Dermot Foley, TuRAS

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Where will the Flyover go?

research archival research reflective practice research-informed teaching research by design emergent research Research-informed teaching, Gateshead, Newcastle University

Research by Design, CIDP, using DEAFspace, Dublin

CIDP using DEAFspace

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ectiv e pr actic e

Living laboratory, France

Research by Design, using Ecological Succession, France

design

research by design evidence-based landscapes for health and sustainability

CIDP DEAFspace, Dublin

teaching

TURAS

Transitioning (towards) Urban Resilience And Sustainability

RECDP Many people, throughout the world, are doing this kind of work, at community ‘bottom-up’ level and in a theoretical or academic environment, but there is a need to involve local authorities in a meaningful way and to test theories in ‘reality’, so that we can discover the transferable characteristics.

RECDP Image courtesy Mairin O’Cuireann

TURAS

Transitioning (towards) Urban Resilience And Sustainability

TURAS

Transitioning (towards) Urban Resilience And Sustainability

www.turas-cities.org

TURAS

Transitioning (towards) Urban Resilience And Sustainability

Definitions Our definition of resilience is ‘ecological’ or ‘adaptive’ resilience, not ‘engineering’ or ‘bounce-back’ resilience.

WP3 Task 3.3

Lead Dermot Foley Landscape Architects

Research mechanisms and strategies to unlock the potential of abandoned, deserted vacant or contaminated urban sites at various levels and spatial scales

Question: How can abandoned, deserted, vacant or contaminated urban sites contribute to building resilience in cities and their rural interfaces?

qualitative research - emergent research/design

WP3 Task 3.3

Lead Dermot Foley Landscape Architects

Research mechanisms and strategies to unlock the potential of abandoned, deserted vacant or contaminated urban sites at various levels and spatial scales

Question: How can we create healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods without relying on (often failed or stalled) masterplans?

Task 3.3 Work-to-Date

1 Inventory of Sites + Site Descriptor (leads to WP1 tool and DCC proposals)

Inventory of vacant sites, Liberties, Dublin

Task 3.3 Work-to-Date

2 Pilot study student projects on (possible) Dublin City Council ‘demonstration site’

Demonstration site, Pelletstown, Dublin

Task 3.3 Work-to-Date

3 Building relationships and ‘Knowledge-Sharing’

Task 3.3 Work-to-Date

4 Integrated Planning Model (IPM) – Phase 1

Feedback loop from Phase 2 (toolkit) & Phase 3 (demonstration)

Task 3.3 Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Phase 1 completed December 2013 IPM leads to Phase 2 Milestone 17 (toolkit) IPM ‘located’ within PP (Policy Platform, T3.2) & ITS (Integrated Transition Strategy, WP7) * IPM intended to be (itself) a product of participatory planning * IPM will be modified based on MS17 and Phase 3 Demonstrations

Four sample local authorities/cities/regions

Task 3.3 Integrated Planning Model (IPM) What are we trying to integrate?

A. Integration of planning functions B. Integration of stakeholders’ interests ‌and * C. Integration of resilience planning with everyday behaviour *

Task 3.3 Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Based on four streams of information: 1.

2.

3.

4.

TURAS Literature Reviews (theory) International ‘Case Studies’ in Planning Models (sometimes called ‘best practice’) TURAS Local Authority Questionnaires (current state of resilience planning) TURAS (pilot) Citizen Interviews (experience ‘on the ground’)

Attempting to identify: A. Common Problems B. Approaches to Resilience Planning C. Transferability of Solutions

Task 3.3 Integrated Planning Model (IPM) (pilot) Citizen Interview

To summarise ‌‌. the interviewees (almost exclusively) considered that: their project had been successful; the local authority was not the driver of the process and did not choose the method of communication; the method of communication was appropriate; that even though the local authority did not drive the project, they benefitted from it.

Less than one third of the interviewees felt that the local authority displayed appropriate communication skills. Only one third felt that they were equal partners with the local authority. Notwithstanding all of the above, two thirds of interviewees maintained that they still trusted the local authorities after the process.

Yes

Neutral

No

Was the project a success?

8

1

0

Did the local authority drive the process/choose the method of communication?

0

1

8

Was the method of communication appropriate?

7

0

2

Did the local authority benefit from the process?

7

0

2

Did the local authority display a satisfactory communications skill set?

2

5

2

Did the interviewee feel he/she/they were equal partners with the local authority?

3

1

5

Did the interviewee trust the local authority after the project?

6

0

3

TURAS

Transitioning (towards) Urban Resilience And Sustainability

Interim Findings The common problems emerging from all four strands of information can be grouped under five themes: Perception

Scope

Strategy

Technique

Communication

A possible ideal planning scenario is one where experimentation is allowed to flourish within a managed systematic framework Resilience is likely to be fostered in the form of a ‘flotilla’ rather than a ‘spaceship’ This means that small scale, diversity, difference and partially unknown outcomes are important