Structural preconditions for adaptive urban areas: Framework rules, several property and the range of possible actions

《Structural preconditions for adaptive urban areas: Framework rules, several property and the range of possible actions》

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作者单位: ILS - Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Dortmund, Germany;Politecnico di Milano, Italy;ILS - Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Dortmund, Germany;Politecnico di Milano, Italy

摘要: Recent studies have highlighted the importance of urban design and planning strategies that trigger the formation of diverse and intricate urban areas that have the capacity to adapt and change spontaneously from the bottom up. Although this article does likewise, it proposes a different and still underexamined approach. It provides an exploratory lens for interpreting and assessing the propensity of urban areas to rely on self-adaptive processes of change, taking into account the impact of two key structural (institutional) aspects: planning rules and property ownership patterns. This article highlights what can ensue from different background preconditions, particularly in terms of urban self-adaptability. As the article demonstrates, not all urban areas are or can be self-adaptive and open to spontaneous processes of change to the same extent. This depends mainly on the type of planning rules (teleocratic vs nomocratic) and the spatial distribution of property (centralised vs several). Combined, these two aspects form the structural-institutional framework that defines the degree of self-adaptability of urban areas. This article contributes to this important topic in both explanatory and strategic terms.