scholarly journals Failure matters: Reassembling eco-urbanism in a globalizing China

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1719-1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Chun Catherine Chang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Dominant Focus ◽  
Planning Software ◽  
Global North ◽  
Policy Mobilities ◽  
North And South

This paper is an attempt to reassess the role of failure in policy mobilities. Empirically, this paper examines the various aftermaths of, and the continuing trans-local connections originating from, the prominent but un-materialized Sino-British Shanghai-Dongtan eco-city—with a particular consideration on its relation with a subsequently realized project—the Sino-Singapore Tianjin eco-city. The findings reveal that despite its apparent failure, Dongtan eco-city established a set of urban planning procedures adopted by many, including those who designed and delivered the Tianjin eco-city. Meanwhile, Dongtan’s failure to materialize motivated the Chinese government to pursue collaboration with the Singaporean government over the increased involvement of private Western partners. The intent to avoid association with Dongtan’s failure also fostered a new eco-urbanism model based on rebranding the planning practices of Singapore’s public housing. Parts of Dongtan eco-city have also lived on through the international circulation of a piece of planning software that was first developed for the failed project. This paper contributes to the policy mobilities literature by challenging its dominant focus on successful exemplars and exploring how a project fails in implementation yet parts of it remain mobile, influential and present in other developments. This paper also advances the understanding of contemporary urban sustainability by revealing how eco-urbanism models are co-produced in this globalizing era between the global North and South, as well as within the global South.

Conclusion: lessons learned and tensions exposed

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter North ◽  
Molly Scott Cato
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Lost Decade ◽  
Global North ◽  
Social Economies ◽  
North And South

This concluding chapter draws together lessons learned from the encounters between social economy activists and academics from Latin America and Europe which were brought together in this collection. It discusses the role of antagonism in social economies, especially in the light of austerity in Europe – and Latin America’s experiences of a lost decade. It discusses tensions between the benefits of top down, centralised, state delivered welfare, and grassroots creativity, arguing for the development of 45 degree politics that maintains the best of both conceptions, with the state maintaining universal access and sufficient resources, while grassroots actors ensure that initiatives are tailored to local needs. Finally it brings together arguments for the need for the SSE sector to develop conceptions of prosperous livelihoods providing dignity and inclusion for those currently denied a livelihood with dignity in the concept of the Anthropocene. It concludes by arguing that these conceptions can best be developed though continued dialogue between actors in the global North and South.

scholarly journals Anthropocene and “Development”: Intertwined Trajectories Since the Beginning of The Great Acceleration

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 400-413
Author(s):  
Marina Dantas de Figueiredo ◽  
Fábio Freitas Schilling Marquesan ◽  
José Miguel Imas
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Model ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The North ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Global North ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Great Acceleration ◽  
North And South

ABSTRACT Objectives: We aim to propose the thesis that the trajectories of the Anthropocene and the current mainstream understandings of development are intertwined from the beginning. It means that the Anthropocene and the “development” are coetaneous: the implementation of development policies for the so-considered underdeveloped regions started to happen at the same time of what is known as The Great Acceleration of production, consumption and environmental degradation in a global level. Method: In this conceptual paper, we adopt a decolonial critique as an analytical lens and argue that different geopolitical positions may be necessary for approaching the issue of the Anthropocene from epistemological reflections that can include the cultural and political context of the production and reproduction of local knowledge. Results: Our theoretical argumentation sheds light on the role of Global North and South relations in shaping the environmental crisis. Latin America (LA) exemplifies the modus operandi of the intertwinement of the practical effects of development policies and the environmental consequences underlying the Anthropocene, in which natural resources are over-explored to satisfy export-oriented trade, from the South toward the North. LA is not only a propitious context to show the validity of our thesis, but also the source of alternatives to such developmental model. Conclusion: The emphasis on development as a cause of the Anthropocene supports The Great Acceleration thesis. The proposition of the name Developmentocene comes from the thesis that development and Anthropocene are coetaneous, the intertwinement of both resulting in the very definition of the new epoch.

Towards a Critical Political Economy of Global Health

2018 ◽  
pp. 468-490
Author(s):  
Ted Schrecker
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Transnational Actors ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South ◽  
Trade And Investment

This chapter begins with a conception of political economy that foregrounds unequal distributions of power and resources and the role of transnational actors and processes. Two specific case examples are described in some detail: (1) the structural adjustment conditionalities demanded by the international financial institutions roughly post-1980 and their impacts on health systems and social determinants of health and (2) the connections between trade and investment liberalization and health outcomes, with a focus on harmonization of intellectual property protection regimes, on food systems, and generically of the incorporation of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in many bilateral and regional agreements. The chapter concludes by identifying two directions for future inquiry: the erosion of familiar distinctions between global North and South and the normative implications of the proliferation of cross border influences on health.

scholarly journals Geographies of waste: Conceptual vectors from the Global South

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1044-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nate Millington ◽  
Mary Lawhon
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Global South ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Relational Understanding ◽  
Neoliberal Governance ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South

Geographies of waste, which include examination of its flows and politics, have demonstrated empirical differences and contrasting approaches to researching waste in the Global North and South. Southern waste geographies have largely focused on case studies of informality and (neoliberal) governance. We draw on Southern theory to argue that this focus can be productively extended through greater consideration of the production of value and the role of materiality and technology in the wastescape. We argue that a relational understanding of multiscalar wastescapes contributes insights into the distribution of costs and benefits as well as what enables and constrains the extraction of value for different actors.

Reimagining higher education in the wake of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zachary Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South

In this editorial, journal editor-in-chief, Zach Simpson, introduces the peer-reviewed articles and reflections in Volume 4, Issue 2 of the SOTL in the South journal. These papers, Zach argues, each reimagine aspects of higher education: the classroom, the curriculum, the role of SOTL and so on. In addition, the editorial addresses the current (at the time of publication) coronavirus pandemic afflicting the world, arguing that COVID-19 is not only deepening inequalities between the global North and South, but also rendering SOTL ever more important.Keywords: SOTL in the South, teaching and learning, higher educaiton, special issueHow to cite this article: Simpson, S. 2020. Reimagining higher education in the wake of COVID-19. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-3. April 2020. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=145This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

‘We Want Freedom Not Just Safety’: Biography of a Girlfesto as a Strategic Tool in Youth Activism

Young ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 110330882093759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnina Gonick ◽  
Catherine Vanner ◽  
Claudia Mitchell ◽  
Anuradha Dugal
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Art ◽  
Riot Grrrl ◽  
History Of ◽  
Global North ◽  
Social Visions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
North And South

Girls are increasingly visible as activists demanding social change, equity and justice. Yet communication between girls and policymakers is fraught with challenges over how to translate young people’s knowledge into policy change. This article traces the history of the manifesto as a form for the marginalized to articulate new social visions, drawing on the Riot grrrl manifestos as examples of this genre. It describes the creation of the first Girlfesto at the 2018 Circles Within Circles event that brought together girls, young people, activists, researchers, and policymakers from six countries in the Global North and South to consider the role of community art-based activism by girls and young people in challenging gender-based violence, concentrating on colonial systems of violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada and South Africa. We analyse the Montebello Girlfesto and the opportunities and challenges in using the Girlfesto model, with reflections from girl participants.

scholarly journals Plano de habitação, produção de habitação: as fronteiras de conflito da política pública – considerações a partir do caso da cidade de São Carlos (SP)

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magaly Marques Pulhez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Regulatory Role ◽  
Housing Production ◽  
Politica Publica

Em um cenário em que o planejamento urbano aparece em destaque nos discursos do Ministério das Cidades como parte importante das políticas setoriais de desenvolvimento urbano, incluindo aí a promoção habitacional, o texto toma por base o desenvolvimento dos Planos Locais de Habitação de Interesse Social – PLHIS e a concomitante implementação de uma produção habitacional de peso, via Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida – PMCMV. Em uma tentativa de iluminar as variadas camadas de conflito aí sobrepostas, problematizando os agenciamentos regulatórios que se tensionam na medida em que as intervenções públicas no campo habitacional os solicitam, analisa-se a experiência de São Carlos, município do interior paulista. Entre 2009 e 2010 o município pôs em curso a elaboração de seu PLHIS, ao mesmo tempo em que aderiu ao PMCMV, desencadeando, nesse caso, um flagrante descompasso entre as duas iniciativas e seus encaminhamentos – ou seja, entre o papel regulador do plano e sua possibilidade de efetivar-se enquanto tal. Palavras-chave: Plano Local de Habitação de Interesse Social; Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida; São Carlos; produção habitacional; planejamento urbano. Abstract: In a scenario where urban planning is highlighted in the speeches of the Ministry of Cities as an important part of sectorial policies on urban development – here included the promotion of housing – this text discusses the negotiated rules that are tensioned in the process of public housing interventions based on the development of Local Social Housing Plans (Planos Locais de Habitação de Interesse Social – PLHIS) and the implementation of a strong housing production via Program Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV). In an attempt to illuminate the various layers of conflict there overlapped, we analyze the experience of São Carlos, in the state of São Paulo, where the development of its PLHIS and the adhesion to the Program MCMV started simultaneously between 2009 and 2010. The striking gap between the two initiatives and their referrals – that is, between the regulatory role of the plan and its ability to become effective – are analyzed. Keywords: Local Social Housing Plan; Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida; São Carlos; housing production; urban planning.

scholarly journals How can Urban Planners Address Emerging Zoonoses? A Scoping Review of Recommended Interventions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vignesh Murugesan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Zoonotic Diseases ◽  
Emerging Zoonoses ◽  
Global North ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
North And South

Emerging zoonotic diseases (EZD) like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Ebola have highlighted the need for incorporating emerging zoonoses considerations in urban planning practice. To mainstream EZD in urban planning, this scoping review collates recommendations from across disciplines to provide directions to city planners and policymakers. A search of published literature examining the relationship between EZD and urban planning or policymaking was conducted in February 2020 using PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. Thirty-six articles were identified by the review process and the research examining the relationship between urban planning and EZD was found to be limited but expanding. In identified articles, recommendations for planners were found to address various areas and aspects of planning like inter-disciplinary collaboration, social justice, built environment, climate change adaptation, urbanization, sanitation, green space and economic planning. The applicability of these recommendations to global north and south cities is also discussed.

scholarly journals The Mobility and/or Fixity of Urban and Planning Policies – The Role of Divergent Urban Planning Cultures

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Hamedinger
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Policy Models ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Policy Mobilities

Cities and regions are increasingly interconnected on a global scale. In the process of the making of cities and regions policy actors increasingly rely on globally flowing and very mobile urban policy models, which have been originally developed in different socio-spatial contexts. Simultaneously the search for these policies and their implementation is refracted by local/regional factors, which are relatively fixed as they are rooted in historically produced planning cultures. In this conceptual paper governance change is discussed through looking at the interplay between fixity and motion in urban development. For this purpose approaches to planning cultures and policy mobilities are related to each other theoretically.

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