scholarly journals Participation and co-creative planning for urban sustainability. The Clic-Plan project educational case

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Caterina Braga

The environmental degradation and climate change are the contemporary contexts in which educational processes take place. New forms of knowledge are therefore necessary, which place individuals, groups, as well as those responsible for social life at all levels (economic-political, institutional, administrative, productive, cultural), in the condition of not ignoring the consequences of human actions, also on the environment. Educating to participation, in contrast to delegation, promotes a sense of belonging and makes citizens responsible actors within the decision-making processes for managing their own territory. This, in the epistemological relevance of the pedagogical discourse, takes shape in the dimension of engagement for the benefit of the person and the community and is realized in active participation to the so-called smart city. This discussion can occur within an on-going project, CLIC-PLAN: Changing Climate: Local Adaptation Plan for sub-alpine lake districts with a strong commitment to tourism led by the Catholic University, with activities on climate change.   Partecipazione e progettazione condivisa per la sostenibilità urbana. Il caso formativo del progetto Clic-plan Il degrado ambientale e i cambiamenti climatici sono il contesto in cui si svolgono oggi i processi educativi. Sono dunque necessarie nuove forme di conoscenza, che pongano gli individui, i gruppi, i responsabili della vita sociale a tutti i livelli (economico-politico, istituzionale, amministrativo, produttivo, culturale), nella condizione di non ignorare le conseguenze delle azioni umane, anche sull’ambiente. Educare alla partecipazione, in contrasto con la delega, promuove il senso di appartenenza e rende i cittadini attori responsabili dei processi decisionali di gestione del proprio territorio. Questo, nella rilevanza epistemologica del discorso pedagogico, trova forma nella dimensione di engagement a beneficio della persona e della comunità e si realizza nella partecipazione attiva all’interno della cosiddetta smart city. Può contribuire ad alimentare la riflessione il progetto CLIC-PLAN: CLIma in Cambiamento. Piano Locale di AdattameNto per comuni lacustri in territorio subalpino con forte vocazione turistica dell’Università Cattolica, inerente al cambiamento climatico.

Author(s):  
Michael Méndez

Describes the tension between global environmental protection and a local focus on the most disadvantaged communities. The chapter analyzes the development of California’s landmark climate change legislation: Assembly Bill (AB) 32. It illustrates the contentious nature of defining climate change and how the entanglements of diverse knowledges and worldviews shape contemporary climate governance and decision-making processes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13404
Author(s):  
Georgios Tsantopoulos ◽  
Evangelia Karasmanaki

Humans have been using fossil fuels for centuries, and the development of fossil fuel technology reshaped society in lasting ways [...]


2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Daniell ◽  
María A. Máñez Costa ◽  
Nils Ferrand ◽  
Ashley B. Kingsborough ◽  
Peter Coad ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hardy Pundt ◽  
Martin Scheinert

Abstract. A great variety of local sectors, e. g. water management, urban planning, agriculture, forestry, regional development, soil protection, nature conservation, and others, is nowadays concerned with deciding on climate change adaptation measures. Sectoral departments perceive that it is necessary to build bridges between different administrational offices due to various dependences and interactions. Increasing heavy rainfalls, for instance, are an often-mentioned threat that is caused by climate change in certain regions. Heavy rainfalls lead to flooding on the one, and soil erosion on the other hand. Flooding, as well as erosion, cause damages for buildings, road networks, and other infrastructures. Both events can also have negative aftermaths for agriculture (loss of arable land) and settlements (landslides, accumulation of mud on roads or in gardens). To mitigate such threats, it is often desirable not to start single, sectoral actions, but to develop measures that take into account comprehensively the different perspectives from relevant sectors.Meanwhile, the BebeR-project, a collaborative network within which all relevant actors participate in the decision-making processes on climate change adaptation measures, was finished as a follow-up of the foregoing project KLIMPASS (https://klimpass.de/). Spatial data and web-map-services played a central supporting role to enable fair collaboration and decision making, as this paper will show.


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