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TRANSITIONING TOWARD URBAN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

WP7 IntegratedTransition Strategies

TURAS External ReviewBrussels 24 July 2013


ITS Context Setting

Professional Culture Disciplinary Approach Thematical focus

Explicit objectives Implicit objectives

Strategic objectives/key terms Planning strategy on urban-regional scale

: Architecture and urban-regional Planning: Spatial Planning and Development: Planning Theory and Methodology

: WP Synergies, Project Synthesis: Integrated Planning, Knowledge Transfer

: transition, urban, resilience, sustainability, integration


objectives

prepare integrated transition approach for combining the outcomes of one or more of the WP 2-6• framework / Matrix: problem definitions, data needed, actors etc.• methodology for integrationprepare integrated transition strategy (ITS) for each participating TURaS city• further aspects of urban resilience developed and tested in other TURaS cities• demonstration and assessment in terms of impact and transferabilityprepare transferable final ITS framework / methodology for non-TURAS cities• modular structure based on TURaS outcomes• user-friendliness, accessibility

milestones & deliverables

• Trans. Strategy Workshop

• Circulation of (city) ITSIntegrated Transition Report

• Publication of (city) ITS

Final Transition Guidelines

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WP7 content & objectives


milestones & deliverables

• Transition Strategy Workshop• Circulation of (city) ITSIntegrated Transition Report

• Publication of (city) ITS

Final Transition Guidelines

◦ Draft of integrated (≙ urban) transition strategy

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7.2

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◦ Project Stakeholder Analysis

objectives

◦ Methodology for „common terminology“

◦ Literature review & contribution to „urban resilience theory“

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◦ Methodology for „integration“

◦ WP 7 Risk Analysis assess status and risks of WP7 within project

• knowledge gaps vs. holistic approach• project terminology• capacities for WP7 (per partner / WP)

conceptualise “urban resilience” as a strategic objective for WP7 (planning)• resilience vs. sustainability• different sectorial conceptualisations vs. integration in “overall” urban strategy • operationalisability vs. uncertainty/complexity

conceptualise “transition strategy” in context of “urban resilience”• strategic planning vs. bottom-up & flexibility• transition management towards urban resilience

Key steps

„black box“

WP7 content adaptation


Capacity Inventory in Excel

Uneven distribution of ressources

WP7 status & risk analysis

WP7 working paper on websiteWP7 part of Project Periodic Report M1-18

Topical (sectorial) selection vs. holistic (urban) overall project goalLack of „time framing“ of transitions aimed for in WP 2-6 Very heterogeneous, wide & flexible use of „resilience“ through all WPsSectorial professional language vs. Common terminologyLack of examples of operationalisable definitions/conceptualisations of „urban resilience“ (literature & practice)Lack of indicators for/of resilience (literature & project‘s research capacity)Tension between need/expectation for „ready-to-use“ working definitions and evolutionary bottom-up structure of project


WP7 status & risk analysis

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Common Terminology

Methodology – Key Terms to Glossary

Collection of potential key terms: Kick-off working sheets, DoW, SCMeetingsPre-selection (and reduction) of key terms on people level: partner (individual) survey (questionnaire) TURAS Operational VocabularySelection of key terms on WP level: WP leader survey (questionnaire) in collaboration with task leaders WP key termsCollocation of working groups (lead by WPs) & allocation of key termsDefinition (& differentiation) of key terms: (interdisciplinary) dialogues Turas expert groups (Wiki)Edition & publication for partners TURAS Glossary (ready for public site)


Common Terminology

WP7 key terms on TURAS Wiki

Example for Wiki use

Conceptual frame to substantiate & detail the terms for WP context

Open to discussion


What means resilience in the disciplinary context of planning (vs. sustainability)?

What means URBAN resilience (versus e.g. ecological or psychological resilience)?

How can urban resilience be operationalised (integration, evaluation etc.)?

Conceptualising Urban Resilience





De-composing Urban Resilience

RESILIENCE = System property (neutral) ability (positive)

Type: [speak] general physics ecology psychology engineer. …

SCOPE„ of “ system material ecosystem creatures network

MECHANISM

„ to “ resileabsorb, release

persistsustain,recover,improve

maintain,provide

MODULUS

„ up to“constant change

of statusplastic

deformationdestinction of

populationadjustment

disorder

insufficient level of service

CONDITION

internal„in face

of “ disturbance stresschange of

stable statesstress faults

external

[caused by] pressure

adverse circumstances

misconfi-guration,

attack


Framing Urban Resilience

RESILIENCE

SYSTEMIC DIMENSION ecological psycholog. technical social econom. organis. …

MODES

political concept: Resilience

Metaphor

x x x

paradigm of action: Resilience

Approach

x x x x

analytical framework: Resilience

Thinking

x x x x x

system property: Resilience

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Conceptualising Urban Resilience





ITS combined approaches

Elements

Transdisiplinary (sustainability)

research

Transition Management

Strategic Planning …

Resilience Assessment

TURAS

target To attend complex societal problems by combining knowledge of various scientific disciplines with societal expertise

To enable transitions towards sustainability by overcoming persisting problems

To provide orienta-tion & give a long term dimension to urban-regional development by new & intensive interlinks

To assess and resolve specific ressource questions by taking into account social & ecological influences & continuous change

To transition towards urban sustainability and resilience by collaboration and innovation

scope society Sectorial context (e.g. transport)

multi-sectorial: economic, ecologic, social (, technical)

Social-ecological systems

(Multi-)sectorial,Urban system

scale Multi-scale (local, urban, regional, national

local (community), urban (cluster of municipalities)

Multi-scale (local, urban, regional, national

local, system boundary (multiple scales)

local (community), urban-regional

principles Inter- & trans-disciplinary integration, coordination of knowledge

social learning, accommodating complexity & uncertainty, steer- ing & dynamics

goal-orientation, discursive methodo-logy, multi-stage procedures

Complex adaptive systems theory, change & uncertain-ty, adaptive cycle, panarchy …

Twinning approach for collaboration (researchers-local enterprises-urban communities)

format Inter-disciplinary research teams, practice partners, iterative processes

Series of participatory workshops

Formal and informal planning instruments

Discussion groups/workshops with system‘s stakeholders

Classic research (sectorial work packages), demonstration sites

Methods/ tools, actors, process, etc.

Knowledge objects, common termino-logy, theor. framing

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transition arena, experiments (urban labs)

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Pilot projects, imple-mentation concepts, monitoring

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…Resilience Assess-ment method: system context, scenario

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new visionsspatial scenariosfeasibility strategiesguidance tools

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Strategic Integration

Organisational Dimension

Level I-IIIContent & ProcessScope: research

Methodological Dimension

Level I-III (-IV)Content & ProcessScope: strategic planning



Organisational Dimension

Integration I-IIIEvaluation




TURAS Core ElementsStakeholder groups Integration IIntegration II: Context for decision making Mechanism for coordination Mechanism for delivery Mechanism for controlIntegration III: NavigationIntegration IV: Dissemination










Outlook

Evaluation of key term survey (part I - individual level)

Distribution of WP leader questionnaire(including key term survey part II)

Publication of „contribution to resilience theory“

Furthering the „integrated (≙ urban) transition strategy approach“:draft of academic paper for discussion

Preparation of WP7 Kick-Off for local authorities / urban regionsat annual meeting (Nov, Rome)

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Documents

integrated transition

urban resilience theory

wp7 planning resilience

aspects of urban resilience

integrated transition

urbanregional planning

integrated planning

sustainability objectives