scholarly journals Multidisciplinarity, Citizen Participation and Geographic Information System, Cross-Cutting Strategies for Sustainable Development in Rural Heritage. The Case Study of Valverde de Burguillos (Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9628
Author(s):  
Julia Rey-Pérez ◽  
Victoria Domínguez-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Framework

The pace at which cities grow and its impact on heritage management has meant that those heritage assets not linked to the traditionally monumental have been directly doomed to oblivion. The purpose of this article is to present a research methodology backed up by multidisciplinarity and stakeholders’ diversity that allows us to highlight the values and singular aspects of this rural heritage. To achieve this, a methodology was devised that is divided into three phases: mapping of human, cultural, and natural resources based on studies undertaken by the Public Sector Administration, experts, and the citizens themselves. The second phase involved the establishment of what to protect amongst all the stakeholders involved. Finally, the third stage entails integration of the information within an urban development framework. In order to work on the development of a diagnosis from three highly different approaches, Geographic Information Systems was used as information management tools, as a means of contrasting it and performing a comprehensive analysis of the same. The development of such a holistic approach provided a patrimonial map of essential resources in the municipality to be taken into account to shape sustainable development strategies inherent to a rural environment of low density. The lack of this comprehensive approach when managing rural heritage in which citizens take on centre stage in decision-making processes unearths two fundamental issues: firstly, the ascertainment of the existence of cultural heritage hitherto abandoned, alongside the need to endow urban governance powers to the public administration, as it falls to them to spearhead this shift in public management.

The map is not the territory: Applying qualitative Geographic Information Systems in the practice of activist archaeology

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael JE O’Rourke
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
The Public ◽  
North American Archaeology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Activist Archaeology

In response to concerns regarding the social relevance of North American archaeology, it has been suggested that the tenets of ‘activist scholarship’ can provide a framework for a more publically engaged archaeological discipline. Maps have long been employed in the public dissemination of archaeological research results, but they can also play a role in enhancing public participation in heritage management initiatives. This article outlines how the goals of activist archaeology can be achieved through the mobilization of qualitative Geographic Information Systems practices, with an example of how ‘grounded visualization’ methods were employed in assessing the vulnerability of Inuvialuit cultural landscapes to the impacts of modern climate change.

Introduction

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon Bogdanor
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
New Public ◽  
Reinventing Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk

‘Joined-up government’ has been a topic of important discussion in the early twenty-first century as much as it was in the end of the twentieth century. Reinventing government was a move towards the ‘new public management’ which revolved on the importance to stimulate a business situation in the government and to apply the disciplines of the market to the public sector. The joined-up government on the other hand advocated a more holistic approach. It not only sought to apply the logic of economics but also the insights of other social sciences such as sociology and cultural theory to reform and change public service. This book focuses on the joined-up government strategy of the UK government. This strategy sought not only to bring together the government departments and agencies but also a number of various private and voluntary bodies for a common goal. The chapters in this book discusses the various barriers to the joined-up government such as contrasting perspectives of the central and local government, the conflicting departmental interests, and the diverging interests of the professionals.

Interactive Exhibition as a Form of Participation in the Future of Sustainable Housing

2021 ◽  
pp. 96-117
Author(s):  
Juan Bautista Echeverría ◽  
Iosu Gabilondo ◽  
Teresa Meana Rodríguez ◽  
Juana Otxoa-Errarte ◽  
Claudia Pennese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Color Code ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
The Future ◽  
San Sebastian ◽  
The City

The Gipuzkoa branch of the Basque and Navarre College of Architects organized, within the MUGAK Architecture Biennial, the exposition “The Transgenerational House.” It took place in a pavilion specially built for the purpose in a public space in the city of San Sebastian (Spain). In it, both a conventional furnished home and an alternative one, with the possibility of allowing free spatial divisions and furnishing distribution, were recreated. Some architectural teams showed their experiences on housing. A set of components with a color code was developed to link the two homes and the work of the architects. The pavilion was opened to the public, which had access to the contained information in a partially directed way and participated answering to posed specific questions. Additionally, 10 structured workshops with different collectives were organized, making specific proposals on the alternative home. The overall exposition is shown, reflecting on the advantages and limitations of citizen participation as an instrument of sustainable development.

The People’s Plan? Participation and Post-Politics in Flint’s Master Planning Process

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Lederman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Master Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
The One

Drawing upon an analysis of Flint’s 2012–2013 master planning process, this article explores a puzzling set of questions: Why would a city under emergency management with an abrogated democratic process explicitly encourage extensive citizen participation in one of its most important and strategic documents? How does the urge to involve the community in decision-making reflect new priorities of urban governance? The paper suggests that such a paradox can be conceived as a coherent strategy for addressing conflicting priorities. On the one hand, the exigencies of official claims to democratic engagement operate during a period in which public discourse on inequality has grown in prominence. On the other, harsh fiscal constraint compels local officials and stakeholders to create the conditions for new market-led investment as the singular remedy to urban decline. The result is a transformation of the normative boundaries of the public, lauded as democratic, yet narrowly defined as those participating in highly choreographed and non-binding civic rituals. Local stakeholders, outside consultants, and city administrators generated consensus on a set of urban planning best practices deemed conducive to novel forms of growth, suggesting a transferal of authority from elected office holders to non-elected experts. This process then established the conditions under which community participation was pursued. The intertwining of technical expertise and elite decision-making, however, predetermined community input by naturalizing technocratic logics in planning policy, while signaling the post-political bent of some participatory processes in U.S. cities.

Local government in the face of crisis: changing public management of urban projects in Amsterdam

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Thijs Koolmees ◽  
Stan Majoor
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
The Face ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Working Processes

This chapter explores the reform of the working processes and organisational structures of the public management bureaucracies in the Amsterdam municipality. It reflects on the mechanisms through which technocratic thinking gets institutionalised within existing public government bodies, and reveals the development of public planning expertise in contemporary urban governance. This chapter particularly questions the changing role of public bureaucracies in the Netherlands, a country where public expertise still plays a central role in urban governance, but is progressively being reformed to accommodate private actors. It shows how the city's internal bureaucratic structure has been reformed and reorganised under processes of austerity and de-regulation to promote quick adjustments to plans and efficient delivery. Leadership and working processes are becoming increasingly focused on ‘flexible implementation’ and the production of entrepreneurial modes of governance.

scholarly journals Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development, and Climate Policy: Comparing the UNESCO World Heritage Cities of Potsdam and Bern

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9131
Author(s):  
Kristine Kern ◽  
Janne Irmisch ◽  
Colette Odermatt ◽  
Wolfgang Haupt ◽  
Ingrid Kissling-Näf
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Role Model ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

Developing sustainable, carbon-neutral, and climate-resilient districts seems to be particularly challenging with respect to historic city centers. However, barriers posed by legal requirements for historical buildings are counterbalanced by opportunities because historic cities have not undergone urban modernization and did not embrace the concept of functional cities, which nowadays impedes urban sustainability transformations. Thus, this paper focuses on the relationship between cultural heritage, urban sustainable development, and climate policy. We study continuity and change in the mid-sized UNESCO World Heritage cities Potsdam (Germany) and Bern (Switzerland). These matching forerunner cities share many characteristics, which enables them to transfer policies and jointly create new solutions for common problems. We find that national context matters, but we also identify functional equivalents like referenda and active citizen participation. Despite many similarities, Potsdam is ahead of Bern with respect to the institutionalization and integration of climate mitigation and adaptation. The comparative analysis (interviews and document analysis) identifies innovations that can be transferred between the two cities (e.g., Potsdam’s integrative climate policy or Bern’s efforts to become a role model for stakeholders and citizens). Moreover, the challenge to coordinate heritage management and climate governance offers chances for cooperation between matching cities like Bern and Potsdam.

Beyond “who pays?”: stadium development and urban governance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Friedman ◽  
Adam S. Beissel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Dominant Mode ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Purpose ◽  
Purpose Centered

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reframe analyses of stadium and arena subsidization policies from perspectives centered upon economic and financial issues toward a perspective focused on broader issues of urban governance and the public purposes of sports facilities. Such assessments would provide a better understanding of whether such use of public resources represents good public policy.Design/methodology/approachTo demonstrate this, the paper uses an integrated literature review to offer a historical analysis of sport facility development within the context of the broader assumptions that shape public policy and how sports have been used toward achieving particular public goals. This history provides a foundation for an analysis of sports facility development within the current moment as cities require team owners to invest in redevelopment activities in the neighborhoods surrounding sports facilities.FindingsThis paper asserts that focusing on the economic and financial aspects of sports facility development is a perspective that is too narrow. Instead, this paper shows that a more holistic approach, beginning with the dominant mode of urban governance and how its assumptions underlie the public purposes for which stadiums and arenas are used, provides a better explanatory framework and a deeper understanding of the issue in the contemporary moment.Originality/valueMoving beyond the question of economic efficacy, the public purpose-centered approach of this paper seeks to place subsidization policies into a broader dialog with other priorities toward maximizing the public good among the broadest population.

Towards a New Pattern of Strategy Formation in the Public Sector: First Experiences with National Strategies for Sustainable Development in Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhard Steurer ◽  
André Martinuzzi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Strategy Formation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Static Strategy ◽  
Formal Policy

Despite lengthy debates about planning versus incrementalism, there is still no consensus on what strategy processes should look like in the public sector. In the environmental policy field, the decline of formal policy planning was nonetheless followed by a surge of national strategies for sustainable development (NSSDs). After summarizing this development, we highlight some key characteristics, good practices, and weaknesses of NSSDs with regard to participation, horizontal and vertical policy integration, policy implementation, and monitoring. It is shown that NSSDs go well beyond former environmental policy plans, not just in terms of their thematic scope, but foremost because they resemble evolving rather than static strategy processes. Finally, we explore what model of strategy formation may be adequate for the public sector in general. Based on the empirical evidence presented here and by drawing on strategic management theory, strategic public management is proposed as an ideal pattern for strategy formation, which reconciles planning and incremental learning.

scholarly journals CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PARTNERSHIP IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Olha Rudenko, Olena Mykhailovska Olha Rudenko, Olena Mykhailovska
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Local Problems

The article analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects of citizens ' participation in the public management process and presents the main ways to ensure such participation on a partnership basis in the process of developing and making managerial decisions. The main principles of interaction in the public management system are highlighted: partnership equality, equal representation, public participation, focus on the problems of local development, the urgent needs of communities, and so on. The reasons for the low activity of community members in solving local problems are highlighted. Different approaches to public participation and partnership between local authorities and society are described. Negative aspects of public partnership interaction are presented. It is emphasized that according to the functional approach, public relations is a managed process of intergroup communication, and the prospects for the formation of effective mechanisms for implementing dialogue forms of political participation in Ukraine are determined by the specifics and features of the communication process in the "power-public" system. It is noted that public institutions, state authorities, and local self-government should strive to join forces in problem areas, mutually realizing the need and inevitability of drastic changes. The article presents a specific structure of public partnership interaction between state authorities, local self-government, and civil society institutions in the process of public control and participation in the development and adoption of managerial decisions. Keywords: citizen participation, partnership, Public Management, interaction, civic development.

scholarly journals Acesso à informação geográfica: reflexões sobre a importância das Infraestruturas de Dados Espaciais (IDE) nas políticas públicas │ Geographic information access: thoughts on the importance of spatial data infrastructures

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cely Martins Santos de Alencar ◽  
Plácida Leopoldina V. A. da Costa Santos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Spatial Data Infrastructure ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Implementation Stages

Resumo O presente artigo discute o acesso à informação geográfica e sua importância na formulação de políticas públicas, refletindo sobre a implantação da Infraestrutura de Dados Espaciais (IDE). A visualização dos dados e a construção de mapas são úteis na identificação de demandas e para subsidiar os gestores públicos na tomada de decisão. As fases de implementação das políticas públicas são otimizadas quando as informações quantitativas e qualitativas estão integradas as relações dos fenômenos espaciais. Progressos na utilização de informação geográfica para a tomada de decisão serão alcançados quando os dados espaciais forem gestados eficientemente em infraestruturas de dados espaciais.Palavras-chave Dados, Informação Geográfica, Infraestrutura de Dados Espaciais (IDE), Gestão pública, Políticas Públicas.Abstract This article discusses the access to geographic information and its importance for the public policies formulation, reflecting on the implementation of the Spatial Data Infrastructure. The data view and the maps construction are useful for identifying needs and sponsoring public managers in decision making. The public policies implementation stages are optimized when the quantitative and qualitative information are integrated to the spatial phenomena relations. The improvement in the use of geographic information for decision making will beachieved when spatial data are efficiently generated in spatial data infrastructures.Keywords Data, Geographic Information, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Public Management, Public Policies.

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