for hamburg

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Enabling self-organization

as the underpinning of city resilience and

innovation

Jacobs’ Principles

• Density• Social capital• Patterns of

interaction: Networks

• Particularities and Differentiation

• Feedback Loops• Self-regulating• Generative

• Diversity • Non-proscriptive• Autonomy• Bottom-up• Informal• Organized

complexity• Fractals

Misanthropy: un-naturalPatriarchy: uncontrollablePathology: sick, a problemTheology: sinfulMorality: badMorphology: pariah

Science: lab

Biology: hive

Physics: combustion

Ecology: ecosystem

Re-deem

Re-mediate

Re-generate

Re-habilitate

Re-claim

Re-vitalize

Re-store

Re-build

Re-new

Re-birth

Organic connections

Financial

Social

Bonding

BridgingSpiritual

Natural

Cultural

Systems/Capital in a City

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Starting Point

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Early ‘hubs’

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Urban agriculture and food ‘hubs’

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LINKS: Idea Village, NPN, Stay Local!, City-works

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Beacons of Hope models and expands

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Connecting ‘green’: EcoPark

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Self-organizers

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Where we See Jacobs

• Community-based planning and development• Respect for the informal • Vibrant neighborhoods, working environments• Explosive city growth• Local Economies movement• Social networks and media, open sourcing• Organizational development• Biomimicry and ‘greening’ of the industry

Government and Institutional Policy is slower -- even intransigent

• Decentralization and subsidiarity• Foreign aid reform• Local currencies• Lack of professional self-regulation• Institutions as predators• Zoning reform• Investment/regulatory vehicles to ensure

conditions to foster self-organization