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- Chapman, David, 1972-, et al.
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Climatic barriers to soft-mobility in winter : Lulea, Sweden as case study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Sustainable cities and society. - : Elsevier. - 2210-6707. ; 35, s. 574-580
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Urban form can moderate the effects of weather on human movement. As such, the interrelationship between built environment, weather and human movement is a critical component of urban design. This paper explores the impacts of weather on non-motorised human movement (soft-mobility). Throughout we look at soft-mobility from the citizen’s perspective and highlight the barriers to soft-mobility in winter.The aim of this study was to test the traditional pallet of winter city urban design considerations. Those of solar-access, wind and snow management and explore other weather and terrain conditions that act as barriers to soft-mobility in winter. This study is based on survey responses from 344 citizens in the sub-arctic area of Sweden. Outcomes from the research highlight that rain, icy surfaces and darkness are today’s most significant barriers to soft-mobility in winter.Results from this study link changing barriers to soft-mobility in winter with climate change. The paper concludes that future urban design and planning for winter cities needs to consider a wider pallet of weather conditions, especially rain.
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- Chapman, David, 1972-, et al.
(författare)
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Updating Winter: The Importance Of Climate-Sensitive Urban Design For Winter Settlements
- 2018
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Ingår i: Arctic Yearbook. - : Northern Research Forum ; University of the Arctic Thematic Network (TN) on Geopolitics and Security. - 2298-2418.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores winter settlement urban design principles to begin to identify climate related conditions that are affecting soft mobility (walking and cycling) in these communities.Winter communities have evolved lifestyles and means that fit with working and living with local conditions and seasonal variations. With climate change, however, comes evolving weather’s that these communities need to adapt too. These changes may present new risks and unexpected challenges to outdoor soft mobility in the community.Public policy highlights physical inactivity as a major health concern. For these communities, winter has always limited outdoor soft-mobility. Here, we understand that in winter outdoor activity can be reduced by weather and fear of accidents.People’s understanding of the barriers and enablers to soft mobility are also often based on experience and ability to detect environmental clues. To help winter communities maximise the opportunities for outdoor soft mobility and the wellbeing benefits this can bring, built environments need to be designed with an understanding of climate change. This study explores barriers and enablers to soft mobility in winter and discusses them in light of climate change and human wellbeing. It is argued that established principles of urban design may require re-evaluation if we want to increase outdoor soft mobility in winter. Increases in physical activity could help reduce costs and pressures on health services by creating safer and more walkable communities. The paper concludes by suggesting that communities should focus on more context based winter urban design principles that account for ongoing climate change.
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- Chapman, David, 1972-
(författare)
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Urban design of winter cities : Winter season connectivity for soft mobility
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- All across the world the form of the built environment is playing a crucial role as enabler or inhibitor for urban outdoor activity such as soft mobility. Urban form can make it more attractive for people to be mobile outdoors and playing a role in the public life, or it can put people off venturing outside. For winter cities, a question for urban design is how we can design environments that are attractive for outdoor activity in the winter season as well as summer and additionally how will climate change influence these aspects.The reason for studying this is the importance of understanding how, in relation to urban form, weather, seasonal variations, and climate change influences human outdoor activity. In this study the focus on outdoor activity is problematised around the concern that people spend a low percentage of their time outdoors in winter conditions. For society, the problem is that this trend and the related low levels of physical activity are associated with a range of health issues.To study this the main question for this research is what attracts and hinders soft mobility during the winter season and how can this knowledge underpin new considerations about urban design for connectivity in winter cities? To address this, the research methods focused on document studies, surveys, mental mapping, photo elicitation and semi-structured discussions.The study works at three scientific levels. Firstly, it seeks to understand the interrelationship between the built environment and people’s outdoor activity in winter. Secondly, it attempts to understand how connectivity for soft mobility in winter is being affected by weather and climate change. Thirdly, it seeks new ways of thinking about how the urban form can be designed to increase outdoor soft mobility in winter.The discussion and conclusions focused on the argument that in winter settlements, the winter season can alter spatial patterns and settlement organisation. Here it was argued that in these settlements the winter season can be an aspect of urban morphology and can be part of the process of shaping the public realm and its connectivity for soft mobility in winter.
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- Chapman, David, 1972-, et al.
(författare)
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Winter City Urbanism : Enabling All Year Connectivity for Soft Mobility
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 16:10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores connectivity for soft mobility in the winter season. Working with residents from the sub-arctic city of Luleå, Sweden, the research examines how the interaction between the built environment and winter season affects people’s use of the outdoor environment. The research questions for this study are, 1) how do residents perceive the effects of winter on an areas spatial structure and pattern of streets and pathways? and 2) what enablers and barriers impact resident soft mobility choices and use of the public realm in winter? Methods used were mental mapping and photo elicitation exercises. These were used to gain a better understanding of people’s perception of soft mobility in winter. The results were analysed to identify how soft mobility is influenced by the winter season. The discussion highlights that at the neighbourhood scale, residents perceive that the winter alters an areas spatial structure and pattern of streets and pathways. It was also seen to reduce ease of understanding of the public realm and townscape. In conclusion, it is argued that new and re-tooled town planning strategies, such as extending blue/ green infrastructure planning to include white space could help better enable all year outdoor activity in winter cities.
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- Çidik, Mustafa Selçuk, et al.
(författare)
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How Does ‘Locality’ Matter in Enabling a Circular Built Environment?: A Focus on Space, Knowledge, and Cities
- 2024
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Ingår i: Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment. - : Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. ; , s. 251-261
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There is a growing interest in understanding and using local knowledge, resources, and stakeholders to achieve tailored and effective circular solutions in the built environment. Although the importance of clear centralised guidance and regulations are emphasised in the existing literature, there is also an emerging acknowledgement that understanding the ‘local context’ will be key to achieving tailored solutions that can effectively work in practice. However, there is a lack of discussion around the meaning and significance of ‘locality’ in terms of circularity solutions in the built environment. This discussion paper introduces space (both physical and social) and knowledge as two key aspects of ‘locality’ for enabling effective circular solutions in the built environment. Further, it argues that the cities can be seen as the locus of circular economy because of their role in localising space and knowledge. Thus, the paper enables a starting point to structure research towards an improved understanding of (i) the role of space and knowledge co-production for a circular built environment, (ii) the relevant local stakeholders, as well as (iii) city-level governance of locality in supporting a circular built environment.
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- Ebrahimabadi, Saeed, et al.
(författare)
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Microclimate assessment method for urban design – A case study in subarctic climate
- 2018
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Ingår i: Urban Design International. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 1357-5317 .- 1468-4519. ; 23:2, s. 116-131
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Interest in climate-sensitive urban design has grown in recent decades. Nevertheless, there are various difficulties associated with such an approach. One of these is the lack of simple comfort assessment tools. This paper presents a method for microclimate assessment that is composed of a wind comfort analysis and a microclimate assessment based on measuring a combination of solar access and wind velocity. The study includes analysis of a proposed urban project situated in Kiruna, a Swedish town located in the subarctic region of the country. The results from the simulations were then overlaid to produce combined microclimate maps for three specific dates: winter solstice, spring equinox and summer solstice. The maps illustrate relative microclimate differences between areas in the proposed project based on combinations of wind/lee and sun/shadow conditions. The outcomes showed that only a small proportion of the area studied had favourable microclimate conditions at the winter solstice and spring equinox. The thermal comfort Index OUT_SET* was calculated for the summer solstice in the study area. Comparisons between the spatial distribution of OUT_SET* values and the microclimate assessment map showed a large degree of correlation. The method is intended to be a simple and representative evaluation of microclimate.
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- Katsou, Evina, et al.
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Transformation tools enabling the implementation of nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city
- 2020
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Ingår i: Blue-Green Systems. - : IWA Publishing. - 2617-4782. ; 2:1, s. 188-213
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The linear pattern of production-consumption-disposal of cities around the world will continue to increase the emission of pollutants and stocks of waste, as well as to impact on the irreversible deterioration of non-renewable stocks of raw materials. A transition towards a circular pattern proposed by the concept of 'Circular Cities' is gaining momentum. As part of this urban transition, the emergent use of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) intends to shift public opinion and utilize technology to mitigate the urban environmental impact. In this paper, an analysis of the current research and practical investments for implementing NBS under the umbrella of Circular Cities is conducted. A combined appraisal of the latest literature and a survey of ongoing and completed National-European research and development projects provides an overview of the current enabling tools, methodologies, and initiatives for public engagement. It also identifies and describes the links between facilitators and barriers with respect to existing policies and regulations, public awareness and engagement, and scientific and technological instruments. The paper concludes introducing the most promising methods, physical and digital technologies that may lead the way to Sustainable Circular Cities. The results of this research provide useful insight for citizens, scientists, practitioners, investors, policy makers, and strategists to channel efforts on switching from a linear to a circular thinking for the future of cities.
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- Lidelöw, Sofia, et al.
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Energy-efficiency measures for heritage buildings : a literature review
- 2019
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Ingår i: Sustainable cities and society. - : Elsevier. - 2210-6707. ; 45, s. 231-242
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The energy performance of heritage buildings is attracting growing interest in research and practice. Accordingly, as shown by our literature review, increasing numbers of articles on energy-efficiency measures for heritage buildings are being published in peer-reviewed journals. However, there is no overview of how energy efficiency and heritage conservation have been approached in the studies. To address this gap we categorized and assessed the identified studies in terms of two key elements of such investigations: energy analysis and analysis of cultural heritage values. Most of the studies evaluate and propose measures to reduce the operational energy use of single heritage buildings, and fewer have applied a broader system perspective. Moreover, the underlying notion of the buildings’ cultural heritage values seems to have been derived mainly from international conventions and agreements, while potentially significant architectural, cultural and historical factors have been rarely discussed. Our findings highlight that, when considering energy improvements, cultural heritage values should be more explicitly articulated and analysed in relation to established conservation principles or methodologies. Besides further scientific study, this point to the need of designing best-practice approaches that allow transparency and knowledge sharing about the complex relationships between energy efficiency and heritage conservation of buildings.
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- Morata, Berta, et al.
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Territories of Extraction: Mapping Palimpsests of Appropriation
- 2020
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Ingår i: Urban Planning. - Lisbon, Portugal : Cogitatio. - 2183-7635. ; 5:2, s. 132-151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article—framed as a methodological contribution and at the intersection between the critical urban, urban political ecology and world-ecology disciplines—builds on Corboz’s metaphor of ‘territory as a palimpsest’ to explore the representation of the socio-economic and ecological processes underpinning uneven development under extractive capitalist urbanization. While the palimpsest approach has typically been used to map transformations of more traditional urban morphologies, this work focuses instead on remote extraction territories appropriated by the global economy and integral to planetary urbanization. The article suggests the central notion of ‘palimpsests of appropriation’ as a lens to map the extraction processes. It does so in its multi-scalar and temporal dimensions and on the basis of the three intertwined frames—i.e., the productive, distribution and mediation palimpsest—shortly exemplifying its use on the ground for the iron ore extraction territory in the Swedish-Norwegian Arctic. With this, the article contributes to the development of an expanded representational methodology and conception of territories of extraction—where social and natural production are brought together—illustrating how appropriation has been (re)shaping each of the frames throughout historical thresholds, but also how socio-natures are being (re)made in its image.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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An intelligent megastructure
- 2010
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Ingår i: Compasses. ; 11, s. 108-111
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Another suburban morning
- 2007
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Ingår i: Una Strana Rivista. - Bologna : Meltemi Editore. - 9788883536021 ; , s. 32-37
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Behind the metropolis
- 2010
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Ingår i: Urbanistica. - 0042-1022. ; 142, s. 108-114
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Border cites nel mar Baltico
- 2009
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Ingår i: Urbanistica. - 0042-1022. ; 140
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Contemporary Landscape
- 2010
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Ingår i: Compasses. ; 9, s. 55-60
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Declining, transition and slow rural territories in southern Italy : Characterizing the intra-rural divides
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Planning Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0965-4313 .- 1469-5944. ; 24:2, s. 231-253
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As metropolitan areas around the world keep expanding, behind them, rural areas continue to be affected by greater rates of depopulation. This is not a new phenomenon: rural to urban migration has been reported in the developed world at least from the period between the two world wars. However, recent rural depopulation trends have dramatically intensified in both the developed and the developing countries worldwide. In planning literature, greater emphasis is placed on the “urban–rural” divide, that is, people leaving the countryside to look for better opportunities in urban areas. However, a growing body of literature points to the fact that not all rural areas are declining at the same rate. Indeed, some rural towns have managed to retain population and even to grow. Therefore, at least in developed countries, an “intra-rural” divide notion is emerging. To exemplify this notion, we have studied rural towns in Southern Italy.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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Delirious Doha
- 2012
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Ingår i: Domus. - 0012-5377.
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Food on the Roof : Developing an IT platform to visualize and identify suitable locations for roof farming in cold climates
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this project was to explore the possibility to smartly integrate food production in cold urban environments. The main objective was to sketch an intelligent platform to guide a comprehensive, city-wide approach to urban farming in winter cities and assist city stakeholder.We have worked with large databases related to energy consumptions, performances, building stock and size, solar radiation, and so forth. The challenge for us was to integrate big data in a manner that is easy to understand and visualize for all audiences while matching the ambitions of local stakeholders for urban farming.Urban farming (UF) has social, economic, and environmental benefits: socially UF will bring people closer to nature and it can become a source of education for local schools and community; economically, UF targets the rapidly growing market of premium, fresh, biological food that is proudly produced locally and can be sold to local restaurants and other customers; environmentally, UF will decrease our reliance from far away and poorly controlled food chains, while decreasing environmental costs for transportation.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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Green Megaprojects and Displacement in the Global South : Uncovering the Rationales of State-Led Development in Malaysia and Qatar
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The “Green” rhetoric is constantly gaining traction in urban planning research. In line with anthropocenic thinking, the study of green cities and infrastructures has promised a straightforward recipe to solve many urban issues (e.g., climate mitigation and resilience, urban health, etc.). However, green city/infrastructure proponents, while emphasizing the positive environmental, economic, and health aspects of these projects, often neglect important socio-political and spatial considerations that are crucial for understanding the dramatic transformation of non-urbanized and peri-urban territories. Based on my latest research on urban megaprojects in Johor, Malaysia, and Doha, Qatar, in this paper I will critically re-discuss the green city/infrastructure idea by analyzing megaprojects’ biogeophysical and social displacements in peri-urban territories in the global South.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Helsinki-Tallinn Region : Tracing networks in an archipelago of islands
- 2008
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The idea of Helsinki-Tallinn Region as a commonlybranded region is in one sense an obvious and natural extension of the close relationship between Tallinn an Helsinki. Since Estonia’s independence, this connection has expanded rapidly. Region makers such as Euregio and Finpro have explored a number of projects to expand this relationship in order to establish a more systematic and integrated connection. This Book reports on a trans-disciplinary research carried out by Agatino Rizzo, Egzon Bajraktari, Tomas Jonsson, Sukanya Krishnamurthy, Reinhard Micheller, and Ricardo Santacruz at Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in 2008
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Intimate “world”
- 2008
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Ingår i: Compasses. ; 4, s. 74-78
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Iskandar Malaysia
- 2012
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Ingår i: Cities. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-2751 .- 1873-6084. ; 29:6, s. 417-427
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Khalifa versus Prometheus: Green ethics and the struggle for contemporary sustainable urbanism
- 2023
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Ingår i: Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES). - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1060-4367 .- 1949-3606. ; 32:2, s. 102-114
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the last decades, contemporary urbanism in the global South has meant large urban transformations, tall architecture landmarks, and fierce city competition. However, cities and their planners are now confronting an ethical dilemma: how to grow and compete while caring for the disastrous impacts on Earth and human health caused by the mass extraction, processing, and consumption of resources linked to urbanization. In our article, we problematize the modern interpretation of technology, and in particular architecture and planning technologies, in society where sustainability is considered a product. By restudying the Quranic notion of the khalifa and the accidental, ecological formation of the oasis, we will argue for a postpromethean philosophy of inhabiting the Earth. We will exemplify this new ethical–technological shift by comparing planned and unplanned developments in Arabian Gulf cities.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Making New Helsinki
- 2008
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Ingår i: Urbanistica. - 0042-1022. ; 135, s. 105-111
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Managing the energy transition in a tourism-driven economy : The case of Malta
- 2017
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Ingår i: Sustainable cities and society. - : Elsevier. - 2210-6707. ; 33, s. 126-133
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to assess Malta’s government capacity to manage the possible environmental and social conflicts arising from the implementation of its renewable energy agenda to comply with EU’s 2020 energy package. The country has targeted photovoltaic technologies to achieve a 10% of renewable energy share in the final consumption of energy by 2020. Malta is a popular tourist destination, it hosts three UNESCO world heritage sites, and it is one of the smallest, although densely populated, countries in the European Union. From the encroachment of PV parks with the existing urban/rural landscape, we found a number of issues worth to be investigated such as the location of solar power plants, participatory planning mechanisms, and aesthetic-design considerations for integrating photovoltaic into the existing urban fabric. The study is based on exploratory interviews with institutional stakeholders and document analysis.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South : Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar
- 2020
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Ingår i: Urban Studies. - : Sage Publications. - 0042-0980 .- 1360-063X. ; 57:7, s. 1520-1535
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The emergence of the climate change discourse in urban planning emphasises resilience as a key concept to deal with issues such as climate mitigation and adaptation, and urban health. What we have termed in this article ‘green resilience’, the coalescence of technological solutions and resilience thinking to solve cities’ ecological issues, is constantly gaining traction in urban planning research. However, green resilience often fails to take into account the socio-political and spatial processes that pertain to the exploitation of land for urban development particularly in the global South. Based on our latest research on two urban megaprojects, in Johor-Singapore (Malaysia) and Doha (Qatar), in this article we build a critique of green resilience and urbanism by leveraging research in the fields of environmental humanities and urban planning.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Metro Doha
- 2013
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Ingår i: Cities. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-2751 .- 1873-6084. ; 31, s. 533-543
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Doha, capital city of the Arab emirate of Qatar, has grown from a small, port city to a bustling capital region with global ambitions. Today almost 85% of Qatar’s total population (1.4 out of 1.7 million inhabitants) live in metropolitan Doha, while before 1971 (pre-independence) its total population was 30 times less. Blessed with generous oil and particularly gas reserves, since the 1970s the country has undertaken urban mega-projects and expensive land reclamations which have increased the built up area in the capital region by 60 times. In this article we review Doha’s past and current urban development, highlighting Qatar’s different urban phases. Also, by comparing Doha to Dubai, we investigate the impacts of Qatar’s ‘‘mega-projects agenda’’ on two important government-led developments: Education City and Mshereib Redevelopment.
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Participatory Design as a Tool to Create an Energy Smart Campus in Sweden
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- For decades alternative (to carbon) sources of energy in Sweden have been linked to hydro- and nuclear-power. However, this is set to change as the new Swedish government agenda has put an extraordinary emphasis on renewables. The implementation of renewables in Sweden poses several challenges. Three main aspects deter local communities from embracing large renewable projects: Noise, the visual impact, and visual discomfort (reflection). Sweden has a long tradition of stakeholder engagement in state-funded projects in the form of participatory meetings and written feedbacks. However, other participatory techniques are less established. Since 2014, LTU has been engaged in a research project dealing with energy, landscape, art, and participation in LTU campus in Piteå, Norrbotten. The aim of this paper is to discuss this interdisciplinary project and report its results. The main finding of this research is that the use of particpatory design in energy projects such as a smart campus is an important factor to foster collaboration and understanding between end users and stakeholders.
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
(författare)
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Participatory design as a tool to create resourceful communities in Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Co-creation of publicopen places. - : Edições Universitárias Lusófonas. ; , s. 95-107
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- For decades, alternative (to carbon) sources of energy in Sweden have been linked to hydro- and nuclear power. However, this is set to change as the Swedish government’s agenda has placed extraordinary emphasis on renewables. The implementation of renewables in Sweden poses several challenges. Literature shows that two main aspects deter local communities from embracing large renewable projects: lack of acceptance (of the impacts) and lack of participation (in the making and benefits). Sweden has a long tradition of stakeholder engagement in state-funded projects in the form of participatory meetings and written feedbacks. However, other participatory techniques are less established. Since 2014, we have engaged in research projects dealing with energy landscapes, design thinking, and what we have recently named “resourceful communities”. The aim of this chapter is to report on the results of our recent projects that engage with the above-mentioned concepts/strategies to foster collaboration and understanding between end-users and other stakeholders.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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Politics and Processes of Sea-Megaprojects in the Arab Gulf Region : The Pearl Island in Doha, Qatar as a case of study
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the last 20 years urban development in the Arab Gulf Region has boomed as the combined result of increased oil revenues, diversification of the local economy away from oil and its byproducts, increased immigration flows, and geopolitical transformations (Al Buainain, 1999; Bagaeen, 2007; Elsheshtawy, 2008; Rizzo, 2013). Gulf governments and their agencies - along with members of the ruling families who sit at the same time in ministries and in boards of private companies (Ponzini, 2011) - have been the main players to fund and implement urban mega-projects - i.e. large, themed urban-developments (Rizzo, 2013).Furthermore, in the last ten years there has been a clear tendency in the Gulf Region to build offshore, sea-reclaimed mega-projects (Koolhaas et al., 2007). Amongst the small, rich Arab states of the Gulf, Dubai has been the first and the boldest emirate to implement sea-megaprojects - e.g. Jumeirah’s and Jebel Ali’s Palms, World Archipelago, etc. (Pacione, 2005; Ouis, 2011). Recently, Dubai’s approach to urban development has been exported to several other countries within and beyond the Gulf Region; Elsheshtawy (2010) has labeled this trend/phenomenon “Dubaisation”.In this paper we present the biggest, sea-reclaimed urban project in Qatar (i.e. The Pearl Island) to analyse politics and processes of mega water-developments in the Arab Gulf Region. Also, in our study, we briefly touch on the socio-economic (exclusion/segregation) impacts/sustainability of this sea-megaproject on Doha, Qatar’s capital city.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
(författare)
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Predatory cities : unravelling the consequences of resource-predatory projects in the global South
- 2019
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Ingår i: Urban geography. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0272-3638 .- 1938-2847. ; 40:1, s. 1-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we outline a framework to study what we have termed "Predatory Cities", using the artificial offshore island of The Pearl in Qatar as a case study. By focusing on the nexus between urbanisation and resources, we will argue that the master-planning of new cities in the booming global South implies both the access and cheap exploitation of a set of, on the one hand, intangible and, on the other hand, tangible resources that exceed the traditional boundaries. Our point of departure is that the cheap appropriation and exploitation of alien architecture images and resource networks for the making of new, master-planned cities has become a necessary, but highly unsustainable, strategy to survive an increasingly competitive global offering of new destinations.
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Predatory Urbanism: The Metabolism of Megaprojects in Asia
- 2021. - 1
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Addressing the complex interrelationships between city making and the resources needed for its production, Predatory Urbanism explores the link between urbanization and resources in the global South. It particularly focuses on urban megaprojects, highlighting these planned developments and re-developments carried out by the state or state-linked agencies.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Problematizing green/blue infrastructures
- 2016
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Ingår i: Networks and infrastructures of contemporary territories. - : INU Edizioni. - 9788876031489 - 9788876031489 ; , s. 33-40
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Rapid urban development and national master planning in Arab Gulf countries. Qatar as a case study
- 2014
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Ingår i: Cities. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-2751 .- 1873-6084. ; 39, s. 50-57
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we review past and current master planning efforts in Qatar, highlighting the country's inability to manage rapid urban development. We will argue that the failure to implement sound urban planning in Qatar - and by extension, in the rest of the Arab Gulf Region - is the result of a detachment between the master planning phase - usually sub-contracted to external consultants that are insensitive to Gulf dynamics - and the implementation phase - usually carried out by incapable and redundant local government agencies - all in absence of a serious discussion of ongoing mega-projects.
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- Rizzo, Agatino
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Reconstructing Meta-Doha
- 2012
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Ingår i: MONU. - 1860-3211. ; 16, s. 118-121
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Rizzo, Agatino, et al.
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Resources and urbanization in the global periphery : Perspectives from urban and landscape studies
- 2020
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Ingår i: Cities. - : Elsevier. - 0264-2751 .- 1873-6084. ; 100
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the fall of 2018, a two-day seminar in Lulea, Sweden, gathered an interdisciplinary group of researchers to reflect on the socio-urban and political processes of resource extraction and urbanization in the global periphery. Cases from the Arctic region and South America were discussed from the point of view of law, history and technology, planning, and urban economics to explore the multiple conflicts arising from resource-based development in sparsely populated areas. From this perspective, we present here the cases of Kiruna, Sweden, and Calama, Chile, to highlight the need to expand urban and landscape research into the nexus between resources and urbanization.
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