Concept of ‘Good Urban Governance’ and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Planning

Badach, Joanna; Dymnicka, Małgorzata

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/245/8/082017

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“…Sustainability is one of the recent indicators of good urban governance introduced by UN-Habitat. According to Badach and Dymnicka (2017), the concept of good urban governance requires continuous updating since a single new model of urban governance that takes into account the rapid contemporary economic, cultural and social transformations does not exist.…”

Section: Urban Governance: Principles and Conceptsmentioning

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Urbanisation and Urban Governance in Ghana: Identifying Key Actors and their Roles

Adade

2020

AJIMS

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The rapid increase in the urban population in Africa has created many urban challenges, including informalities, waste management problems, increased health risks, and growing urban poverty. With the unplanned spatial patterns and informalities that exist with the current urban population, this raises the question of whether African cities are ready to host more than 1.3 billion people by 2050 and still achieve urban sustainability. Using Ghana as a case study, this research undertook a critical review of urban population trends and their relation with economic growth. It identified the actors of urban governance in Ghana, as well as their roles, contributions and level of participation in urban governance processes. Findings indicate that most urban management decisions in Ghana are made by the government and exclude the non-governmental actors and citizens who bear the outcome of such decisions. This has resulted in deficiencies in actualising local needs, thus hindering the provision of urban services. The study proposes an inclusive and participatory form of urban governance with active participation of non-governmental actors and a paradigm shift from the existing urban management approaches to a more sustainable one that delivers socioeconomic benefits for more inclusive and sustainable cities in Africa in the future.

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Section: Urban Governance: Principles and Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urbanisation and Urban Governance in Ghana: Identifying Key Actors and their Roles

Adade

2020

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“…Similarly, various environmental quality evaluation tools should also serve only as an aid in the process of horizontal decision-making, developed with the participation of the local community, in which other conditions are also taken into account [15]. A more horizontal network approach, in which various stakeholders are included, is becoming increasingly recognized rather than a top-down one, as a more appropriate mode of decision making to address the complexity of urban development (which is often referred to as the shift from government to governance) [117][118][119]. This shift, which also implies the need to coordinate between various stakeholders and resources, has very serious implications for the science-based practice of landscape planning and management, as it was underlined by Beuen and Opdam [120].…”

Section: Visual Ecological and Structural Quality Of Urban Riversidementioning

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Developing a Framework for the Implementation of Landscape and Greenspace Indicators in Sustainable Urban Planning. Waterfront Landscape Management: Case Studies in Gdańsk, Poznań and Bristol

Badach

Raszeja²

2019

Sustainability

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Urban landscape (UL) management and urban greenspace (UG) delivery require effective planning tools. The aim of the study is to develop a conceptual framework for the implementation of ecological, structural and visual landscape and greenspace indicators (LGI) in spatial development of urban areas. The UL and UG management provisions in Poland are identified at various levels of urban planning (local, municipal and regional). Furthermore, the applicability of the selected set of LGI in the Polish planning system is considered based on the existing planning documents. The quality of UL and UG transformation is discussed in three case studies in Bristol, Gdańsk and Poznań in the broader context of the English and Polish spatial planning systems. Bristol is used as a point of reference for the evaluation of UL and UG management in Poland and for the comparison between English and Polish landscape policies. Based on the conceptual framework and the analysis of the case studies, critical areas of UL and UG management in Poland are identified. The existing planning system often fails to ensure the continuity of landscape structures, and it does not include its preservation and enhancement to a sufficient extent. Therefore, the implementation of the proposed LGI framework could significantly improve the ecological and visual quality, as well as the structural diversity of UL and UG. Moreover, the article concludes by indicating some practical implications of the proposed LGI framework for urban planners, policy makers and other stakeholders in terms of improving the modes of governance for UL and UG management as well as of accounting for human health and well-being.

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“…Urban governance refers to how government (local, regional, and national) and stakeholders decide how to plan, finance, and manage urban areas, which involves a continuous process of negotiation and contestation over the allocation of social resources, material resources, and political power (Avis 2016). The idea of urban governance, developed democratic mechanisms, and political institutions influenced by citizens is traced back to ancient Greece and has been degraded in the course of industrial urbanization and capitalism; it has regained attention and priority through the urban renewal processissues of public participation, civic engagement, inclusiveness, and transparency (Badach and Dymnicka 2017). Current governance systems do not match the functional scales of today's globalized cities, i.e., limited administrative and jurisdictional scales and sectorial divisions together with the often relatively shortsighted political cycles (Elmqvist 2019).…”

Section: Urban Governance In Citiesmentioning

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“…This concept should not be used as a static scheme for the solutions of urban governance but rather used as a tool or set of indicators to understand the complex urban processes and to be instrumental in the inclusion of societal stakeholders in the urban planning process. According to UN-HAB-ITAT (the United Nations Human Settlements Programme), the quality of governance process can be described and assessed by a set of commonly accepted indicators: subsidiarity, sustainability, equity, efficiency, transparency, accountability, civic engagement, citizenship, and security (Badach and Dymnicka 2017).…”

Section: Urban Governance In Citiesmentioning

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Sustainable Urban Governance: Power of Partnerships, Planning Process, Public Partnerships, and Performance Parameters

Belizaire¹

2019

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Urban is a term that describes the characteristic of a town or city, an area where a large group of people reside. Urban governance is a term that refers to how government (local, regional, and national) and stakeholders decide how to plan, finance, and manage urban areas, which involves a continuous process of negotiation and contestation over the allocation of social resources, material resources, and political power (Avis 2016).

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Concept of ‘Good Urban Governance’ and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Planning

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Urbanisation and Urban Governance in Ghana: Identifying Key Actors and their Roles

Urbanisation and Urban Governance in Ghana: Identifying Key Actors and their Roles

Developing a Framework for the Implementation of Landscape and Greenspace Indicators in Sustainable Urban Planning. Waterfront Landscape Management: Case Studies in Gdańsk, Poznań and Bristol

Sustainable Urban Governance: Power of Partnerships, Planning Process, Public Partnerships, and Performance Parameters

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