Abstract
Over recent decades Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have become a common space for co-creation processes' experimentation, whereby new approaches for sustainable urban development are highly connected to support evidence-based policy generation. Europe seems a particular 'hotspot' for this approach whenever it comes to public policy and specifically planning for urban transition. Systemic changes related to urban governance and different public participatory mechanisms, as in the case of ULLs, demand a growing interest from the stakeholders and deliberation in decision-making mechanisms. In this research paper, we analyze co-creation pathways and different shared governance mechanisms in three ongoing European projects: CLEVER Cities, Sharing Cities, and SUNEX projects from a practice perspective. This comparative study investigates stakeholder engagement (1) scales, (2) mechanisms, (3) methodologies of engagement, and finally the co-creation pathway challenges and pitfalls. From the analyzed ULLs' experiences, we identified key principles that suggest relevant clues to enable the consolidation of a forthcoming ULL 2.0 model and related innovation pathways for co-creating urban planning policies. We lastly reflect on the enablers and catalysts of co-creation processes to inform shared urban governance as major takeaways from our research.
Highlights
Shared urban governance is an emergent trend, for its attention to urban sustainability, societal transformations, and innovative pathways toward urban transitions (Evans and Karvonen, 2011; Davidson et al, 2019; Davies and Lafortezza, 2019)
We focus on co-creation pathways that rely on citizens’ engagement and participation, whereby Urban Living Lab (ULL) start transitioning toward a ULLs V2.0, see Figure 1
In this research we look at ULLs as the “medium” or the spatial context container through which the co-creation pathways are encouraged to take place whether physically, virtually or by any mean of engagement, see Figure 1
Summary
Shared urban governance is an emergent trend, for its attention to urban sustainability, societal transformations, and innovative pathways toward urban transitions (Evans and Karvonen, 2011; Davidson et al, 2019; Davies and Lafortezza, 2019). Backcasting forms the central methodology, which as a participatory foresight process provides a step-by-step framework to identify future adaptive FEW management strategies, integrated with broader policy strategies for sustainable cities This qualitative assessment supporting policy guideline development proceeds via stakeholder engagement workshops in each case study city (Vienna, Berlin, Bristol, and Doha) to consider the essential facets of scenario defined visioning of FEW related interactions, and according to alternative potential drivers of change (food localization, renewable energy options etc.), as conditioned by policy objectives for strategic spatial planning of the city-region over 20–30-year timescale
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