Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes

Rosa, Daniele La; Geneletti, Davide; Spyra, Marcin; Albert, Christian; Fürst, Christine

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“…The spreading of low-density settlements is considered a synonym of peculiar urban morphologies, mixing residential and productive characters. In these cases, sprawl patterns evoke a Mediterranean style of urban growth, represented by the coexistence of traditional, multiple arrays of rural, low-density settlements (Figure 3) with a new, discontinuous urban fabric, making the spatial interpretation of landscapes even more difficult and less linear [84].…”

Section: Defining and Characterizing Sprawl In Southern Europementioning

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“…Sustainability 2020, 10, x FOR PEER REVIEW 7 of 15 mixing residential and productive characters. In these cases, sprawl patterns evoke a Mediterranean style of urban growth, represented by the coexistence of traditional, multiple arrays of rural, low-density settlements (Figure 3) with a new, discontinuous urban fabric, making the spatial interpretation of landscapes even more difficult and less linear [84]. The most evident transformation in Southern European cities involves peripheral districts ( Figure 4), spreading chaotically into rural and empty spaces as a result of both planned and spontaneous urban practices [3,[85][86][87][88].…”

Section: Defining and Characterizing Sprawl In Southern Europementioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards Local Forms of Sprawl: A Brief Reflection on Mediterranean Urbanization

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Urban sprawl is a complex phenomenon that requires a comprehensive reflection on the most significant patterns and underlying processes. While the “sprawl” notion parallels hegemonic concepts such as economic competitiveness, social cohesion, and polycentric development, an integrated analysis of sprawl patterns and processes in paradigmatic socioeconomic contexts is increasingly required to reconcile different disciplinary visions, contributing to a holistic interpretation of metropolitan change. At the same time, sprawl is an increasingly evident product of local socioeconomic contexts all over the world. A comprehensive investigation of multifaceted, form–function relationships underlying sprawl—based on a quali-quantitative analysis of representative cases—is a crucial pre-requisite of both monitoring and policy actions at multiple spatial scales, from urban/regional to national/continental levels. The present contribution proposes a contextualization of the sprawl notion in Southern Europe—a socioeconomic context characterized by compact and continuous urbanization for a long time. An integrated approach based on a visual analysis of urban and peri-urban landscapes—integrated with an extended literature survey—allows for a definition of a specific sprawl model in Southern Europe, sharing some features with the United States ideal type of sprawl and showing peculiarities with respect to common models of urban dispersion typical of Northern and Western Europe. Policies aimed at containing urban dispersion may definitely benefit from a local-based definition of sprawl, considering the specificity of form–function relationships and the underlying socioeconomic context.

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Section: Defining and Characterizing Sprawl In Southern Europementioning

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Section: Defining and Characterizing Sprawl In Southern Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Local Forms of Sprawl: A Brief Reflection on Mediterranean Urbanization

Egidi

Cividino

Vinci³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…Out of the numerous challenges currently connected to achieving sustainable development, most can be associated with population growth and urbanisation (Crutzen 2002 ; Zalasiewicz et al 2011 ), which in turn are responsible for sprawl and landscape degradation on an ever accelerating scale (Meeus and Gulinck 2008 ; Seto et al 2013 ; La Rosa et al 2018 ). These challenges are perhaps best illustrated by peri-urbanisation, which is the transformation of rural and natural areas into landscapes that are neither urban nor rural and which “may be the dominant urban form and spatial planning challenge of the twenty-first century” (Ravetz et al 2013 ).…”

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Operationalising place for land system science

Switalski

Grêt‐Regamey

2020

Sustain Sci

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The following paper introduces the concept of place for land system science to better understand how the transformation of place, as place-making, can be operationalised. The aim is to operationalise place with the motivation that a deeper understanding of people–place interactions can advance knowledge of land systems towards practicable solutions to current sustainability challenges. An overview of place studies spanning a wide range of research disciplines is presented to form a clear and concise theoretical foundation, necessary when operationalising place beyond its traditional research domains and applications. The limitations and potential of place in the context of land systems science are then explored through examples and the importance of operationalising place as both a product and process is demonstrated. Place and place-making are presented as a conceptual model, which allows for expansion and substantiation when deployed to relevant land system research tasks. In closing, the directions and key themes for further development of people–place interactions in land system science are discussed.

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“…On contrary, studies engaging with the planning and design of the peri-urban employ a variety of criteria and different terminologies when defining the peri-urban areas (Lopez-Goyburu and Garcia-Montero 2018); ambiguity that contributes to the neglect of the peri-urban areas in practice. The multiple different conceptual and geographical definitions respond on one hand, to different 'urban' and 'rural' definitions hold across countries (Singh and Narain 2020); and, on the other hand, to the unique characteristics peri-urban areas have in every context (Geneletti et al 2017;La Rosa et al 2018;Mortoja, Yigitcanlar, and Mayere 2020).…”

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“…Scholars concerned about peri-urban areas of the GS often argue that traditional urban planning approaches have little, if any, effect in the GS because peri-urbanization is neglected (Geneletti et al 2017;Haller and Borsdorf 2013;Inostroza 2017;La Rosa et al 2018;Madaleno and Gurovich 2004;Mortoja, Yigitcanlar, and Mayere 2020;Simon 2008;Singh and Narain 2020;Watson 2009). Scholars assert that peri-urban areas need to be explicitly recognized in urban planning and management (Lopez-Goyburu and Garcia-Montero 2018) in order to make planning approaches more suitable to GS cities.…”

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Peri-urbanization in Sacaba, Bolivia: challenges to the traditional urban planning approach

Espinoza

2020

International Planning Studies

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In Bolivia, as in many cities of the Global South, rapid and unplanned urban growth expanded widely into peri-urban areas with high levels of poverty and vulnerability. However, the public administration do not acknowledge the peri-urban areas in policies and planning. Moreover, the peri-urban complex realities exceeded local planners capacity to cope with them. This paper examines the challenges that peri-urban areas pose to urban planning in Sacaba, Bolivia. The methodology includes questionnaire surveys, interviews and workshops with actors in peri-urban areas. Findings reveal that peri-urban areas appeal to be formally recognized in urban planning at the same time that traditional urban planning need to readjust its approach to fit the reality of the cities in the Global South.

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Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes

Cited by 22 publications

References 107 publications

Towards Local Forms of Sprawl: A Brief Reflection on Mediterranean Urbanization

Towards Local Forms of Sprawl: A Brief Reflection on Mediterranean Urbanization

Operationalising place for land system science

Peri-urbanization in Sacaba, Bolivia: challenges to the traditional urban planning approach

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