urban transitions as navigational governance

URBAN TRANSITIONS AS NAVIGATIONAL GOVERNANCE

THE HABOURBATH CASE

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- The sus ta inab i l i t y cha l lenge i s l i nked to the way soc ie ta l f unc t ions a re p rov ided by soc io - techn ica l reg imes

- reg imes a re soc io - techn ica l ‘ eco log ies ’ o rgan ized by ‘ ru les ’ and ‘ ru le -se ts ’ .

- ‘ ru les ’ and ‘ ru le -se ts ’ con f i gure a ‘ se lec t ion env i ronment ’ wh ich i s hos t i l e to ‘ rad ica l va r ia t i ons ’

- Trans i t i on governance i s about nur tu r ing spaces wh ich a re independent o f the hos t i l e se lec t ion env i ronment (shared long te rm v i s ion , sh ie ld ing o f exper imenta l ac t i v i t i es ) .

- the ‘Sh ie ld and upsca le mode l ’ o f t rans i t i on p rocesses .

THE TRADITIONAL TALE: TRANSITION GOVERNANCE AGAINST THE HOSTILE REGIME

N A M E O F D E P A R T M E N T …

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A reg ime i s the the ou tcome o f s i tua ted ac to rs ’ myop i c o rde r ing ac t i v i t i es . These o rder ing ac t i v i t i es opera te on d i f f e ren t tempora l and spa t ia l sca les and accord ing to d i f f e ren t ‘ rhy thms ’ .

Myop ic o rder ing ac t i v i t i es t rans la te in to reg ime a r rangements charac te r i zed by tens ions and ambigu i t i es abou t boundar ies

Order ing ac t i v i t i es a re no t abou t s ta t i c reproduc t ion . These a re re f lex i ve and po l i t i ca l ac t i v i t i es a im ing to in te rp re t , con t ro l o r exp lo i t tens ions and con t rad ic t i ons among loose ly coup led reg ime a r rangements .

Nav iga t iona l governance i s about suppor t i ng t rans fo rmat iona l change by engag ing w i th these myop ic and reg ime endogenous o rder ing ac t i v i t i es .

AN ALTERNATIVE (URBAN) TALE: NAVIGATIONAL GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE TENSIONS OF THE REGIME


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Nav iga t iona l Governance engages w i th spec i f i c o rder ing ac t i v i t i es (e .g . a p ro jec t , and exper iment , a new type o f regu la t ion )

Nav iga t iona l Governance i s abou t a t rans i t i ona l re - f raming o f the re la t ion between th i s spec i f i c o rder ing ac t i v i t y and i t s soc io - techn i ca l con tex ts th rough par t i a l and p ragmat i c i n te rp re ta t i ons ( ra ther than shared , l ong-s ig thed and in tegra ted v i s ions)

Nav iga t iona l Governance shou ld have an immed ia te s t ra teg ic re levance to the spec i f i c o rder ing ac t i v i t y (e .g . how to cope w i th a spec i f i c con t roversy, how to c rea te new a l l i ances , how to a t t rac t new resources )

Nav iga t iona l Governance nav iga te though re - in te rp re ta t ions tha t con t ineous ly seek to reac t and exp lo i t emerg ing con t rad ic t i ons and ambigu i t i es o f the soc io- techn i ca l con tex t .

NAVIGATIONAL GOVERNANCE


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- Frame cer ta in ac to rs as po ten t ia l ‘ sys tem bu i l de rs ’ (e .g . mun ic ipa l i t i es , u t i l i t i es )

- Frame cer ta in p ro jec ts o r i n te rven t ions as po ten t ia l ‘ t rans i t i on med ia to rs ’ , i . e . as a key node in the emergence o f a l te rnat i ve soc io - techn ica l con f igura t ions . (e .g . the harbou r ba th )

- Frame cer ta in p laces as key s i tes o f t rans i t i ona l change. (e .g . u rban con tex ts )

NAVIGATIONAL GOVERNACE MAY…


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In 2002 the f i rs t harbour ba th was opened in the inner harbour o f Copenhagen…

THE HARBOUR BATH: A TRANSITION MEDIATOR


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The harbour ba th has enac ted a new se t o f ’ ha rd ’ assoc ia t ions be tween the wate r reg ime and the u rban con tex t :

- The prac t i ce o f harbour ba th ing i s be ing exper ienced as a new se l fev iden t p rac t i ce by the average c i t i zen o f Copenhagen.

- The harbour ba th has become a key component i n the in te rna t iona l market ing o f Copenhagen as a g reen Cap i ta l

The harbour ba th has d isp laced the boundar ies and t rans fo rmed the ob jec t i ves o f the wate r reg ime:

- From ’ i nv i s ib le techn ica l sys tem e f f i c iency ’ to ’ v i s ib le u rban va lue c rea t ion ’

- From ’san i ta t i on ’ and ’env i ronment ’ to ’ the l i veab le c i t y ’

… A NEW NORMAL


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Water and the nor th harbour deve lopment

…. A new normal

D I S T – C E N T E R F O R D E S I G N , I N N O V A T I O N A N D S U S T A I N A B L E T R A N S I T I O N

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The harbour ba th i s no t the s t ra teg i c p roduc t o f :- Shie leded exper imenta t ion- A shared long- te rm v is ion

- The harbour ba th i s an emergen t ou tcome o f a se r ies f rag i le assoc ia t ions cu l t i va ted in the tens t i ons and ambigu i t i es among reg ime ar rangments , (Junc t ions)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HARBOUR BATH


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1993: An u rban wate r rec ip ien t p lan mot i va ted by an env i ronmenta l concern fo r the wate r qua l i t y i s deve loped

But…

- The wate r qua l i t y i s a l so l i nked to the t rans fo rmat ion o f the harbour f rom an indus t r i a l a rea to a res iden t i a l a rea

- There i s an emerg ing i n te res t fo r the re la t ion be tween wa te r rec rea t iona l ac t i v i t y

- The concep t ion o f ’ rec rea t iona l ac t i v i t y ’ i s de f ined by a d i cho tomy be tween ’u rban ’ and ’ na tu re ’ ( f i sh ing and canno ing)

- Bath ing wate r qua l i t y i s i nconce i veab le

Exampel (1)


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The de f in i t i on o f rec rea t iona l wa te r qua l i t y as ba th ing wate r qua l i t y

- Dur ing the p lann ing o f a was te wate r re ten t ion fac i l i t y i t i s d i scover tha t the wate r qua l i t y i s c lose to ba th ing wate r requ i remen ts . Due to the ac t i ve in te rven t ion o f a wa te r eng ineer the fac i l i t y i s up-sca led to suppor t ba th ing wa te r qua l i t y

- The concep t ion o f wate r qua l i t y changes . More focus on E-co l i , l ess focus on the h igh ly con tamina ted sed iments o f the harbour

- In a 1995 was te wa te r p lan i t i s spec i f i ed tha t the deve lopment o f the was te wate r i n f ras t ruc tu re shou ld suppor t on rec rea t iona l purposes ra ther than env i ronmenta l bene f i t s .

Example 2


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A rec rea t iona l concep t fo r the harbor : t he ‘ha rbor aquar ium’

- The harbor as an u rban ‘na ture exper ience ’- An ar t i f i c ia l ree f- Below-wate r v iew pos ts o f the aqua t i c harbor env i ronment

Example 3


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T h e h a r b o u r b a t h a s a po l i t i c a l p r o j e c t

- T h e e nv i r on m e n t a l m ay o r b ec o m e a wa r e o f t h e h i s t o r i c a l t r a d i t i o n f o r us i n g t h e h a r b o u r a s a ba t h i ng f a c i l i t y

- I n t h e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r be i n g a wa r d ed as t he e nv i r on m e n t a l c a p i t a l o f E u r o p e t h e m a y o r o f S t o c k h o l m u s es t he i r ha r bo u r b a t h f a c i l i t y a s a n a r g u m e n t

- A d i v i ng c l u b a t A m a g e r r eq u es t f o r p e r m i s s i o n t o us e t h e ha r b ou r a s a d i v i n g f ac i l i t y

T h e c on s t r uc t i on o f t h e ha r b ou r b a t h ( b e l o w o n m i o e u r o ) i s d i f f i c u l t t o f i n a nc e b ec au s e i t r e qu i r e s d i r e c t t a x f u n d i ng .

T h e l e f t - w i n g p a r t y o f t h e e n v i r o n m en t a l m a y o r g e t t h e f u nd i n g f o r t h e h a r b o u r b a t h i n r e t u r n f o r s u p po r t i n g a n o v e r a l l bu d g e t a g r e e m e n t

Exampel 3


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Urban t rans i t i on :

• Junc t ions• Media to rs• Nag iva t iona l governance

Conclusion


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