scholarly journals Bringing Transition Management to Cities: Building Skills for Transformative Urban Governance

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 650
Author(s):  
Niki Frantzeskaki
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Transition Management ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Deprived Neighborhoods

Cities are open to trialing new approaches for advancing their planning and urban governance practice. Evidence from urban research and practice shows that transition management has been widely and diversely applied for strategic planning for climate mitigation and adaptation, regeneration, as well as sectoral (energy, water, waste) and social cohesion agendas. Despite the amounting evidence of the applications of transition management, the research has not identified what it is required in terms of skills to apply such a governance framework for participatory governance in cities. In this paper, we respond to this gap by providing evidence from 11 cities across Europe that applied transition management as an approach to participatory urban governance for unpacking what transformative actions are required to strengthen urban resilience in deprived neighborhoods. Our multi-case study research and analysis reveals that a multitude of vocational and academic skills are required for the application of transition management approach including systems thinking, creativity, theory-to-practice application skills, diplomatic skills for forging partnerships and learning alliances and openness to learning-by-doing during experimentation. Transition management application in cities in the Resilient Europe project brought about positive outcomes in terms of developing new skills, embedding new knowledge about urban resilience and transition management in planning.

scholarly journals Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Battisti ◽  
Flavia Laureti ◽  
Michele Zinzi ◽  
Giulia Volpicelli
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Thermal Comfort ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Physiological Equivalent Temperature ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Urban Climatology ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in order to better understand the multiple effects of combined green and cool technologies for the transition to climate responsive and thermally comfortable urban open spaces. This study focuses the attention on selected mitigation and adaptation technologies; two renovation scenarios were designed and modeled according to the minimal intervention criterion. The study pays attention to the effect on surface temperature and physiological equivalent temperature (PET) of vegetation and high albedo materials characterizing the horizontal boundaries of the site. The Sapienza University campus, a historical site in Rome, is taken as a case study. These results highlight the importance of treed open spaces and the combination of permeable green pavements associated with cool roofs as the most effective strategy for the mitigation of summer heatwaves and the improvement of outdoor thermal comfort.

Collaborative climate mitigation and adaptation planning with university, community, and municipal partners: a case study in Anchorage, Alaska

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 648-665
Author(s):  
Micah B. Hahn ◽  
Catherine Kemp ◽  
Chelsea Ward-Waller ◽  
Shannon Donovan ◽  
Jennifer I. Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Collaborative Climate ◽  
University Community

Pragmatic Approach to Qualitative Case Study Research Learning by Doing: A Case of Distance Learning Research in Malaysia

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisham Dzakiria
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Naturalistic Inquiry ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Educational Inquiry

This book for anyone who wants to undertake an engaging, satisfying, productive, and a more successful career as a qualitative researcher. This book is intended to contribute to the popularisation of qualitative research in Malaysia. Qualitative studies in educational research are very limited in many countries; and to date, there has been very little work done using this form of educational inquiry in Malaysia. The dominant tradition has followed the positivist paradigm. A qualitative case study offers a different approach and generates a range of information of different qualities from that obtained using traditional approaches. This book provides both the theories and practical practices to undertake a qualitative study. The conception of this book began from the assumption that our world is interpreted through language as means of communication and understanding. Writing narratives of experience is becoming a common way of describing how people make sense of their experience or problems at hand. At the root of the naturalistic inquiry exhibited in this book, is an interest in understanding the experience of learners and the meanings they make of the distance learning experience at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). This study was designed as a single case focusing on distance learners of different backgrounds in UUM.

Structure and Agency as Two Problematics in School-based Curriculum Development: A Case Study

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Curriculum Innovation ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
School Based ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Management Approaches

Implicit in the rationale behind the shift from a centre-periphery/systems management approach to a school-based curriculum development (SBCD) approach to curriculum innovation and development are two notions which are viewed here as problematic. The first is that teachers will be ‘free’ to develop curricula which conform to a pedagogic ideal. Based on case-study research, it is argued that this notion must be approached with caution, as it can be shown that, even in a situation where teachers themselves initiate innovation, their actions are constrained by a number of in-school structures. The second notion is that SBCD may be able to overcome problems that occur between the creation and implementation of innovatory programs. However it is argued that individual teachers who are involved in creating an innovative idea also paradoxically interpret this idea in different ways and implement it differently. It is concluded that transformation of innovative ideas is inevitable in any innovatory program, and that this factor may act as a counterbalance to excesses in bureaucratic control sometimes evident in centre-periphery/systems management approaches.

scholarly journals STREET TRADE AND THE ATTAINMENT OF URBAN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ademola Omoegon
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Significant Damage ◽  
Development Policies

Rapid urbanization rates and the proliferation of informal activities in vulnerable locations present significant challenges to urban resilience and adaptation, particularly in cities seeking to reduce poverty and improve economic growth. Inclusive urban governance has been identified as being vital to building resilience. Informal employment is the life blood of African cities, as evidenced by the multitude of street traders which abound in urban areas. However, in recent times many city authorities in Africa have adopted neo-liberal development policies which have led to the sanitization of public space and displacement of street traders, as well as a consequent worsening of the already precarious working conditions of traders and a significant damage of their limited associational structure, thus reducing their capacity to participate in urban governance. Through a case study of Lagos, Nigeria which possesses the largest informal economy in Africa, this paper examines the challenges which associations of the working poor face and the effect of this on urban resilience efforts. By exploring the experiences of street traders, the paper aims to investigate their current forms of organisation, their role in urban governance and how these factors can enhance or hinder urban resilience and adaptation. Keywords: Street trade, urban resilience, informal economy, urban governance, Lagos

scholarly journals Introducing Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Sweden: A social justice appraisal

2020 ◽  
pp. 096977642092552
Author(s):  
Chiara Valli ◽  
Feras Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Business Improvement Districts ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
Planning Department ◽  
Market Relations

In a context of growing socio-spatial polarization and of restructuring state–market relations in urban governance, a new phenomenon is emerging in Swedish cities, that is, partnerships for urban regeneration inspired by the Business Improvement District (BID) model. Through an empirical case study research on one of the most long-standing BID partnerships in Sweden – that is, BID Gamlestaden in Gothenburg – the article critically assesses whether the BID model as it has been applied in Sweden represents a socially and politically sustainable tool for urban regeneration. Namely, the study analyses the complex constellation of power entrenched in the BID, with a focus on the relations with urban governance actors ‘above’ (city planning department, public housing, real estate companies, media, politicians) and ‘below’ (residents and local businesses). Despite general claims around BIDs as successful tools for uplifting distressed neighbourhoods, BID Gamlestaden presents shortcomings regarding issues of urban social justice in terms of democratic participation and representation (democracy), disciplining and sanitizing strategies (diversity) and gentrification risks (equality). In fact, while BID partners notice improved attractiveness and sense of security and higher estate values, this improvement is based upon the removal of the most socio-economically vulnerable residents and the disciplining of residents’ and businesses’ behaviours and aesthetics. This study warns about the risk that BIDs as they are currently implemented in Sweden are used as a ‘neoliberal fix’ to move social problems elsewhere rather than solving them, which might lead to new landscapes of exclusion and gentrification.

scholarly journals Teaching Fieldwork in Landscape Architecture in European Context; Some Backgrounds and Organisation

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Albert Fekete ◽  
Martin van den Toorn
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Architecture Education ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Long Run

Fieldwork is an intrinsic part of landscape architecture education because it confronts the students with the landscape in real life, shows realised projects, enables different experiences, and provides a direct confrontation with the historical context of the discipline. Here the main goal is to give a first overview of teaching of fieldwork, compare that with other publications, and analyse pedagogical and didactic backgrounds in landscape architectural education in Europe. This study is based mainly on existing publications and complemented with our own experiences with fieldwork in teaching. The research method is based on accumulating existing knowledge on the subject and the principles of case study research. After a short overview of pedagogy and didactics in the context of teaching in design disciplines and how this relates to teaching landscape architecture, we work out the organisation of teaching in the outdoors. The conclusions focus on what can be learned in the outdoors that you cannot be learned indoors. Learning to see, to experience the landscape in real is part of “learning by doing” in which drawing, sketching, measuring plays a key role. In the long run pedagogy and didactics of fieldwork should be developed as domain-specific field of knowledge as part of design education in general.

scholarly journals TEACHING STRATEGIES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS IN ONLINE LEARNING

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Putu Devi Cahyaningsih ◽  
I Nyoman Adi Jaya Putra ◽  
Gede Mahendrayana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Subject

This study aimed at finding out teaching strategies used by English teachers in an online learning. The subject of this study is English teachers at SMP Negeri 6 Singaraja. This study was qualitative research which uses a case study research design. The methods of data collection were observation and interview. This study used three instruments such as observation checklist, questionnaire, and interview guide. The findings showed that English teachers at SMP Negeri 6 Singaraja used learning by doing and learning by reflection in the online learning. Four English teachers were considering about aspects of learning by doing and learning by reflection. Besides, during the online learning, it was found five obstacles. The English teachers were also provided the solutions for the obstacles.

Qualitative Case Study Research Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tetnowski
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Study Research

Qualitative case study research can be a valuable tool for answering complex, real-world questions. This method is often misunderstood or neglected due to a lack of understanding by researchers and reviewers. This tutorial defines the characteristics of qualitative case study research and its application to a broader understanding of stuttering that cannot be defined through other methodologies. This article will describe ways that data can be collected and analyzed.

Contamination Lab of Turin (CLabTo)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora FIORE ◽  
Giuliano SANSONE ◽  
Chiara Lorenza REMONDINO ◽  
Paolo Marco TAMBORRINI
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Positive Effect

Interest in offering Entrepreneurship Education (EE) to all kinds of university students is increasing. Therefore, universities are increasing the number of entrepreneurship courses intended for students from different fields of study and with different education levels. Through a single case study of the Contamination Lab of Turin (CLabTo), we suggest how EE may be taught to all kinds of university students. We have combined design methods with EE to create a practical-oriented entrepreneurship course which allows students to work in transdisciplinary teams through a learning-by-doing approach on real-life projects. Professors from different departments have been included to create a multidisciplinary environment. We have drawn on programme assessment data, including pre- and post-surveys. Overall, we have found a positive effect of the programme on the students’ entrepreneurial skills. However, when the data was broken down according to the students’ fields of study and education levels, mixed results emerged.

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