social-ecological resilience thinking on urban planning practice and policy by presenting a unique, trans-disciplinary perspective that has been developed collaboratively between academic, local government and SME partners. A framework for adaptive co-management and design is introduced as a basis for the operationalisation of urban resilience, highlighting the need to actively solve problems collaboratively by exercising imagination and creativity, and presenting a new and potentially fertile source for innovation. Five experiments exploring urban planning practices relating to the framework are put forward as examples of urban resilience in practice: an online crowd-sourcing application for mapping underused spaces; an interactive timeline tool for identifying drivers of change over time; a guidance and signposting tool to help community projects overcome resource barriers; an epistemic network of citizens that exchanges knowledge and resources relating to underused spaces; and an online portal that provides visibility for community groups or projects, and facilitates horizontal networking. The paper describes each experiment, sets out the aims and theoretical contexts, records any initial findings, and reflects on the potential and limitations. Initial findings are discussed relating to the challenges of crowd-sourcing spatial or historical data, and the resource commitment required for the emerging practices. It is observed that the experiments attempt to address fundamental issues in urban planning practice and policy, and involve established and familiar activities. The paper concludes that the research provides insight into what urban resilience might mean in practice and that each experiment has the potential to make a tangible contribution to the transition to urban resilience and sustainability.

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Blending adaptive governance and institutional theory to explore urban resilience and sustainability strategies in the Rome metropolitan area, Italy

Cited by 20 publications

References 49 publications

Urban Resilience Discourse Analysis: Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Cities

Urban Resilience Discourse Analysis: Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Cities

Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure

Operationalizing urban resilience through a framework for adaptive co-management and design: Five experiments in urban planning practice and policy

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