Urban Planning by Experiment at Precinct Scale
Embracing Complexity, Ambiguity, and Multiplicity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Sharp (0000-0003-3778-9503, Monash University), Rob Raven (0000-0002-6330-0831, Monash University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 195-207 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.v6i1.3525 |
| OpenAlex | W3147200645 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 50 |
Urban living labs have emerged as spatially embedded arenas for governing urban transformation, where heterogenous actor configurations experiment with new practices, institutions, and infrastructures. This article observes a nascent shift towards experimentation at the precinct scale and responds to a need to further investigate relevant processes in urban experimentation at this scale, and identifies particular challenges for urban planning. We tentatively conceptualise precincts as spatially bounded urban environments loosely delineated by a particular combination of social or economic activity. Our methodology involves an interpretive systematic literature review of urban experimentation and urban living labs at precinct scale, along with an empirical illustration of the Net Zero Initiative at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, which is operationalising its main campus into a living lab focussed on precinct-scale decarbonisation. We identify four processual categories relevant to precinct-scale experimentation: embedding, framing, governing, and learning. We use the empirical illustration to discuss the relevance of these processes, refine findings from the literature review and conclude with a discussion on the implications of our article for future scholarship on urban planning by experiment at precinct scale
Ambiguity · Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Cartography · Civil engineering · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Gentrification · Geography · Precinct · Scholarship · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban theory · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Smart Cities and Technologies · Technology Use by Older Adults · Urban Studies
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |