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Social Cohesion and Resilience through Citizen Engagement
A Place-Based Approach
9781035317097 Edward Elgar Publishing
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This incisive book examines how citizens are increasingly taking it upon themselves to change their neighbourhoods and communities, becoming co-producers, makers and pioneers who actively participate in the design of urban spaces and spatial processes. Analysing the potentials and limitations of civic engagement, it discusses how such participation has led to greater cohesion of communities against changing environments.
This incisive book examines how citizens are increasingly taking it upon themselves to change their neighbourhoods and communities, becoming co-producers, makers and pioneers who actively participate in the design of urban spaces and spatial processes. Analysing the potentials and limitations of civic engagement, it discusses how such participation has led to greater cohesion of communities against changing environments.
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This incisive book examines how citizens are increasingly taking it upon themselves to change their neighbourhoods and communities, becoming co-producers, makers and pioneers who actively participate in the design of urban spaces and spatial processes. Analysing the potentials and limitations of civic engagement, it discusses how such participation has led to greater cohesion of communities against changing environments.
The book explores a diverse range of examples and case studies related to local practices in urban neighbourhoods and communities, reflecting the variability of civic initiatives in European cities and regions. Investigating critical topics such as cultural heritage, social or third places and tactical urbanism, chapters examine the relations between (temporary) civic engagement, social cohesion and resilience, urban change, urban planning and governance. As citizens’ actions and initiatives are becoming increasingly influential in cities and regions, it presents bottom-up and top-down approaches to better understand the spatial impacts and dimensions of civic engagement.
Social Cohesion and Resilience through Citizen Engagement will prove an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of urban policy, strategic spatial planning, town and country planning, urban and regional development and territorial governance. Its timely analysis of developments and planning strategies will also benefit policy makers interested in civic engagement and urban change.
The book explores a diverse range of examples and case studies related to local practices in urban neighbourhoods and communities, reflecting the variability of civic initiatives in European cities and regions. Investigating critical topics such as cultural heritage, social or third places and tactical urbanism, chapters examine the relations between (temporary) civic engagement, social cohesion and resilience, urban change, urban planning and governance. As citizens’ actions and initiatives are becoming increasingly influential in cities and regions, it presents bottom-up and top-down approaches to better understand the spatial impacts and dimensions of civic engagement.
Social Cohesion and Resilience through Citizen Engagement will prove an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of urban policy, strategic spatial planning, town and country planning, urban and regional development and territorial governance. Its timely analysis of developments and planning strategies will also benefit policy makers interested in civic engagement and urban change.
Critical Acclaim
‘In a very inspiring manner and through meticulously presented international case examples, the authors empower the role of citizens and their togetherness in deliberating and acting towards sustainable and resilient yet ever-changing spatial and socio-cultural components of places.’
– Saja Kosanović, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
– Saja Kosanović, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Contents
Contents
Preface xvii
PART I THEORETICAL-CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
1 Citizens activities and initiatives: civic engagement for
urban development 2
Falco Knaps, Jessica Baier and Stefan Lazarevski
2 Community resilience: transformative capacity as driver
for social cohesion and sustainable development 19
Frank Othengrafen, Michael Ziehl and Sylvia Herrmann
3 Civic engagement in the protection of historical heritage
and city landscape 34
Ledio Allkja and Doriana Musaj
PART II CULTURAL HERITAGE AS SOURCE AND
TARGET OF CITIZENS INITIATIVES
Introduction to part II: Cultural heritage as source and target of
citizens initiatives 52
Sylvia Herrmann
4 Uncertainty of urban landscapes on the threshold of urban
transformation and the positionality of citizens: the case of
Eskişehir Porsuk riverfront 55
Sıla Ceren Varış Husar, Merve Buldaç and Gizem Hediye Eren
5 Participation on a half-way basis? Evolution of public
participation in Slovakia. Case study: Trenčín si Ty
[Trenčín is You] initiative 75
Milan Husar, Vladimir Ondrejicka and Renata Kascakova
6 Public participation in planning: experiences from Athens, Greece 90
Miltiadis Lazoglou, Eleni Linaki, Evangelos
Asprogerakas, Konstantinos Serraos and Antonia Koutsopoulou
PART III CO-PRODUCING URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS
Introduction to part III: Co-producing urban neighbourhoods 101
Frank Othengrafen
7 An organizational approach to citizen engagement for
social cohesion: the gardening experience in an Italian
public housing neighborhood 104
Laura Saija, Giulia Li Destri Nicosia and Carla Barbanti
8 Co-producing urban neighborhoods: (non-)interaction
between citizens initiatives and municipalities in Germany 123
Jessica Baier, Falco Knaps and Sylvia Herrmann
9 Community engagement in urban regeneration: highlights
from the ‘Sê Bairrista’ project in Marvila (Lisbon) 139
Roberto Falanga, Mafalda Corrêa Nunes and Henrique Chaves
10 Citizens as urban pioneers: setting impulses for
community development in medium-sized towns in Germany 162
Eva Reinecke, Nicole Reiswich, David O’Neill and Frank Othengrafen
PART IV THE UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES AS
INTERPLAY OF CITIZENS INITIATIVES
AND URBAN PLANNING
Introduction to part IV: The utilization of public spaces as
interplay of citizens initiatives and urban planning 191
Stefan Lazarevski
11 Citizen engagement in urban green spaces: A role-based
analysis of supportive professional actors 194
Mirjam Kats, Lummina G. Horlings, Christian Lamker
and Ward Rauws
12 Tactical urbanism experiences in building public spaces:
lessons learned in Italy 211
Alessandro Cariello, Rossella Ferorelli and Francesco Rotondo
13 Our City, Our Scene: activating public spaces in urban
neighborhoods through grassroots initiatives in Skopje 229
Stefan Lazarevski and Divna Pencic
14 Examining the inclusive potential of tactical urbanism
projects: an analysis of two case studies from Germany
and Greece 246
Tabea Drexhage, Lina Ellinghusen, Aikaterini Nycha,
Celina Segsa and Evridiki Tsola
PART V CONCLUSIONS
15 Civic engagement and community-based initiatives as
driving force for social resilience: some comparative conclusions 262
Frank Othengrafen, Sylvia Herrmann and Stefan
Lazarevski
Preface xvii
PART I THEORETICAL-CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
1 Citizens activities and initiatives: civic engagement for
urban development 2
Falco Knaps, Jessica Baier and Stefan Lazarevski
2 Community resilience: transformative capacity as driver
for social cohesion and sustainable development 19
Frank Othengrafen, Michael Ziehl and Sylvia Herrmann
3 Civic engagement in the protection of historical heritage
and city landscape 34
Ledio Allkja and Doriana Musaj
PART II CULTURAL HERITAGE AS SOURCE AND
TARGET OF CITIZENS INITIATIVES
Introduction to part II: Cultural heritage as source and target of
citizens initiatives 52
Sylvia Herrmann
4 Uncertainty of urban landscapes on the threshold of urban
transformation and the positionality of citizens: the case of
Eskişehir Porsuk riverfront 55
Sıla Ceren Varış Husar, Merve Buldaç and Gizem Hediye Eren
5 Participation on a half-way basis? Evolution of public
participation in Slovakia. Case study: Trenčín si Ty
[Trenčín is You] initiative 75
Milan Husar, Vladimir Ondrejicka and Renata Kascakova
6 Public participation in planning: experiences from Athens, Greece 90
Miltiadis Lazoglou, Eleni Linaki, Evangelos
Asprogerakas, Konstantinos Serraos and Antonia Koutsopoulou
PART III CO-PRODUCING URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS
Introduction to part III: Co-producing urban neighbourhoods 101
Frank Othengrafen
7 An organizational approach to citizen engagement for
social cohesion: the gardening experience in an Italian
public housing neighborhood 104
Laura Saija, Giulia Li Destri Nicosia and Carla Barbanti
8 Co-producing urban neighborhoods: (non-)interaction
between citizens initiatives and municipalities in Germany 123
Jessica Baier, Falco Knaps and Sylvia Herrmann
9 Community engagement in urban regeneration: highlights
from the ‘Sê Bairrista’ project in Marvila (Lisbon) 139
Roberto Falanga, Mafalda Corrêa Nunes and Henrique Chaves
10 Citizens as urban pioneers: setting impulses for
community development in medium-sized towns in Germany 162
Eva Reinecke, Nicole Reiswich, David O’Neill and Frank Othengrafen
PART IV THE UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES AS
INTERPLAY OF CITIZENS INITIATIVES
AND URBAN PLANNING
Introduction to part IV: The utilization of public spaces as
interplay of citizens initiatives and urban planning 191
Stefan Lazarevski
11 Citizen engagement in urban green spaces: A role-based
analysis of supportive professional actors 194
Mirjam Kats, Lummina G. Horlings, Christian Lamker
and Ward Rauws
12 Tactical urbanism experiences in building public spaces:
lessons learned in Italy 211
Alessandro Cariello, Rossella Ferorelli and Francesco Rotondo
13 Our City, Our Scene: activating public spaces in urban
neighborhoods through grassroots initiatives in Skopje 229
Stefan Lazarevski and Divna Pencic
14 Examining the inclusive potential of tactical urbanism
projects: an analysis of two case studies from Germany
and Greece 246
Tabea Drexhage, Lina Ellinghusen, Aikaterini Nycha,
Celina Segsa and Evridiki Tsola
PART V CONCLUSIONS
15 Civic engagement and community-based initiatives as
driving force for social resilience: some comparative conclusions 262
Frank Othengrafen, Sylvia Herrmann and Stefan
Lazarevski
