The Hidden Wealth of Cities: Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces

Kaw, Jon Kher; Lee, Hyunji; Tadros, Sameh Naguib Wahba

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1449-5

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“…Most of our key informants narrated that "tomorrow will be made up of today's action in creating better tomorrow for future generations". This finding was in agreement with building-resilient infrastructures and nature-based solutions, which can adapt or mitigate climate change impacts and improve the aesthetics, access, and connectivity of intraurban centers which calls for a municipal manager's allocation of proper land for climate adaptation and mitigation measures using the structural plan of respective towns to address climate change in the future [47,48].…”

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confidence: 74%

Feasibility of Urban-Based Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Urban Centers of Southwest Ethiopia: From Local Climate Action Perspective

Geleta,

Dadi,

Garedew

et al. 2024

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This study identified the practices of adaptation strategies to climate change in Jimma, Bedelle, Bonga, and Sokorru urban centers using a survey of 384 households, 55 key informant interviews, 4 focus group discussions, and field observations. A cross-sectional study design was employed from 2019 to 2021. The adaptive capacity of municipalities to reduce climate extreme events was rated as poor by the majority (51%), mostly reactive measures (76%). The climate hazards identified in four urban centers were riverine and flash floods, urban heat waves, landslides, and windstorms. The urban households practiced lifestyle modification, reduce paved surfaces, the use of air conditioner, planting trees, and multiple windows. The adaptation strategies practiced by municipalities include the relocation of prone areas, the support of basic amenities, the construction of protection walls, diversion ditches, the clearance of waterways and rivers, greenery, and park development. The adaptation actions were constrained by a lack of awareness, commitment, cooperation and coordination, adaptive capacity, and participation. Gray/physical infrastructures (costly but important) as adaptation actions were hampered by the low municipal capacity. We recommend that urban authorities should incorporate climate change adaptation strategies into urban planning and development proactively to ensure future resilient climate smart urban centers of southwest Ethiopia.

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Feasibility of Urban-Based Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Urban Centers of Southwest Ethiopia: From Local Climate Action Perspective

Geleta,

Dadi,

Garedew

et al. 2024

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“…Además, los municipios enfrentan retos financieros para generar nueva oferta y mantener adecuadamente los EPE existentes. Afrontarlos requiere de instituciones locales fuertes que implementen el marco normativo de manera efectiva (Smolka, 2013;De la Sala et al, 2019;Kaw et al, 2020), y de instrumentos de gestión y financiación como monitoreo de la propiedad inmobiliaria, transferencia de derechos de construcción y desarrollo, captura del valor adicional del suelo, pago por bienes y servicios ambientales, cesiones y compensaciones urbanísticas, entre otros que permitan incrementar las áreas de EPE. Los municipios cuentan con una amplia opción de estrategias y herramientas para generar y conservar el EPE; a las cuales se suman los modelos flexibles o mixtos que posibilitan una gestión del EP a largo plazo con responsabilidades compartidas entre la comunidad y/o el sector privado, con un gobierno local que direccione las inversiones y las estrategias y regule el aprovechamiento económico.…”

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Espacio público efectivo en Manizales y Medellín, Colombia: evaluación cuantitativa de su generación y distribución en dos momentos normativos

Cárdenas

Giraldo-Ospina

2021

urbe, Rev. Bras. Gest. Urbana

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Resumen El espacio público -EP- urbano es fundamental para las ciudades sostenibles, resilientes, habitables. Su relevancia es reconocida por políticos, instituciones y academia. No obstante, su materialización no es la proyectada, más si se trata de ciudades andinas en relieves montañosos como Manizales y Medellín en Colombia. Este trabajo exploró las directrices sobre EP en las normas nacionales y locales establecidas en los planes de ordenamiento territorial -POT- de los municipios, de los cuales hay dos versiones, dos momentos. Así mismo, evaluó los EP al inicio de cada POT para determinar cuánto nuevo EP se logró generar y en qué partes de la ciudad, como un indicio para analizar la equidad en su distribución. Se encontraron cambios importantes entre las dos generaciones de POT en ambas ciudades en cuanto a los discursos, y concepciones del EP, intenciones declaradas de equidad, concentración de EP en algunas zonas urbanas y carencia en otras. Las ciudades siguen lejos de lograr las metas planteadas en los indicadores cuantitativos y, además, están perdiendo EP por ocupación de privados. Los retos son cada vez mayores, pero además de lo cuantitativo, es necesario considerar características de calidad, accesibilidad y conectividad que dan vitalidad a estos espacios.

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“…Nevertheless, highquality public spaces could normatively be described as places that prioritise local community needs in the design process; are comfortable, enjoyable, and attractive; are safe, accessible to all and promote walkability, create a sense of place and belonging, and improve land value. They also facilitate social cohesion by being full of people, active, and vibrant, accommodating complex uses, and are financially, socially, and environmentally sustainable (Kaw et al, 2020). Cox and Streeter (2019) claim that people who live in neighbourhoods containing high-quality public spaces are less isolated socially and trust others.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Phases: Planning, design, and management Top-down action from governments toward revitalising POS is exemplified in some developing countries through establishing technical guidelines and standards alongside incentives for their implementation (Kaw et al, 2020). Context-specific factors influencing planning public space in cities include: cultural behaviours, economy, urban fabric, and legal policies to name a few (Garau, 2015).…”

Section: Public Open Space: Phases and Contextual Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking Public Open Space in Khartoum’s Low-income Neighbourhoods

Tarig

2022

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For half a century, continuous political and economic challenges in Khartoum, Sudan have perpetuated social inequity in the urban environment across generations. Poor-quality informal public open spaces compensate for the absence of accessible developed public spaces for the urban poor. Although there is a high supply and distribution of public open spaces within low-income neighbourhoods, yet, they are hardly noticed as a development opportunity for enhancing an aspect of life quality. Thus, this paper attempts to utilise the above-mentioned possibility by asking the question of how can public open spaces in low-income neighbourhoods be utilised? Aiming to identify suitable strategies of improvement. Through an exploratory investigation with an inductive component on public open spaces in developing countries, with Khartoum State in Sudan as a focal point, the methods are based on observations, desk research, literature review, and analysis of case studies. Furthermore, by highlighting the importance of public open spaces to individuals and local communities in the literature review, this study generates an Integrated Tri-pillar Framework (ITF) that is based on society, built environment, and economy to define overlapping contextual placemaking approaches and strategies for improving neighbourhood public open spaces in developing countries like Sudan. The framework links theory to practise, and is mobilised through analysing and interpreting analogous case studies on the success of public open spaces in African cities that share similarities in context with Khartoum, Sudan. The analysis hints at the possibility of empowering groups to take control in shaping their surrounding environment could lead to a greater sense of ownership and responsibility towards public spaces, potentially contributing to the creation of more active inclusive spaces. Finally, this study attempts to add to the limited academic work on this topic in Sudan, and concludes with holistic recommendations for upgrading public open spaces at the neighbourhood level.

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The Hidden Wealth of Cities: Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Feasibility of Urban-Based Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Urban Centers of Southwest Ethiopia: From Local Climate Action Perspective

Feasibility of Urban-Based Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Urban Centers of Southwest Ethiopia: From Local Climate Action Perspective

Espacio público efectivo en Manizales y Medellín, Colombia: evaluación cuantitativa de su generación y distribución en dos momentos normativos

Rethinking Public Open Space in Khartoum’s Low-income Neighbourhoods

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