When a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists recently proposed nine planetary boundaries which defined a ‘safe-operating space´ for humanity, they warned that three of these have already been exceeded. This represents an enormous challenge for cities and urban governance and highlights the importance of complexity and resilience based urban and planning research.The 2010 AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Complexity and Planning Workshop will try to address these issues. With the theme ‘Resilient cities´, the workshop will provide an opportunity to hear from leading planning scholars on urban complexity and urban resilience.
Key note speakers
The two key note speakers are Juval Portugali, Professor of Geography and author of 'Self-Organization and the City' and Assistant Professor Hendrik Wagenaar, co-editor of 'Deliberative Policy Analysis' and with an ongoing interest in governance, complexity and democratic participation. The co-conveners of the new AESOP working group on 'Resilience and Risk mitigation strategies' will also provide an overview of its purpose.
The workshop will take place in Lecture Room 251 at the Stockholm Resilience Centre between 26-27 February and is organized by the centre theme on urban social-ecological systems.
How to register
To register, please contact Cathy Wilkinson by email cathy.wilkinson@stockholmresilience.su.se or on +46 730 293017 with any queries.
Programme
Friday 26 February
Session 1
13:30 - 13:45 Welcome to the Stockholm Resilience Centre
13:45 - 15:00 Key note speaker — Professor Juval Portugali (including discussion)
15:00 - 15:30 Fika (coffee break)
15:30 - 17:00 Individual Presentations:
Complexity and learning-by-doing: goals and tools in spatial planning
Sybrand Tjallingii, Delft University of Technology and Gert de Roo, Groningen University
Beyond the Spatial Dimension in Urban Design? Towards a Conceptual Model of Adaptive MasterSteps in Time
Dellé Odeleye, Anglia Ruskin University, Department of the Built Environment
The applicability of the panarchy metaphor in urban regeneration: an exploration of the possibilities based on a survey in Dutch neighbourhoods
Marc Beeftink , Gerard Heins and Ivo Nienhuis, Department of Planning, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen
Resilience Science and Metropolitan Planning — the challenge of operationalising social-ecological resilience beyond its metaphorical power
Cathy Wilkinson (1), Libby Porter (2) and Johan Colding (1), (1) Stockholm Resilience Centre and (2) University of Glasgow
18.00 - late Workshop Dinner (note this is self-funded, RSVP required for booking, we will travel together from workshop)
Saturday 27 February
Session 2
9:00 - 10:15 Key note speaker — Ass Professor Hendrik Wagenaar (including discussion)
10:15 - 10:45 Fika (coffee break)
10:45 - 12:15 Individual Presentations:
Introduction to the new AESOP working group on ‘Resilience and Risk mitigation strategies
Angela Colucci and Gérard Hutter, Co-Conveners
Resilience of governance systems dealing with climate adaptation issues
Ingmar van Meerkerk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Public Administration
Resilience and planning: The resilience strategies in Cosio municipality Plan
Angela Colucci, Architecture and Planning Department of Politecnico di Milano
Planning and Resilience — Towards a New Understanding in the Context of Complexity and Strategy Making for Dealing with Natural Hazards
Gérard Hutter, Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development
12:15 - 12:30 Closing remarks
12.30 — 17.00 (Optional) Guided tour of the Stockholm National Urban Park and Hammerby Sjöstad
(RSVP required - includes self-funded lunch in the Botanical Gardens)
