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AbstractHow is the notion of 'culture' understood and used in planning the transformation of obsolete industrial space? This article analyses the evidence from a current planning project in Suvilahti, Helsinki. It shows that 'culture' is imagined and employed as an instrument capable of producing difference in urban space. The transformation of the Cable Factory in Helsinki and the subsequent consensus on the importance of 'culture' are shown to have influenced the planning of Suvilahti. On the one hand, planning is being carried out with a deliberate minimization of planning interventions and the promotion of the spontaneous, non‐planned practices of cultural producers: the future Suvilahti is imagined as a 'cultural enclave' and its community is characterized as a 'living organism'. On the other, 'culture' is planned in terms of its supposedly positive effects on urban space. Planners do not want to interfere with the non‐planned character of 'cultural production', yet at the same time they express certainty about cultural production's positive spatial and socioeconomic effects. The transformation of Suvilahti is playing an important part in the large‐scale planning project to redevelop the old industrial harbour in Kalasatama, Helsinki. The changes in the nature of planning are analysed under the concept of cultural governmentality.

Shipping canals have supported maritime traffic and port development for many centuries. Radical transformations of these shipping landscapes through land reclamation, diking, and canalization were celebrated as Herculean works of progress and modernity. Today, shipping canals are the sites of increasing tension between economic growth and associated infrastructural interventions focused on the quality, sustainability, and resilience of natural systems and spatial settlement patterns. Shifting approaches to land/water relations must now be understood in longer political histories in which pre-existing alliances influence changes in infrastructure planning. On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the New Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg), the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus universities PortCityFutures Center hosted an international symposium in October 2022 to explore the past, present, and future of this channel that links Rotterdam to the North Sea. Symposium participants addressed issues of shipping, dredging, and planning within in the Dutch delta, and linked them to contemporary debates on the environmental, spatial, and societal conditions of shipping canals internationally. The thematic issue builds on symposium conversations, and highlights the importance of spatial, economic, and political linkages in port and urban development. These spatial approaches contribute to more dynamic, responsive strategies for shipping canals through water management and planning.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: Knowledge and Craft of Urban Agendas -- 1 Urban Agendas as Planning Efforts Infused with Politics -- 2 Between Low and High Politics -- 3 Definitions and Scopes for Urban Agendas -- 4 A Changing Geography -- 5 What's Urban in National Urban Agendas? -- 6 Reframing Cities Within National Urban Agendas -- References -- Part I: The "Old" Geography: Between Continuity and Change -- Chapter 2: Urban Policies in France: Stronger Metropolises and Steering State -- 1 Introduction -- 2 1945-1980: The State as the Major Actor of Urban Planning and Regional Development -- 2.1 Urban Planning Policies: The Central State as the Orchestrator of Reconstruction and Urbanization -- 2.2 Regional Development Policies: Strengthening Regional Main Cities to Counterbalance the Economic Dominance of Paris -- 2.3 Urban Constituent Policies: The Timid Creation of Intermunicipal Cooperation Bodies -- 3 1980-2000: Decentralization Reforms and the Rise of Cities -- 3.1 Urban Planning Policies: The Invention of the "Politique de la Ville" -- 3.2 Regional Development Policies: From State-Led Projects to the Endogenous Development of Cities and Regions -- 3.3 Urban Constituent Policies: The Decentralization Reforms and Their Urban Blind Spot -- 4 2000-2022: Strategic State and Emancipated Metropolises -- 4.1 Urban Planning Policies: Place-Selling Policies and Urban Renewal -- 4.2 Regional Development Policies: The Affirmation of Metropolitan Regions and Interterritorial Competition by the State … and Their Political Backlash -- 4.3 Urban Constituent Policies: Metropolises Complete Their Affirmation Despite Signs of Recentralization -- 5 Conclusion -- References.

Urban studies have long been predominantly flat without a vertical dimension. This horizontal hegemony is partly embedded in the fact that many cities throughout the world, especially the centres of knowledge production, are plain cities. This article argues that even narrowing down urban verticality to high-rise buildings is still a product of horizontal hegemony. This article uses the city of Chongqing in China's mountainous southwest as an example, to extend the understanding of urban verticality beyond high-rise buildings. By investigating three vertical urban projects, namely, the Raffles City, Hongyadong, and the Mountain City Footpath system, the article reveals how vertical terrain, as a vertical element, shapes Chongqing's urban planning, urban governance strategy, and people's experience in the city. As a counter experience to horizontal urbanism, verticality both constitutes part of local people's ordinary living experience and a spectacular experience for outsiders, which has been mobilised by the local government for place-making and city branding.

The sbe22 berlin D-A-CH conference as part of the SBE conference series campaign 2021-2023 will be hosted by the Natural Building Lab of TU Berlin in cooperation with KIT Karlsruhe, ETH Zürich and TU Graz. Based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, participants at the hybrid conference in autumn 2022 will discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by current transformation projects and processes at local and regional levels. As part of the SBE network, researchers will have the chance to make links between local approaches and wider regional, continental and global trends. The conference will provide a designoriented, architectural and urban planning entry point to a broad inter- and transdisciplinary debate on the following themes: resource management and material flows, climate neutral buildings, post-fossil infrastructures, critical digitalisation and socio-political frames for transitions. These themes represent key solution fields to address sustainability challenges within the planning, construction and real estate sector

Napor na uključenju načela održivosti u osnove prostornog planiranja u današnjem postsocijalističkom svijetu traži nove odnose između ustaljenih i suvremenih sudionika. Pojedini interesenti uključeni u razvoj, upravljanje i politiku djeluju na ishod regionalnih i urbanih sustava u Hrvatskoj ponekad bez obraćanja pozornosti na održivost. Njihovo djelovanje pokazuje nedostatak svijesti i negativan odnos prema održivosti u planerskoj praksi gdje je glavni cilj unaprijediti kakvoću života sadašnjih i budućih naraštaja. Bez dobrih ideja o nosivim kapacitetima i održivosti, neki od ovih sudionika zanemaruju planerska znanja i ekspertizu (CAVRIĆ, NEDOVIĆ – BUDIĆ, 2007.). Vještinama i znanjima planeri ih savjetuju, međutim, glavna pokretačka sila još je uvijek politički utjecaj. Takvi predlagači uspijevaju zaštititi svoje osobne probitke glede prostora i zemljišta nauštrb javnosti i običnih građana, podržavajući sustav izrade "preslikanih" planerskih izvješća, pogodujući tek daljem urbanom širenju i nenadziranoj izgradnji. Na žalost, poradi dužega vremenskog društvenog ignoriranja i jake sveze lobija investitora, arhitekata i građevinara, različite međunarodne planerske ideje s "održivošću na umu" još ne utječu na hrvatsku teoriju i praksu planiranja. Neke su od njih jednostavno neprihvaćane, netočno tumačene ili odbacivane zahvaljujući krutoj zakonskoj regulativi, nepostojanju formalnog školovanja planera i povlaštenom položaju tek jednog tipa ovlaštenih planera tj. arhitekata . Osjetljivost za alternativna razvojna rješenja, sudjelovanje javnosti, novine u ponašanju, organizaciji i tehnologijama, raznovrsnost pomagala za provedbu u planerskoj "kutiji s alatima", kao i različite vrste planerskih poslova u usmjeravanju održivih promjena, tek treba prepoznati u zemlji koja je u procesu pristupanja EU. Unatoč tomu, ovaj rad teži sumirati održivost i njezine sastavnice kao nove postavke, u kojima je glavna misao vodilja novoga globalnog pristupa planiranju, objavljena od Centra za ljudska naselja Ujedinjenih Naroda (UNCHS) kako slijedi: "Novo planiranje je manje kodirano i tehničko, više inovativno i poduzetničko. Ono je više sudioničko i usmjerenije projektima nego cjelovitim prostornim sustavima. Plansku ekspertizu sve češće ne zahtijeva samo država već i dioničarski i javni dijelovi građanskog društva. Prijeporno nije planiranje samo po sebi, nego njegov cilj: da li ga voditi uglavnom učinkovitošću, jačajući postojeću razdiobu bogatstva i moći, ili bi trebalo odigrati distribucijsku ulogu da može pomoći pri stvaranju minimalnih standarda urbanog življenja" (Hague, 2001.). ; Effort to incorporate sustainability aspects into the spatial planning agenda requires new relationships between conventional and new players in today's post-socialist world. Some stakeholders engaged in development, management and governance are sometimes tailoring the destiny of regional and urban systems in Croatia without sustainability concerns. Their activities show the lack of awareness and negative attitude towards sustainable planning practices where the major goal is to improve the quality of life of current and future generations. Without sound ideas about carrying capacities and sustainability, some of these actors have ignored the planning knowledge and expertise (CAVRIĆ, NEDOVIĆ – BUDIĆ, 2007). Planners advise upon them with their professional skill and knowledge but the driving force is still political power. These proponents have managed to safeguard their own spatial and land interests on the expense of the public and ordinary citizens, by maintaining the system of "copy-paste" planning blue prints, suitable for supporting emerging urban sprawl and uncontrolled construction activities. Unfortunately, due to the long-term social ignorance and strong alliance of developer's lobbies, architects and constructors, various international planning ideas with "sustainability in mind" have not affected Croatian planning theory and practice, yet. Some of them are petrified, misinterpreted or simply abolished owing to obstinate legislation, the non-existence of formal planning education, and the privileged position of only one brand of chartered planners (e.g. architects) . Alternative development solutions, such as public participation, behavioral, organizational and technological advances, diversity of implementing instruments in the planner's "toolkit", and the planner's numerous tasks in guiding sustainable change, are still to be recognized in this EU accession country. Notwithstanding, this paper aims to summaries sustainability and its derivates as the new paradigms, in which the guiding leitmotif of the new global agenda for planning is spelled out by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (2001b) as follows: "The new planning is less coded and technical, more innovative and entrepreneurial. It is more participatory and concerned with projects rather than whole spatial systems. Planning expertise is increasingly sought not only by the state, but also by the corporate sector and civil society. What is controversial is not planning per se, but its goal: whether it should be directed chiefly at efficiency, reinforcing the current distribution of wealth and power, or whether it should play a distributive role to help create minimum standards of urban liveability" (Hague, 2001).

Planning healthier cities is essential for public health. However, there is a gap between the insights from public health research and applications to planning practice. Based on a scoping review and in cooperation with urban planners and public health professionals, this study developed evidence-based tools and a comprehensive approach to help urban planners integrate health into the urban master plan (2017-2020) of a medium-sized city named Vic (Barcelona). The scoping review included a systematic review of the literature (PubMed, PRISMA protocol) and an advanced Google search for gray literature (2015–2017). The systematic review identified significant associations between urban planning attributes (n = 16) and health outcomes (n = 21). After critical appraisal with stakeholders, an urban and health association matrix was developed to help urban planners understand the connection between urban planning and health. The advanced Google search identified urban planning actions (n = 117) that had an impact on health outcomes. After critical appraisal with stakeholders, a healthy urban planning actions checklist (n = 68) was developed to help urban planners' decision-making on the inclusion of locally tailored health-enhancing urban planning actions into the urban master plan. From the reviewed evidence and tools, a comprehensive approach delineated a series of steps that successfully led urban planners to incorporate health-enhancing urban actions (n = 112) into the urban master plan. This translational research developed a comprehensive approach to include health in local urban planning. This might scale up to other European medium-sized cities to maximise the effectiveness of built environment interventions and monitor their health impact.

<p class="Default">O tema "cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis" que está no topo da agenda pública de debates sobre planejamento urbano condensa uma multiplicidade de sentidos e que tangencia as atuais fronteiras, partindo do horizonte reflexivo da área. Busca-se avançar em direção à construção dos conceitos relacionados ao tema de forma a contribuir para o fornecimento de subsídios para o avanço teórico da área de planejamento urbano e regional no Brasil. O texto será dividido em duas partes. A primeira discorrerá sobre os desafios conceituais do tema, tentando identificar as vozes e os discursos por trás da ideia de "cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis". Este primeiro item tentará responder à pergunta: é possível, hoje, extrair uma unidade conceitual mínima em torno dessa ideia? Qual?</p><p class="Default"><span><br /></span></p><p>The theme of "smart and sustainable cities" at the top of the public agenda of debates on urban planning condenses a multiplicity of meanings and that touches current boundaries, starting from the reflective horizon of the area. It seeks to advance towards the construction of concepts related to the theme in order to contribute to the provision of subsidies for the theoretical advancement of urban and regional planning in Brazil. The text will be divided into two parts. The first will discuss the conceptual challenges of the theme, trying to identify the voices and discourses behind the idea of "smart and sustainable cities". This first item will attempt to answer the question: is it possible today to extract a minimal conceptual unity around this idea? What?</p><p class="Default"><span><br /></span></p>

The ways in which the LEADER programme has been implemented in Poland Since Poland joined the EU, the LEADER programme has been integrated into the system of rural planning: in the National Development Plan for Rural Areas from 2004 to 2006, and in the National Strategic Reference Framework from 2007 to 2013. In this Framework, the transverse objective no. 6 concerns the development of the countryside. It is conceived of as an attempt to bring about equal chances of development and to help achieve structural changes in the rural areas. The Programme for Territorial Development is an instrument for implementing it, as are other initiatives in the field of regional policy which are part of the National Development Plan for Rural Areas and are financed by the structural funds. The implementation procedure for LEADER (2007-2013) is monitored by the local governments of the voivodeships (the Marshals' Offices). LEADER is thus linked to the system of regional planning, administered at the level of the voivodeships. ; Dès l'entrée de la Pologne dans l'UE, le Programme LEADER s'est inscrit dans le système de la planification rurale : dans le Plan national du Développement des territoires ruraux, de 2004 à 2006, dans le Cadre national stratégique de référence, de 2007 à 2013. Dans ce dernier cadre, l'objectif transversal n° 6 concerne le développement de la campagne. Il est conçu comme une recherche d'égalisation des chances de développement et comme une aide aux changements structuraux des territoires ruraux. Le Programme pour le Développement des Territoires ruraux est un instrument de sa réalisation, de même que d'autres actions du domaine de la politique régionale qui font partie du Plan national du Développement des territoires ruraux et qui sont financées par les fonds structurels. La procédure de mise en œuvre de LEADER (2007-2013) est suivie par l'autogestion des voïvodies (les Offices des Maréchaux). Ainsi, LEADER est lié au système de planification régionale, géré au niveau des voïvodies.

National audience ; This paper draws up a report about Nature preservation measures in Hungary and their effect on the development of post-socialist rural areas. The various status existing in the matter of Nature preservation, the public structures which have been set up to manage protected areas as well as their integration into local development dynamics are successively analysed. Meanwhile, it is demonstrated here that Hungarian "National Park Directorates" present a very specific mode of organization; this could allow them to play a leading role in coordinating local development initiatives dealing with environmental resources in rural areas, if not in helping in the redistribution of European funds targeted on the same subject. Directorates are indeed (a) public partners at the national level, since they represent the Ministry for environment and water management; (b) contributors in the councils for regional planning, since they stand for landscape planning on a whole regional territory; (c) active landowners, since they provide farm rent contracts at the local level and sometimes initiate programms for bio-farming, nature tourism or patrimonial enhancement. Latencies however remain from the socialist era as well as a passive resistance from inhabitants, which prevent this original "complex action system" from being fully active. ; Cet article constitue un rapport sur les mesures de protection de la nature en Hongrie et leur rôle dans le développement des campagnes post-socialistes. Sont analysés successivement les différents statuts de protection de la nature, les structures publiques mises en place pour gérer les zones protégées et l'intégration de ces structures dans les dynamiques de développement local. Il s'agit notamment de démontrer que les « Directions des parcs nationaux », en raison d'une organisation spécifique à la Hongrie, peuvent jouer un rôle central dans la coordination des initiatives de développement local autour de la ressource environnementale en milieu rural, voire dans la ...

The South African HIV National Strategic Plan (NSP) aims to provide access to appropriate treatment, care and support to 80% of the HIV-infected population by 2011. By mid-2008, highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) was being dispensed to about half the HIV-infected population in need. Reaching the NSP targets will require full mobilisation of all of South Africa's health facilities. While the NSP has broad political and programmatic support from the Department of Health and civil society, and managers are able to recite the national targets, it has been difficult for these managers to relate the targets to their own geographical areas of responsibility. National, regional and district targets for HIV care have been set from South Africa's relatively good census, modelling and epidemiological data. However, few practical tools are available to help clinicians and managers understand their facility's actual contribution to the district regional and national NSP targets for each step of the HIV care pathway (HIV testing, CD4 testing, HAART referral and initiation). The calculation of HAART initiation targets is complicated by the anticipated additional demand for treatment that will be generated by a change in the recommended CD4-count threshold for initiation of treatment.4 Accordingly, we provide a data-based tool that is readily available, and that district and facility managers can use to calculate their annual steady-state HIV testing, CD4 testing and HAART initiation requirements. These calculated values can be used for local and regional planning and to assess and improve current performance at facility level.

Resilience has become a fundamental paradigm for communities to deal with disaster planning. Formal methods are used to prioritise and decide about investments for resilience. Strategies and behaviour need to be developed that cannot be based on formal modelling only because the human element needs to be incorporated to build community resilience. Participatory modelling and gaming are methodological approaches that are based on realistic data and address human behaviour. These approaches enable stakeholders to develop, adjust, and learn from interactive models and use this experience to inform their decision-making. In our contribution, we explore which physical and digital elements from serious games can be used to design a participatory approach in community engagement and decision-making. Our ongoing research aims to bring multiple stakeholders together to understand, model, and decide on the trade-offs and tensions between social and infrastructure investments toward community resilience building. Initial observations allow us as researchers to systematically document the benefits and pitfalls of a game-based approach. We will continue to develop a participatory modelling exercise for resilience planning with university graduate students and resilience experts within academia in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The present work deals with the regulation of the coast in our country, specifically in the Autonomous Communities of Andalucía and Principado de Asturias. It is intended to make a comparison between two forms of ordering and protecting the coast, opposited geographically but very similar in their aims and objectives. Starting from the historical background and the legislative framework in which they are developed, both european and state, the different proposals that one and another regional government have carried out for the management of coastal zones are analyzed throughout the text ; El presente trabajo aborda la regulación del litoral en nuestro país, concretamente en las Comunidades Autónomas de Andalucía y Principado de Asturias. Se pretende hacer una comparación entre dos formas de ordenar y proteger el litoral opuestas geográficamente pero muy similares en sus fines y objetivos. Comenzando por los antecedentes históricos y el marco legislativo en el que se desarrollan, tanto a nivel europeo como estatal, se analizan a lo largo del texto las diferentes propuestas que uno y otro gobierno autonómico han llevado a cabo para la gestión de las zonas costeras