Toward Urban Self-Sufficiency in the Galapagos Islands

Karakiewicz, Justyna

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99534-2_8

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“…Here, the future can be conceptualized as a set of broad values and characteristics toward which the system needs to steer. The steering happens through small-scale, contextual interventions, often articulated as innovation, that bring about large-scale societal changes (Batty and Torrens, 2005;Dan Hill, 2016;Pollastri et al, 2016;Batty et al, 2019;Karakiewicz, 2019). This echoes well with the conceptualization of the democratic and radical futures turn in urban planning as discussed earlier and has been often used in relation to each other.…”

Section: Urban Studies and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…The turn toward the sub-discipline of complexity in urban studies offers more novel frameworks for conceptualizing urban futures. Urban complexity scholars focus less on the final future and more on the societal capacity needed to change and adaptfutures as processes and pathways (Karakiewicz, 2019). The roots of this lie in the far-from-equilibrium nature of complex systems (Batty, 2008).…”

Section: Urban Studies and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems

Basu

Bale

2023

Front. Clim.

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In order to address the climate crisis and provide citizens with clean, secure and affordable energy, urban energy systems need to transition. This is significant as urban energy systems are increasingly seen as complex systems for their close interactions with local urban society, while being interdependent with higher levels of governance. Decisions taken today will continue to influence the inhabitants of our cities for well over 50 years, locking in energy consumption patterns of the future. How, then, do we make decisions on the interventions needed to bring about a desirable future, and prepare for the probable and possible futures? In this paper, we consider the key characteristics of urban energy systems from a complexity science perspective in order to explore what methodologies in futures and foresight scholarship could be beneficial in supporting urban energy decision-making. To do this we have undertaken an integrative review—a method that allows review, synthesis, critique, and analysis of new and emerging topics across multiple disciplines and multiple literature types—and consider the findings in light of their usefulness in understanding complex systems, which are inherently uncertain. We consider how futures and foresight theories and methods can be applied in urban and energy studies, highlighting examples of where around the world these have been applied by organizations seeking to shape transitions. The many methods and approaches that exist under the futures' umbrella have not been applied to anywhere near their full potential in urban energy studies, despite the limitations of many of the planning and modeling exercises currently used. We use key learnings from existing futures and foresight scholarship, along with our understanding of urban energy systems as complex adaptive systems, to propose a theoretical and practical framework for exploring their futures. The framework encompasses concepts of futures, contextualization, mapping uncertainty, participatory processes, and futures governance. Although there is much further research work needed to test and operationalize this framework in an applied way with city stakeholders, we hope this charts a way forward in addressing the critical challenges faced by urban energy planners and their partners.

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Section: Urban Studies and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Urban Studies and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems

Basu

Bale

2023

Front. Clim.

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“…Migration has also been driven by subsidies available for Galapagos residents, including for energy, airfares and shipping, which has aided in raising the standard of living above that of the mainland (Espin et al, 2019). Although the poverty rates are lower in Galapagos than the average across Ecuador, 11% of the population is estimated to be living in extreme poverty (defined as lacking two or more basic needs) and a further 40% are estimated to be living in poverty (lacking one basic need), as measured using the Unsatisfied Basic Needs Index (Karakiewicz, 2019).…”

Section: Galapagos Case Study Economic and Livelihoods Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Walsh et al (2019) suggested that if local communities are able to take control of the business opportunities that the tourism boom represents, this could provide an impetus for a transition to more satisfying livelihoods for a greater proportion of residents, with lower environmental impacts. Karakiewicz (2019) argues that local residents could reduce their dependence on imports and build a path toward self-sufficiency if they can identify opportunities that are specific to the local context and create their own specific knowledge around potential solutions. In this sense, economic development and conservation goals might be brought into a better balance through a transition to nature-based, local knowledge-and skills-based, tourism.…”

Section: Galapagos Case Study Economic and Livelihoods Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Building on the above findings, the novel synergies outlined in section Intersecting Frameworks, arising from the intersection of ACM and WEF nexus approaches to resource management, may have the capacity to support skills diversification and sustainable livelihoods in Galapagos. This may be achieved through placing the different sources of knowledge existing in the islands on a level platform, and providing an explicit space for deliberation and scenario testing, allowing Galapagueños themselves to determine their future trajectory (Karakiewicz, 2019).…”

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Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges for Integrated Resource Co-management and Sustainable Development in Galapagos

Ferrari

Bain

Narváez

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The Galapagos archipelago represents an insular system with finite natural resources, a growing population, and an economy heavily weighted on tourism that leaves it vulnerable to shocks, such as the Covid-19 crisis. This work proposes an alternative scenario developed through creating intersections between water-energy-food (WEF) nexus and adaptive co-management (ACM) approaches to resource management. This framework allows the identification of novel synergies that are applied to the analysis of Galapagos as case study. Within this approach, qualitative analysis is applied to data collected via a set of interviews with local stakeholders (including community, business, third sector, and government actors) to evaluate (i) how a deeper understanding of community perceptions and needs can help to identify pathways toward more sustainable development in line with conservation goals, (ii) what governance frameworks should be implemented to promote community-based resource management and resilience, and (iii) what role education and capacitation can play in supporting alternative forms of economic activity. The research suggests that the implementation of an integrated WEF-ACM framework for resource management in Galapagos could promote resilience by opening a space for deliberation and conflict resolution between legitimate stakeholders, thus supporting more effective and balanced participative governance. The current Covid-19 crisis has led to the emergence of alternative forms of community collaboration that demonstrate the potential for a more economically diverse and more sustainable future. By placing different sources of knowledge on a level platform in such a framework, greater community ownership of resource management and conservation goals could be achieved. The incorporation of an ACM approach within the management of WEF resources would also allow Galapagueños to determine their own vision of a future sustainable socio-ecosystem, based on optimising system outcomes by co-identifying the trade-offs and synergies between the interrelated resource sectors, but requires a transformation in institutional culture.

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Toward Urban Self-Sufficiency in the Galapagos Islands

Cited by 2 publications

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A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems

A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems

Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges for Integrated Resource Co-management and Sustainable Development in Galapagos

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