Theorising the urban commons: New thoughts, tensions and paths forward

Huron, Amanda

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“…The typologies of space for the informal tourism economy are evident in the implementation of inclusive urban policies related to the informal economy. Further, norms among the informal actors have implications for the characteristics of urban public spaces as part of urban commons (Foster and Iaione, 2015;Garnett, 2012;Huron, 2017;O'Brien, 2012).…”

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Space for the informal tourism economy

Damayanti

Scott

Ruhanen

2018

The Service Industries Journal

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In developing countries, many informal economy service providers obtain their livelihoods from tourism, and occupy and share public spaces to do so. As such, these actors must develop 'rules in use' that allow them to work alongside other providers, both formal and informal, in these shared spaces. These actors engage in coopetition, a mix of cooperation and competition, with each other. This paper provides a case study of informal sector service providers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to examine how these actors access resources and interact. Snowball sampling was adopted to identify actors and 47 in-depth interviews with pedicab drivers and street vendors were conducted and supplemented with naturalistic observation. Results indicate the public spaces occupied by the informal sector may be classified as common pool resources, collective goods, or semi-private goods. Further, the interaction among the actors in these public spaces is based on the types of, and capacity in, providing goods and services, and trust generated from the actors' interactions. This research identified the formal and informal 'rules in use' that govern the behaviors of the actors related to the use of spaces.Suggestions for how informal economy actors can manage such spaces to enhance their livelihoods are provided.

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Space for the informal tourism economy

Damayanti

Scott

Ruhanen

2018

The Service Industries Journal

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“…However, this does not exclude them from being able to act as third places, remembering that many of Oldenburg's examples are privately owned establishments, such as coffee shops and public bars that conform to government regulations and have the right to exclude certain patronage (dress code, unruly behaviour, etc). Community gardens can be described as urban commons and the theory debates exclusionary practices versus unrestricted access by the public in relation to encouraging diversity of nature and people (Huron, 2017;Rogge & Theesfeld, 2018).…”

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Community gardens as third places

Dolley

2020

Geographical Research

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Community gardens play an important role in building urban resilience through improving food security and by increasing neighbourhood social capital. As community gardens become more popular in many countries, understanding what motivates people to join them and stay involved is, therefore, worth researching. This paper explores the key motivations of community gardeners using data from interviews conducted with people involved in a range of community gardens on the east coast of Australia (including Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney) as well as two locations in Denmark (Copenhagen and Odense). Our analysis synthesised three main categories of motivation which are broadly described as "individual", "community" and "gardening". Individual motivations included: a retirement activity; educating one's own children about growing and eating good food; access to organic produce; alternative to supermarket food; and personal learning, enjoyment and satisfaction. Community motivations included: civic action; a way to meet people when new to the neighbourhood; growing food for charities; teaching children to interact with the community; and community-based social activity. Gardening motivations included: being outdoors; enjoying nature; access to earth; and growing food plants. While community gardening is often cited as a sustainable activity, the environment only emerged once as a key focus in relation to organic food production. Interestingly, there was still evidence of sustainable practices such as community composting and pesticide-free growing across all sites. The range of motivations show that the gardens go some way towards improving the quality of life in urban environments through providing intergenerational social interactions which are enjoyable, increasing local social capital and inadvertently improving local food security and sustainability.

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“…In his well‐known Garden Cities of To‐Morrow , Howard showed that the intrinsic worth of city space does not necessarily belong to soil or “bricks and mortar,” but is generated from the density of people and activities that unfolds within. Howard consequently speculated how urban inhabitants could regain the value that they themselves had created, rather than letting it flow to those who exclusively and formally owned property, a process which he assessed in terms of “unearned increment.” Such insight, namely, that “the wealth generated through the city belongs by right to those who make up the city” (Huron : 1064) later resulted in, for example, the garden cities movement as well as in Hardt and Negri's () commons dictum Commonwealth .…”

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“…Howard consequently speculated how urban inhabitants could regain the value that they themselves had created, rather than letting it flow to those who exclusively and formally owned property, a process which he assessed in terms of "unearned increment." Such insight, namely, that "the wealth generated through the city belongs by right to those who make up the city" (Huron 2017(Huron : 1064 later resulted in, for example, the garden cities movement as well as in Hardt and Negri's (2009)…”

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DIY Urbanism and the Lens of the Commons: Observations from Spain

Volont

2019

City & Community

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A growing body of literature has been explicitly concerned with a range of microspatial practices that are currently reshaping urban spaces under the valuable denominator of “DIY urbanism.” However, there is still much work to be done if we are to take into consideration DIY urbanism's primary source and output: the commons. As such, Spanish DIY collectives have taken an explicit interest in building and reclaiming the urban commonwealth through participatory DIY interventionism. Therefore, this article assesses Spanish DIY urbanism through the lens of the commons and asks how the vocabulary of the latter might help us to further understand the DIY practice. In so doing, DIY urbanism will be put forward as “a field of possibilities” through three key features that inform commons theorizing: threshold spatiality, value, and legitimacy.

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Theorising the urban commons: New thoughts, tensions and paths forward

Cited by 43 publications

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Space for the informal tourism economy

Space for the informal tourism economy

Community gardens as third places

DIY Urbanism and the Lens of the Commons: Observations from Spain

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