Challenges and opportunities for participatory planning approaches within Dubai’s urban context

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Alawadi ◽  
Sarah Dooling
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Planning Approaches

scholarly journals Participatory Planning in Post-socialist Cities: A Case Study of Riga

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Lita Akmentiņa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Combine Information ◽  
Planning Approaches ◽  
Three Phases

Abstract After three decades of socio-economic and political changes, participation in urban planning is still an emerging practice in post-socialist countries. Using Riga as a case study, the research aims to explore participatory planning practices in a post-socialist urban context since 1990. Employing meta-analysis as a methodological approach to combine information from various sources, the study identifies three phases of participatory planning in Riga characterized by changes in government-led participatory planning approaches, level of participation, outcomes as well as changes in the civic sector.

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities of Crowdsourcing and Participatory Planning in Developing Infrastructure Systems of Smart Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Srivastava ◽  
Ali Mostafavi
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Systemic Review ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
System Characteristics ◽  
Environment Disaster

The concept of Smart City aims to provide its citizens with infrastructure systems that make cities safer and more livable. One of the methods for doing so is collecting data from the crowd itself—termed crowdsourcing—and incorporating their ideas to improve the existing facilities, as well as build new ones to cater to their arising needs. This paper aims to inspect the attributes that govern crowdsourcing, evaluating its feasibility in attaining solutions in the present scenario. A systemic review of the existing literature on crowdsourcing platforms was conducted and major findings have been summarized adequately. The areas of environment, disaster management, public safety, innovation, transportation and health have been explored in connection to the existing crowdsourcing platforms and selected examples have been mentioned. Next, the attributes that affect crowdsourcing have been discussed in detail under three broad categories: (1) human characteristics; (2) data characteristics and (3) system characteristics. In the end, some recommendations for improvement in the implementation of the crowdsourcing platforms have been proposed for their enhanced applicability and effectiveness.

scholarly journals Green building for office interiors: challenges and opportunities

Facilities ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 614-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Gou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to examine the concept and practice of green building for office interiors: whether the green intent can be effectively implemented in an interior retrofitting project. Design/methodology/approach Reviewing green building rating systems for interiors, examining certified interior projects and interviewing occupants working in certified green offices. Findings The green building credits for interiors fall into three relational layers: the urban context, the host building and interior fit-outs. Most projects under study performed well on credits for interior fit-outs (e.g. low emitting materials, energy efficient equipment and appliances, etc.), while underperformed on credits for its host building (e.g. air-conditioning systems, ventilation, etc.). The latter might more significantly affect working experience. The other important green aspects, such as daylight availability, facilities accessibility, might be subject to its location and urban context. Research limitations/implications This article presents a multi-examination of green interiors. The data came from second-hand Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design scorecards and qualitative interviews. More quantitative surveys are expected to be conducted. Practical implications Green interior retrofitting should go beyond selecting environmental-friendly finishes and furniture or resource-efficient fixtures and appliances. It should proactively start from assessing the environmental performance of the host building and its urban context. Originality/value Most research looked at green building as a whole. Green interiors are actually more practical for tenants who intend to reduce their corporate environmental impacts, whereas they do not have control over whole building design and operations. This article highlights the importance of green interior retrofitting and provides guidance.

scholarly journals The political ambivalences of participatory planning initiatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabet Van Wymeersch ◽  
Stijn Oosterlynck ◽  
Thomas Vanoutrive
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
Empirical Reality ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Planning Approaches

This article explores the relevance of combining multiple understandings of democratic politics to analyse the ambivalent and contentious dynamics of citizen participation in spatial planning. Building forth on the ongoing efforts in critical planning theory to overcome the deadlock between collaborative and agonistic oriented planning approaches, we argue for the refraining from ‘over-ontologising’ the question of democratic politics in planning processes, and start from the assumption that participatory planning processes as an empirical reality can accommodate radically different, even incompatible views on democracy. In addition, it is argued that while current planning scholars predominantly focus on the applicability of the collaborative and (ant)agonistic approach to democratic politics, a third approach – based on Jacques Rancière’s notion of political subjectification grounded in equality – may be discerned. By mobilising an empirical study of a contentious participatory planning initiative in Ghent (Belgium), that is, the Living Street experiment, we illustrate that while different approaches to democratic politics do not necessarily align with each other, they are often simultaneously at work in concrete participatory planning processes and indeed explain their contentious nature.

The politics of participation in post-disaster planning: local needs and perspectives versus global aspirations in plans for Montserrat’s new capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 577-600
Author(s):  
Michael Hooper
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Eruption ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Planning Approaches

Drawing on interviews with residents and officials, this article investigates how local needs and perceptions have been balanced against other aspirations in plans for Montserrat’s new capital. This new settlement would replace the former capital, Plymouth, which was destroyed in a volcanic eruption and abandoned permanently in 1997. The article finds that residents’ needs and perspectives were given relatively little attention in the planning process and resulting plans for the capital. However, it also finds that residents and officials now hold relatively similar views on the existing plans and on what attributes are ultimately desirable in a capital. This suggests that adopting more participatory planning approaches in the future could build on this shared vision and result in plans that are more publicly and politically sustainable and more likely to be realised.

Radical Perspectives on Industrial Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-204
Author(s):  
Sam Ashman ◽  
Susan Newman ◽  
Fiona Tregenna
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
The State ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Circuit Of Capital ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Planning Approaches

This chapter surveys, evaluates, and develops radical perspectives on industrial policy. We examine the differences between mainstream and heterodox approaches to economic and industrial development, and we look at the similarities and differences between structuralist and Marxist approaches. We argue that Marx’s concern is not with sectors but with value and the overall circuit of capital. Radical industrial policy foregrounds class and capitalism, and integrates a distinctive conception of the state. We argue further that radical industrial policy operates at two levels, the analytical and the prescriptive, and we use the climate crisis to illustrate our argument. Radical industrial policy has broad objectives, including fundamentally altering productive structures and dynamics towards labour-centred development. Finally, we briefly survey some experiences of radical industrial policy, loosely dividing them between statist, co-operative, and participatory planning approaches. We also reflect on the limits of industrial policy, especially under globalized and financialized capitalism.

scholarly journals Participatory planning processes in Indian cities: its challenges and opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudeept Maiti ◽  
Joao Villela De Faria
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
The Face ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indian Cities

Historically, India has had strong local governments and probably drawing from this, is the spirit in which the country enacted the 73rd and the 74th constitutional amendment acts (CAA), in 1992[1]. This amendment aimed at a redistribution of powers to enable local bodies which are closer to local issues to respond more quickly and efficiently, rather than relying on a distant central body. However, the practices in participatory planning in Indian cities have been, at best, tokenistic in nature in the face of the challenge of implementing an effective decentralisation processes. The paradigm of citizen engagement and participative planning today must shift from one of the traditional redressal of grievances to that of collaborative solution building bringing both the government and citizen together in the development of local areas. This paper aims to analyse and evaluate participative local area planning practices in India, particularly at the level of the smallest administrative unit, i.e. wards. The study has been categorised in mainly two aspects: institutionalised and non-institutionalised processes dealing with participation at the bottommost rung of planning. This study is an attempt to highlight successful models of engagement, institutional structure and processes that allow for effective participatory planning and to identify possible ways of overcoming challenges of inclusiveness, budgeting and financing and the disconnect between citizens and administration in this process.

Continuous hydrogenolysis of acetal-stabilized lignin in flow

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Lan ◽  
Yuan Peng Du ◽  
Songlan Sun ◽  
Jean Behaghel de Bueren ◽  
Florent Héroguel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

We performed a steady state high-yielding depolymerization of soluble acetal-stabilized lignin in flow, which offered a window into challenges and opportunities that will be faced when continuously processing this feedstock.

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