Real innovation in urban planning? Assessing the institutional capacity in the frame of the integrated sustainable urban development programmes

Medina, Moneyba González; García, Maria Ángeles Huete

doi:10.1080/09654313.2019.1675601

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“…Urban development being a multi-faceted issue could be deemed a 'wicked problem' thereby requiring a careful and integrated approach whereby different factors need to be considered alongside good coordination and collaboration (Gohar 2016, Medina, Huete García 2020. Wicked problems are problems with different symptoms that are inherently difficult to solve because there is no one solution and emerging dynamics are not evident from the outset.…”

Section: Sustainable Urban Development and Planningmentioning

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Adapting the Singapore Model to Nigeria’s Urban Management

Echendu

2022

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Nigeria and Singapore are two countries that bear some historical similarities as well as differences. Singapore has emerged as a poster child for sustainable urban development while Nigeria lags very far behind in this area. This paper analyses if, and what lessons can be drawn from Singapore to inform and improve Nigeria’s urban planning and management. Improving Nigeria’s urban planning sector is especially important considering its projected additional urban growth of 226 million by 2050. The paper employs a qualitative review of existing literature and finds that relevant lessons could be drawn from Singapore’s urban planning to positively influence sustainable urban planning in Nigeria. The contextual similarities between the countries and the current planning system in place make the chances of success high. The paper advocates a planning reform focused on adequately implementing Master Plans, strengthening its planning institutions and appropriate development control, and putting in place strong disincentives for corruption to promote sustainable urban planning and improve urban conditions and sustainability.

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Section: Sustainable Urban Development and Planningmentioning

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Adapting the Singapore Model to Nigeria’s Urban Management

Echendu

2022

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“…Bernardino Caballero (4) Misiones (4) Juscelino Kubitscheck Av. (5) Monseñor Rodríguez (5) Tres Fronteras Av. (5) Silvio Américo Sasdelli (6) Calle 10 (6) República Argentina Av.…”

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“…Although most public entities have instruments for measuring and inspecting urban elements, the capacity and need to integrate technical and public management decisions makes new methodological alternatives necessary to diagnose urban streets in order to optimize limited financial resources intended for public infrastructure [3][4][5].…”

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Multi-Criteria Approach for Prioritizing and Managing Public Investment in Urban Spaces. A Case Study in the Triple Frontier

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The aspirations of public administrations to meet quality parameters and standards in urban spaces have fostered new strategies and tools that allow users to give safety and well-being. The participation and interaction of different actors during decision-making in the context of allocation of public resources implies a significant degree of complexity when prioritizing actions in public works. The objective of the study focuses on obtaining an urban street condition index (USCI) that allows an efficient diagnosis of urban infrastructure. The study provides an innovation component for decision-making through the construction of guidelines to prioritize spending on investment in urban infrastructure. The case study has been developed in three countries, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina (Triple Border) with the aim of drawing management guidelines during the process in public entities. The results for Brazil and Argentina present streets with satisfactory USCI. Paraguay reflects a significant lack of urban infrastructure and compliance of accessibility regulations. Regarding the city of Foz de Iguazú, it has been observed that 50% of the roads require prevailing actions to improve the mobility of the roads; 40% of these reflect reduced mobility and deterioration of urban components, configured as an urgent action, and only 10% of the roads studied reflect adequate mobility conditions.

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“…This has given rise to the development of in-house knowledge, experience and local capacity (ibid. ; Casado et al, 2018; González-Medina and Huete García, 2019).…”

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Variegated Europeanization and urban policy: Dynamics of policy transfer in France, Italy, Spain and the UK

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European Urban and Regional Studies

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This paper explores the dynamics of urban policy transfer in the European Union (EU), critically examining the process of Europeanization in relation to urban issues. The paper takes a comparative approach, analysing the evolution of urban policy and Europeanization in four member states: France, Italy, Spain and the UK from the 1990s up to the current Cohesion Policy period (2014–2020). Using an analytical framework based on three dimensions of Europeanization (direction, object and impact), we examine the extent to which urban policies are moving towards an integrated approach to sustainable urban development, as supported by the EU. The paper highlights the contradictions between processes of convergence through Europeanization, and path-dependent systems and trajectories that forge alternative paths. In doing so, it advances wider debates on the impact of Europeanization in a neo-liberal context by arguing that member states more likely to be affected by Europeanization are those most impacted by national austerity measures. A process of ‘variegated Europeanization’ is proposed to capture the differential practices taking place within the EU with regard to the circulation of the EU’s approach to urban policy.

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Real innovation in urban planning? Assessing the institutional capacity in the frame of the integrated sustainable urban development programmes

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Adapting the Singapore Model to Nigeria’s Urban Management

Adapting the Singapore Model to Nigeria’s Urban Management

Multi-Criteria Approach for Prioritizing and Managing Public Investment in Urban Spaces. A Case Study in the Triple Frontier

Variegated Europeanization and urban policy: Dynamics of policy transfer in France, Italy, Spain and the UK

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