Urban Development Practices as Anticipatory Action Learning: Case Arctic Smart City Living Laboratory

Hirvonen-Kantola, Sari; Ahokangas, Petri; Iivari, Marika; Heikkilä, Merja; Hentilä, Helka-Liisa

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(15)00185-9

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Similarly, a survey that was designed to determine the way cities acquire knowledge indicated that cities mostly learn by observing the solutions of other cities (Seymoar et al, 2009). Hirvonen-Kantola et al (2015) defined the life cycle of living laboratories based on a cyclical process of feedback and learning that involved two main dynamics. Exploration focused on access to new ideas while exploitation focused on the use of existing competences (March, 2006).…”

Section: Analyses Of Policy Learning In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities

Kılkış

2018

IJISD

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Policy learning between cities is a vital process to enable the diffusion of more sustainable practices. The Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index provides a composite indicator to benchmark city performance based on 7 dimensions and 35 main indicators. In this research work, the SDEWES Index is applied to 25 cities. Data are collected, normalised, and aggregated to obtain the results. Stockholm (3.29), Espoo (3.25) and Sevilla (2.98) are the top three cities. An average city in the sample receives an index score of 2.75. The paper further develops a benchmarking tool to trigger policy learning based on the index performance. Two typologies of policy learning are discussed to stimulate an exploratory process for catching-up or finding solutions to common needs. On the basis of the total of 56 cities to which the index is applied to date, a search algorithm is developed to match cities in which 10 common patterns are identified. The paper concludes with the prospect of using the SDEWES Index to stimulate innovation for more sustainable cities.

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Section: Analyses Of Policy Learning In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities

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2018

IJISD

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“…Canada in particular has undertaken a number of these types of planning projects and Canadian Arctic planning has been, and is, arguably the most advanced in the region and Canadian planners are also undertaking the idea of anticipatory planning. Anticipatory planning firstly assesses current strategies to planning, while simultaneously investigating the capacities for adaptation and change among stakeholders and communities (Hirvonen-Kantola, 2015). It is suggested that adaptation initiatives focussed on industry and town planning are underrepresented (Ford et al, 2014).…”

Section: Current Approaches To Urban Planning In the Arcticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart city в Арктике: обзор современных исследований и практик

Иванова¹

2021

Russian Journal of Innovation Economics

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Urbanization is not the most common concept associated with the Arctic. Nonetheless, climate change, growing industrial activity, and increased levels of accessibility all suggest that the region is likely to become more urbanized. As these significant changes, environmentally, socially and economically provide both opportunities and threats to the Arctic, there is a critical need to plan for and anticipate these changes to ensure that existing and developing Arctic cities are resilient to the future, both physically and as a social structure. Although Arctic cities exist as hubs of activity within the region, often acting as economic, governance and social centers, urban planners have yet to focus comprehensively on the region. Furthermore, the use of urban planning as a facilitator of urban resilience is a growing concept that is relatively new to the Arctic. Planning can be used to respond to and manage changes to the built environment, increasing the capacity of cities to absorb shocks and changes to the urban fabric. Urban planning as a form of resilience could become a key concept within the urbanization of the Arctic. This paper will take an analytical approach, firstly undertaking a brief investigation into the history of urban planning within the Arctic. In addition, case studies where urban planning has attempted to provide resilience will be discussed and finally the potential for urban planning to contribute to a resilient future in the Arctic in the future will be highlighted.

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“…Health parameters according to the WELL standard: -air; -water; -food; -lighting; -fitness; -comfort; -psyche. Specific requirements to the modern architecture of Arctic settlements are formulated, it is possible to propose a new composition of premises necessary for the life of the Arctic research module, perhaps even a tourist center [24].…”

Section: Current Requirements For Modern Architecture Of Living Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Updating the internal structure of living space for arctic conditions

Tokarev

2019

E3S Web Conf.

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The purpose of this study is to draw attention to the environmental problems of active development of the Arctic territories and to determine the specification of the necessary functional zones and conditions of comfortable living space for the harsh Arctic conditions. The study summarized the problems and threats of specially protected natural areas - the “Russian Arctic” national park. The aspects for modern town planning in extreme conditions of high latitudes are concretized during the process of analyzing historical examples of the formation of “Ideal cities”, conceptual projects of “Cities of the future”. The essential town planning and spatial-planning miscalculations of existing shift villages of the North of Russia are revealed. The requirements to modern Arctic architecture for comfortable living in the conditions of the Far North are grouped and defined. As a result of the study, the actual composition of the main, auxiliary and technical premises necessary for the life activity of the Arctic module of temporary residence of the XXI century is presented. The value of the results lies in the formation of the necessary requirements for designing of a comfortable living space in Arctic conditions and the real possibility of using principles of functional structuring for the creation of space-planning, ecologically balanced environment of stand-alone module of temporary residence on the specially protected territory of “Russian Arctic” national park.

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Urban Development Practices as Anticipatory Action Learning: Case Arctic Smart City Living Laboratory

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities

Smart city в Арктике: обзор современных исследований и практик

Updating the internal structure of living space for arctic conditions

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