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Organising for Co-Production: Local Interaction Platforms for Urban Sustainability
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Abstract
Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local intera... view more
Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local interaction platforms (LIPs) are innovative responses to these challenges, developed in two African and two European cities between 2010 and 2014. Through elaborating the design and practice of the LIPs, the article concludes that the value of this approach lies in its context-sensitivity and iterative flexibility to articulate between internationally shared challenges and distinctive local practices. Six necessary conditions for the evolution of LIPs are presented: anchorage, co-constitution, context-sensitivity, alignment, connection and shared functions. In the context of increased uncertainty, complexity and the demand for transdisciplinary knowledge production, the platform concept has wider relevance in surfacing the challenges and possibilities for more adaptive urban governance.... view less
Keywords
sustainability; sustainable development; town; participation; social network; governance
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
Mistra Urban Futures; boundary spaces; co-production; collaborative governance; hybridization; local interaction platforms; transdisciplinarity; urban experimentation; urban sustainability
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 189-198
Journal
Politics and Governance, 6 (2018) 1
Issue topic
Co-Producing Urban Governance for Social Innovation
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed