Multifunctional Urban Agriculture: An Urban Planning Model for the Megacities of Tomorrow. The Case of Casablanca

This paper presents an English case of urban agriculture, the Edible Public Space Project in Leeds, contextualised in a context of urban agriculture initiatives committed to social-environmental justice, to the reproduction of common goods and the promotion of an urban planning which promotes the right to food and to the construction of urban space from the bottom up. The case study emerged as the result of action-research at the crossroads between urban planning policies, community work and critical geography. As opposed to many similar initiatives, the Edible Public Space Project is not intended merely as a temporary initiative hidden within the tiny folds of the city, but rather as an experiment which imagines and implements alternatives to current forms of urban planning within those folds and it contextualises them in the light of the ecological, fi nancial and social crisis of the last decade.

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High-Tech Urban Agriculture in Amsterdam: An Actor Network Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12103955 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (10) ◽

pp. 3955 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohsen H. Farhangi ◽

Margherita E. Turvani ◽

Arnold van der Valk ◽

Gerrit J. Carsjens

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Urban Agriculture ◽

Food Production ◽

New Technologies ◽

Technology Development ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Alternative Food ◽

High Tech ◽

Planning Processes ◽

Production Practices

The agriculture and horticulture sector in the Netherlands is one of the most productive in the world. Although the sector is one of the most advanced and intense agricultural production systems worldwide, it faces challenges, such as climate change and environmental and social unsustainability of industrial production. To overcome these challenges, alternative food production initiatives have emerged, especially in large cities such as Amsterdam. Some initiatives involve producing food in the urban environment, supported by new technologies and practices, so-called high-tech urban agriculture (HTUA). These initiatives make cultivation of plants inside and on top of buildings possible and increase green spaces in urban areas. The emerging agricultural technologies are creating new business environments that are shape d by technology developers (e.g., suppliers of horticultural light emitting diodes (LED) and control environment systems) and developers of alternative food production practices (e.g., HTUA start-ups). However, research shows that the uptake of these technological innovations in urban planning processes is problematic. Therefore, this research analyzes the barriers that local government planners and HTUA developers are facing in the embedding of HTUA in urban planning processes, using the city of Amsterdam as a case study. This study draws on actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze the interactions between planners, technologies, technology developers and developers of alternative food production practices. Several concepts of ANT are integrated into a multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP) to create a new theoretical framework that can explain how interactions between technologies and planning actors transform the incumbent social–technical regime. The configuration of interactions between social and material entities in technology development and adoption processes in Amsterdam is analyzed through the lens of this theoretical framework. The data in this study were gathered by tracing actors and their connections by using ethnographic research methods. In the course of the integration of new technologies into urban planning practices, gaps between technologies, technology developers, and planning actors have been identified. The results of this study show a lacking connection between planning actors and technology developers, although planning actors do interact with developers of alternative food production practices. These interactions are influenced by agency of artefacts such as visualizations of the future projects. The paper concludes that for the utilization of emerging technologies for sustainability transition of cities, the existing gap between technology developers and planning actors needs to be bridged through the integration of technology development visions in urban agendas and planning processes.

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URBAN PLANNING MODEL OF WATERFRONT RECREATION ZONES IN THE ALTAI MOUNTAIN REGION

Architecture and Engineering ◽

10.23968/2500-0055-2020-5-4-65-73 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 65-73

Author(s):

Pavel Skryabin ◽

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Natal’ya Sergeeva ◽

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Urban Development ◽

Professional Community ◽

Opinion Poll ◽

Planning Model ◽

Settlement Systems ◽

Irkutsk Region ◽

Study Results ◽

Natural Landscapes ◽

The Republic

Introduction: Over the past quarter of a century, the issue of urban development within regional settlement systems has not been a priority for most policy-makers and professionals. Much more attention has been focused on the issues arising from the expansion of major metropolises: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, and several others (seven in total). In the meanwhile, the urban development of unique natural landscapes in other regions has been progressing on its own, without major supervision or proper attention from the professional community. For instance, the pristine land along Lake Baikal has undergone urban development without proper planning documentation; vast areas in the Irkutsk Region have been sold off for logging; and the Altai Territory and the Republic of Altai are seeing intensive development of unplanned recreation hubs. Purpose of the study: The study is aimed to create an urban planning model for unique natural landscapes. Methods: We used such methods as multi-factor analysis, photographic footage, opinion poll, and graphical modeling. Results: Out study results in an original model that illustrates the optimal location of new recreation hubs, mindful of preserving the unique environmental qualities of the natural landscape.

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Nueva York, 1783-1811: el nacimiento de una metrópolis

MDCCC 1800 ◽

10.30687/mdccc/2280-8841/2020/01/007 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ana Del Cid

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Revolutionary War ◽

Planning Model ◽

The City

This essay reviews and connects different events, urban constructions and historical cartographies concerning New York in the chronological framework defined by 1783, the year of the signing of the Treaty of Paris – ending the American Revolutionary War –, and 1811, when the Commissioners’ Plan established the urban planning model to make the city a metropolis on a par with the great European capitals. During this brief but intense period – not as studied as it is sometimes thought – the material and immaterial (the physical and identity) foundations of the current New York were laid. This work focuses on the active and important contribution that two disciplines, architecture and cartography, made to the mentioned process.

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Deduction and Demonstration of an Urban Planning Model Based on “CAS” Theory

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.243-249.6700 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 243-249 ◽

pp. 6700-6705

Author(s):

Hui Guo ◽

Wan Min Zhao

Keyword(s):

Complex System ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Planning Model ◽

Model Based ◽

The City ◽

Self Adaptive

“The city can be regarded as a complex system based on CAS theory. The study has extracted five characteristic elements of CAS theory, i.e. concentration, identification, nonlinearity, stream and diversity, and concluded three parameters of “preference”(P), “input” (threshold) (I) and “total associated cost” (T) through analogical deduction, having constructed a self-adaptive urban planning model based on CAS theory and demonstrated issues on “scale and configuration” of a city.

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