A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Participatory experimentation on a climate street
Cities' role in addressing both climate change mitigation and adaptation is becoming increasingly important. Within the last decade, cities together with other actors have initiated neighborhood-level climate change projects that build on the concept of experimentation using participation and coproduction. Common features in these initiatives are the limitation of the project to a geographically specific area within the city, inclusion of stakeholders from that physical location, and the use of different types of experimentation through participation in order to pursue climate objectives. This qualitative case study discusses the participatory experimentation and potential structural transformations by focusing on the Climate Street project of Helsinki and Vantaa, Finland. More specifically, we examine how learning, participation, and public visibility contribute toward the impact of the project. Our results show that existing urban governance structures restrict experiments in many ways and only certain types of change are feasible. This implies that while participatory experimentation offers promise but is not a panacea in terms of governing climate change. ; Peer reviewed
Participatory experimentation on a climate street
Cities' role in addressing both climate change mitigation and adaptation is becoming increasingly important. Within the last decade, cities together with other actors have initiated neighborhood-level climate change projects that build on the concept of experimentation using participation and coproduction. Common features in these initiatives are the limitation of the project to a geographically specific area within the city, inclusion of stakeholders from that physical location, and the use of different types of experimentation through participation in order to pursue climate objectives. This qualitative case study discusses the participatory experimentation and potential structural transformations by focusing on the Climate Street project of Helsinki and Vantaa, Finland. More specifically, we examine how learning, participation, and public visibility contribute toward the impact of the project. Our results show that existing urban governance structures restrict experiments in many ways and only certain types of change are feasible. This implies that while participatory experimentation offers promise but is not a panacea in terms of governing climate change. ; Peer reviewed
Participatory experimentation on a climate street
Juhola, Sirkku (author) / Seppala, Antti (author) / Klein, Johannes (author) / Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme / Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria) / Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) / Urban Environmental Policy / Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
2021-01-05
000538689900001
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Trans Tech Publications | 2019
Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique
| TIBKAT | 2015
Participatory multi-criteria methods for adaptation to climate change
| Online Contents | 2021
Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique
| BASE | 2023