Negotiating Green Retrofitting Standards in Danish Urban Renewal :- The Case of Copenhagen

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Lars A. Engberg
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
City Council ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
The City

The City of Copenhagen aims to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. Ten per cent of the total CO2-reduction target is to be achieved through energy retrofitting of existing buildings in the city. This article reports from an action research study in the urban renewal section in Copenhagen City Council where planners struggle to promote more and better energy retrofitting projects in the urban renewal scheme. The study finds that planners in fact approach green retrofitting as a ‘wicked problem’ that requires new solution strategies targeting the complexity of developing new retrofitting standards and solutions in the existing urban renewal framework. The analysis shows how planners’ strategic responses are challenged by competing worldviews concerning the role of urban renewal and the problems and potentials of green retrofitting in practice.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Chief Editor ◽  
City Council ◽  
The West ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Warm Summer ◽  
The City

On a warm summer afternoon in 1561, Calvin’s chief editor donned a heavy stole, thick robes, and a gleaming tiara and proceeded to strut and fret his hour upon the stage in a comedy of his own devising. For little more than a century, Christians in the West had celebrated on August 6th Christ’s Transfiguration as the son of God in shining robes. But on this Sunday in Geneva, the city council, consistory, and an audience fresh from having attended edifying sermons at morning service gathered to applaud the transfiguration of the learned Conrad Badius into the title role of ...

‘The Pots on Our Roads’

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-88
Author(s):  
Gerald Chikozho Mazarire ◽  
Sandra Swart
Keyword(s):  
Chaotic System ◽  
The State ◽  
City Council ◽  
The Self ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
Regulatory Instruments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vehicle Fleet ◽  
The City

This article explores the role of the ‘diaspora fleet’ in Harare’s urban commuter system. Imported vehicles in the form of haulage trucks and commuter buses were one of the popular and visible forms of diasporic investment over Zimbabwe’s difficult decade spanning from 2000 to about 2010. The article argues that this diaspora fleet occupies a significant place in the history of commuting in Harare. Diasporic investment introduced a cocktail of European vehicles that quickly became ramshackle and ended up discarded in scrap heaps around the city. These imports and the businesses based on them destroyed the self-regulatory framework existing in the commuting business. This disruption was facilitated by the retreat or undermining of the state and city council regulatory instruments, which in turn created a role for middlemen, who manoeuvred to perpetuate a new and chaotic system known as ‘mshika-shika [faster-faster]’, based on a culture of irresponsible competitive gambling. This chaotic system remains in place today to the chagrin of city council planners and traffic police. Its origins, we argue, lie in the cultures and practices introduced by the diasporan vehicle fleet.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE EMERGENCY HEADQUARTERS OF THE CITY OF КRALJEVO IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 263-276
Author(s):  
PREDRAG TERZIĆ
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Continuous Work ◽  
The City ◽  
Work Method

The article deals with a detailed analysis of measures taken in the territory of the city of Kraljevo during the state of emergency in the Republic of Serbia (March 15- May 6, 2020) caused by the epidemic of COVID-19 virus, as well as the achieved results. The greatest success was achieved in the field of prevention, where the City Emergency Headquarters played the crucial role by focusing on the Plan for Prevention and Treatment in Case of Epidemics-Pandemics, adopted at the City Council session held on March 26, 2020. This is the first document concerning prevention and treatment from infection with the COVID-19 virus, which was adopted by a local self-government unit in Serbia. In addition to the basic ones, the activities of the City Headquarters are also researched in two special dimensions: 1) vertical, which concerns the coordination of activities with the competent republic institutions; 2) horizontal, which refers to professional and material assistance to other local self-government units through the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities. The author concludes that several interrelated factors were of crucial importance in the prevention and reduction of the possibility of contracting the COVID-19 virus in the territory of the city of Kraljevo: 1) the document Plan for Prevention and Treatment in Case of Epidemics-Pandemics; as a type of legal basis for the functioning of the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations 2) the work method of the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations, which timely and strategically directed the activities of all entities involved in the prevention of the spread of the virus; 3) coordination of activities of the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations with republic institutions and harmonization of actions with measures of the Government of the Republic of Serbia; 4) consistent and continuous work of the The Emergency Situations City Headquarters on the maximum engagement of the capacities of all city services and republic bodies on the territory of the city of Kraljevo in the function of preventing the spread of COVID-19 virus infection.

scholarly journals Urban Renewal, Rehabilitation, and Remodelling of Santiago, Chile

2013 ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Armando de Ramón ◽  
José Manuel Larráin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Investment ◽  
Dominant Characteristic ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The City ◽  
New Infrastructure

We study the history of the changes in Santiago, Chile, between 1780 and 1880 to verify the stages of urban renewal and the role of state and private investment in the processes. We find that before 1780 the dominant characteristic is conservation, i.e., repair or rebuilding of existing stock of buildings. Between 1780 and 1880 the stages were habilitation, rehabilitation, and remodelling of buildings and spaces for optimum use of urban land. Involved also were more intensive use and the creation of better and more expeditious communication to knit the various quarters of the city together and to provide communication with surrounding entities, such as the port and centres of supply. These stages and developments may follow each other but also may occur in superimposed rhythm. In the earlier years, state investment in new infrastructure is paramount; that investment, in turn, leads both to the development of new quarters and the entrance of private investors who profit from the unearned increment brought about by the state investment.

scholarly journals Service innovation in case of electromobility

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Feriha Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
City Council ◽  
Emotional Perception ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Studies show that electromobility will emerge in urban areas. As urban mobility solutions are changing, electromobility is intended with a big potential of sustainable innovation. Nevertheless, changing the mobility culture depends on certain requirements. According to Urri, the automobile development lies in breaking the dominant role of cars which results in a development deadlock. In order to change the mobility culture, the mental approach to mobility options and the infrastructural conditions need to be considered as two central factors. Future mobility isn´t about less mobility, but rather a different way of being mobile and using different types of mobility solutions. This paper presents a research project that is based on the systemic-relational approach. It seeks to develop and introduce the conditions of electromobility in an urban area without a well-frequented local public transport by a networked innovation cooperation in four development areas. The central goal of this work is the integrated development of service innovation of technical and non-technical manner based on the network of project partners, the city council and the university. A change towards electromobility means changing infrastructure, market actors and business models. It signifies a change of social-cultural systems regarding mobility habits, practices and values. One of our main results show that the emotional perception by using experiences of electromobility has a positive effect on its social acceptability which raises the “flow factor” of electromobility.

Heinrich Bullinger

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-111
Author(s):  
Esther Chung-Kim
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
City Council ◽  
Poor Relief ◽  
Church Leader ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
Chief Minister ◽  
Relief System ◽  
The City

Although Ulrich Zwingli started the Swiss Reformation in Zürich, his successor Heinrich Bullinger was the main stabilizer for the reform movement during his forty-plus years as chief minister from 1532 to 1575. Bullinger’s advocacy through his sermons and speeches (Fürträge) before the city council regularly reminded the politicians of their duty to care for the poor. Although the Zurich council circumscribed the role of ministers to spiritual matters, Bullinger believed that ensuring a proper poor relief system was an important part of the pastors’ ministry to the people. Because church funds were in secular control, Bullinger’s involvement in poor relief emerged from his development as a church leader in which he justified his social-political critiques against the lack of effective poor relief based on Scripture, church history, Christian ethics, and socioeconomic needs. His persistence urged the Zürich council to reconsider and revise its poor relief policies to include poverty prevention.

scholarly journals Creating incubator neighbourhood performing arts venues using growth financing tools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Godin
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
City Council ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City ◽  
Arts Community

A recommendation that Vancouver City Council implement the Culture Plan’s commitment to address the persisting insufficiency of small rental performing arts venues by using Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) from the rezoning of properties to fund the creation of small, inexpensive ‘incubator’ neighbourhood performing arts venues, which are critical to the health and development of the performing arts community. The recommended development model is based on Havana Theatre; a small incubator performing arts venue located inside Havana Restaurant, which subsidizes the cost of operating the venue. In downtown, developers will build the venues and attached retail space using in-kind CACs. Outside of downtown, a ‘renovation-first’ approach will be taken by the City to buy existing buildings using accrued CACs and renovate them to create the venues and attached retail space. On the strength of experience and business plan, the City will select qualified bidders to operate the venues and attached businesses.

scholarly journals Le rôle des pȃturages communaux dans l’agriculture de Pécs à l’époque du dualisme

2022 ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Imre Gábor Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Outcomes Research ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
City Council ◽  
Cadastral Maps ◽  
National Archives ◽  
The Military ◽  
The City

The purpose of the study. To show the role of pastoral animal husbandry in dualism in a large Hungarian city where the majority of the population lived from industry, trade, mining and transport. How did the city assembly approach the maintenance of the pasture that made up part of the land. Applied methods. We examined the archives of the Baranya County Archives of the Hungarian National Archives, the archives of the city assembly and the city council, the accounting office, the economic supervision, the city regulations and cadastral maps, documents and maps, and we reviewed the local press. Literature and statistical data were compared with the opinions of contemporaries. Outcomes. Research has convincingly demonstrated that pasturage was essential to the lifestyles of the poorer, more self-exploiting suburban residents in particular, and even in the 1910s, most cattle were driven out to Megyeri and Szigeti suburban pastures. In our period, however, the area of pastures decreased significantly due to the conversion of pastures into arable land and meadows, the expansion of the city, and the needs of the military (training ground, shooting range).

scholarly journals Enabling strategies for mixed-used PEDs: energy efficiency between smart cities and Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-180
Author(s):  
Andrea Boeri ◽  
Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger ◽  
Giulia Turci ◽  
Serena Pagliula
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
European Projects ◽  
Climate Neutrality ◽  
The City

The Green Deal places at the centre of its policies the need to act in order to achieve climate neutrality goals by 2050. In this context, the role of cities and, in particular, of already existing buildings is relevant. Although they are responsible for 40% of energy consumption, only 1% are involved in major restructuring processes. In the context of smart city strategies and to improve their performances, Europe proposes various approaches such as Positive Energy Districts and Industry 4.0. This paper analyses case studies and innovative European projects with the aim of identifying the most relevant strategic actions. Eventually, it presents a real case in the city of Bologna as a basepoint for the reflection proposed.

The post-political state? The role of administrative reform in managing tensions between urban growth and liveability in Brisbane, Australia

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (16) ◽  
pp. 3545-3562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Clarke ◽  
Lynda Cheshire
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
City Council ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Urban Citizenship ◽  
Urban Population Growth ◽  
Political Governance ◽  
The City

The article investigates how governmental responses to problems arising from urban population growth contribute to the post-political governance of cities. It does this through a case study of the city of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane markets itself as a medium-sized metropolis that balances economic growth with a level of urban liveability not found in larger cities. Yet, there are signs that rapid population growth and consolidation are undermining liveability in some Brisbane neighbourhoods, as evidenced by a rise in urban nuisances and neighbour complaints reported to the City Council. Drawing on theories of urban post-politics, we analyse how the Council recasts these symptoms of urban overload as a ‘techno-managerial’ problem that can be addressed by improving efficiency and ‘customer focus’ within its compliance branch. This strategy both eschews political questions about the compatibility of growth and liveability, and promotes an economic and transactional conception of urban citizenship that downplays urban politics more generally. This strategy is significant as it relates to the local state’s internal administrative practices and relations with its citizens, rather than the forms of governance-beyond-the-state that are usually associated with urban post-politics. We conclude that the identification of government-centred depoliticisation strategies indicates that urban post-politics is more comprehensive and multifaceted than previously thought.

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