Marco Adelfio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5777098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Adelfio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Adelfio |
| SIGNATURE | ADELFIO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chalmers University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1865-9471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Post-growth technologies
This review focuses on technological infrastructure to support small-scale groups immersed in the development of local post-growth systems. It is inspired by two premises: first, that such countercultures - from ecovillages to maker collectives - are uniquely positioned to pioneer systemic change; and second, that the tools available to these groups have been upgraded since the onset of networked computers. Therefore, this article scopes literatu…
From concept to operation
Although social sustainability is widely recognised as a vague concept, it has become an important aspect of urban planning. However, there is limited knowledge of how urban planners and designers (practitioners) interpret and operationalise it in practice. This paper explores how the concept of urban social sustainability (USS), formulated in planning policy, is conceptualised and translated into practice through operationalisation. The inherent…
Urban living labs
Mainstream concepts of circularity often overlook local socio-material practices in favour of market-driven, techno-based solutions. This paper argues for a community-based approach to foster a grounded socio-economic transition. It explores the potential of circularity initiatives becoming urban living labs (ULLs) by integrating institutional understandings of circularity with local vocabularies and practices. It aims to disentangle the tensions…
Towards a systemic understanding of compact city qualities
The compact city concept remains a key policy response to multiple societal challenges. Based on theoretical and empirical research, this article seeks to a) develop a systemic understanding of compact city qualities; b) map alleged compact city qualities from the literature onto this framework; c) map qualities mentioned by stakeholders in two European cities onto the same framework; and d) apply the developed framework to analyse how compounded…
Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations
The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized ‘best practices’ that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and polic…
Linking research, education and citizen codesign
Both research and policy argue for more compact cities, but there is little clarity regarding which urban qualities must be made more compact to achieve the purported benefits. This paper discusses an example of how to conduct immersive and localised studies by connecting research and education to community outreach. Three potential positive outcomes of linking are examined: (a) linking may improve research activities, (b) linking may have a posi…
London’s King’s Cross redevelopment
Cities have long been subject to urban containment policies against urban sprawl. Climate change concerns have recently added to the imperative to densify urban space. Urban compaction is often pursued through the creation of ‘exemplar’ urban developments that superficially implement ‘best practice’ ideas from elsewhere. In this paper, we abandon the notion of ‘best practice’ in favour of context-sensitive ‘good practices’. Taking London’s King’s…
GISualization
Urban planning deals with multiple layers of information stemming from concurrent activities and stakeholders intervening in urban development. For a better management of complexity more comprehensiveness and data integration are needed. This study develops an adaptive and iterative mixed-method approach for knowledge production in urban transformation processes. Specific research questions relate to data integration from different sources and fa…
GISualization
Urban planning deals with multiple layers of information stemming from concurrent activities and stakeholders intervening in urban development. For a better management of complexity more comprehensiveness and data integration are needed. This study develops an adaptive and iterative mixed-method approach for knowledge production in urban transformation processes. Specific research questions relate to data integration from different sources and fa…
GISualization
Urban planning deals with multiple layers of information stemming from concurrent activities and stakeholders intervening in urban development. For a better management of complexity more comprehensiveness and data integration are needed. This study develops an adaptive and iterative mixed-method approach for knowledge production in urban transformation processes. Specific research questions relate to data integration from different sources and fa…
Linking research, education and citizen codesign
Both research and policy argue for more compact cities, but there is little clarity regarding which urban qualities must be made more compact to achieve the purported benefits. This paper discusses an example of how to conduct immersive and localised studies by connecting research and education to community outreach. Three potential positive outcomes of linking are examined: (a) linking may improve research activities, (b) linking may have a posi…
London’s King’s Cross redevelopment
Cities have long been subject to urban containment policies against urban sprawl. Climate change concerns have recently added to the imperative to densify urban space. Urban compaction is often pursued through the creation of ‘exemplar’ urban developments that superficially implement ‘best practice’ ideas from elsewhere. In this paper, we abandon the notion of ‘best practice’ in favour of context-sensitive ‘good practices’. Taking London’s King’s…
Towards a systemic understanding of compact city qualities
The compact city concept remains a key policy response to multiple societal challenges. Based on theoretical and empirical research, this article seeks to a) develop a systemic understanding of compact city qualities; b) map alleged compact city qualities from the literature onto this framework; c) map qualities mentioned by stakeholders in two European cities onto the same framework; and d) apply the developed framework to analyse how compounded…
Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations
The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized ‘best practices’ that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and polic…
Urban living labs
Mainstream concepts of circularity often overlook local socio-material practices in favour of market-driven, techno-based solutions. This paper argues for a community-based approach to foster a grounded socio-economic transition. It explores the potential of circularity initiatives becoming urban living labs (ULLs) by integrating institutional understandings of circularity with local vocabularies and practices. It aims to disentangle the tensions…
Post-growth technologies
This review focuses on technological infrastructure to support small-scale groups immersed in the development of local post-growth systems. It is inspired by two premises: first, that such countercultures - from ecovillages to maker collectives - are uniquely positioned to pioneer systemic change; and second, that the tools available to these groups have been upgraded since the onset of networked computers. Therefore, this article scopes literatu…
From concept to operation
Although social sustainability is widely recognised as a vague concept, it has become an important aspect of urban planning. However, there is limited knowledge of how urban planners and designers (practitioners) interpret and operationalise it in practice. This paper explores how the concept of urban social sustainability (USS), formulated in planning policy, is conceptualised and translated into practice through operationalisation. The inherent…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Urban planning (4 works) · Civil engineering (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 works) · Architectural engineering (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)