Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study

Adelfio, Marco; Aguiar, Ulises Navarro; Fertner, Christian; Brandao, Emilio Da Cruz

doi:10.1080/13563475.2021.1979943

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“…Furthermore, as recently argued by e.g. Kjaerås (2020) and Adelfio et al (2021) the narratives of compact city planning are often delocalised to portray generic models or solutions for urban planning practice. What this thesis has brought is a situated account of the interactions between outdoor recreation, planning legacies and contemporary planning.…”

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confidence: 99%

Planning for an urban recreational landscape : tracing geographies of outdoor recreation in the compact city

Engström

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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Outdoor recreational activities, at recreational facilities, in nature and urban green areas, are proven to benefit both the mental and physical health of urban residents. However, in the contemporary urban planning paradigm, where compact cities are forefront, planning for outdoor recreational amenities is increasingly in conflict with such compact ideals. In a Swedish context, a historical perspective on the question of outdoor recreation in the urban sphere discloses a rich legacy of past welfare recreational planning resting on the notion of enabling sports for all. In this thesis, I aim to offer an interpretation, and to deepen the understanding of, the interactions and tensions between outdoor recreation, compact city models and lingering planning legacies of past recreational planning. I do this in order to scrutinise the conditions for outdoor recreation within the compact city. The thesis adopts a material-semiotic approach and leans on assemblage theory, science and technology scholars working on the ordering effects of planning and previous studies on materialised discourses in the landscape. Findings of the thesis indicate an increasing fragmentation of outdoor recreation. This fragmentation leads to multiple definitions of the issue and a fragmented geography for outdoor recreation. These intertwined fragmentations, the thesis argues, support the rationales of the compact city, while marginalising outdoor recreational geographies. Based on the findings, the thesis concludes a need of reassembling landscapes for outdoor recreation and suggests that a historical perspective offers a fruitful way to do so.

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Planning for an urban recreational landscape : tracing geographies of outdoor recreation in the compact city

Engström

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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“…Pathway cities are revolving around those positioned at the top of the global hierarchy of urbanity, illustrating the developmental pathway for other cities to follow. New York, London and Tokyo became archetypes for their global status (Sassen, 1991), but also less central cities like Copenhagen (Adelfio et al, 2022) are acknowledged for the 'pathway' they present for good urbanity. Third is cities as a policy description, which presents a model for a policy strategy that can urge an urban transformation.…”

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Mapping policy pathways: Urban referencing networks in public art policies

Keidar,

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2023

Urban Studies

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This article examines the dynamics of inter-referencing between cities and develops the concept of the ‘Urban Referencing Network’ as a representation of the references made by cities to one another in policy documents. The study employs public art policies, specifically the Percent for Art policy, to investigate the structure of inter-referencing within the urban referencing network. Using a corpus of policy documents from 26 Anglophone cities with over one million residents, we analyse 150 documents containing 2178 inter-references. Combining network measurements and regressions, we explore the emergence of central nodes and the mechanisms influencing their formation. The broader field of arts and cultural policies, with its extensive inter-urban connections and professional networks, provides fertile ground for studying urban referencing networks. By integrating literature on policy mobility and urban networks, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the circulation of urban ideas and the interplay between cities in policy-making processes. The results demonstrate that only a few cities, including New York, Chicago, London, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Montreal, emerge as central nodes, attracting the other cities’ attention. Attributes of the referenced cities, like economic importance, iconicity and early adoption, determine to a great extent who are the most central nodes.

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“…The urban norm, heavily influenced by new urbanist ideals, draws on the aesthetic features of an (often European) "traditional city". These ideals aim to contribute to a sense of community and social change (McCann and Ward 2010;Sharifi 2016) with density and compactness used as key features of a good plan (Adelfio et al 2021;McFarlane 2015). This 'ideal type' of a traditional city reduces urban complexity to a function of physical attributes and systems, separating the city from nature or the non-urban environment (Wachsmuth 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is currently a drive towardscompact cities, proposed as a way to enhance social life and improve conditions for sustainable development (Adelfio et al 2021). Transit-oriented development (TOD) is one of the planning models brought forward for inspiring planners worldwide in developing the compact city (Bertolini 2017).…”

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Situating the silence of recreation in transit-oriented development

Engström

Qviström

2022

International Planning Studies

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a prominent planning model that connects sustainable mobilities with land use. While this interface is crucial for sustainable development, it also requires, we argue, that all typesof mobilities are considered. Therefore, this paper scrutinises how recreation and its mobilities have been studied within academic TOD literature. The review reveals a small number of studies of recreation, and by paying attention to their diverse geographical settings the scattered knowledge becomes even more apparent. Thereafter, to illustrate the consequences and situate our reading, we offer a placebased critique of the TOD planning in a Swedish city. The case captures how policies silence local resourcesfor recreation, not least by misinterpreting the modernist planning legacy. Finally, we argue that integrating recreation in the TOD model is as important as it is challenging: it requires a reconsideration of the urban ideal that TOD relies upon.

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Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study

Cited by 4 publications

References 68 publications

Planning for an urban recreational landscape : tracing geographies of outdoor recreation in the compact city

Planning for an urban recreational landscape : tracing geographies of outdoor recreation in the compact city

Mapping policy pathways: Urban referencing networks in public art policies

Situating the silence of recreation in transit-oriented development

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