Experiments are heralded as beacons of hope for transformative change. But how effective
can ephemeral micro-interventions be in achieving comprehensive structural change? This …

Adaptation to climate change is increasingly part of urban policy agendas around the world.
Most research has focused on municipal-level adaptation, while less is known about …

Visions and goals for sustainability in new neighbourhoods aim to engage developers and
citizens in the planning process. Against the backdrop of the market-oriented Swedish …

As polities of all kinds are under pressure to achieve socio-environmental sustainability and
resilience, existing assessment tools diagnosing communities' vitality assets and …

Today the built environment (or the human-made spaces and related infrastructures in which
we live, work and play) is a vitally important element of our urban-oriented world …

This mixed methods article discusses the role of scenario analysis as a tool to assess the
broadest possible specter of positive and negative effects of technologies and social …

As planning systems in many countries have faced growing pressure over recent years, this
has turned the spotlight on ethical aspects of planning, in particular the roles and identities …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose an innovative and efficient process in urban
policy-making that combines a divergent and creative method with a convergent and …

In an era when uncertainty and complexity are more tangible than ever, decision-makers are
under pressure to turn from short-term politics and departmentalization to safeguard not only …

Purpose Due to the limitations of conventional urban planning, it is essential to develop
novel techniques of urban futruing. This paper aimed to use the scenario technique to create …