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A blueprint for urban transformation programs
How do you design these - often large scale - urban transformation programs?
Challenge
Cities need to address tough challenges like climate adaptation. In cities people, economic activities and all types of energy, material and data flows come together in a growing, dense mixture. This gives rise to large ecological, economic, social and spatial challenges. But exactly because all these challenges and interests come together in one physical place, opportunities for integral solutions surface. But how do you design these - often large scale - urban transformation programs?
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How
In the EU LIFE project ‘Urban Adapt’, the City of Rotterdam embarked on a number of design processes together with other stakeholders. These range from repurposing unused quays to novel underground drainage infrastructure to water retention in parks with smart barrels. We’ve interviewed stakeholders. The in-depth comparison of the lessons, phases, principles and key roles results in the generic approach, or blueprint, for urban adaptation design measures.
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Realize
These processes cannot be forced from city hall. Instead they require a different, more flexible, approach.
An entrepreneurial type of governance in which the government plays an active, goal setting role in such a way that broader coalitions of city makers are created. Such an approach requires experimentation, learning and spreading the learnings and relies on good examples.
Rotterdam and other cities can use the blueprint to make their cities climate proof. Given the focus on the process instead of the technical measures, these insights may also proof useful for other urban challenges.
You can find the blueprint here.
Partners: Mattijs Taanman, Hannah Meijer, Studio Spass
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