Perry, B.G. orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-1869, Patel, Z., Noren Bretzer, Y. et al. (1 more author) (2018) Organising for Co-production: Local Interaction Platforms for Urban Sustainability. Politics and Governance, 6 (1). ISSN 2183-2463
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 paper 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 paper 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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
Keywords: | boundary spaces; collaborative governance; co-production; hybridization; local interaction platforms; Mistra Urban Futures; transdisciplinarity; urban experimentation; urban sustainability |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number THE SWEDISH FOUNDATION FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (MISTRA) UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2018 13:22 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2018 13:39 |
Published Version: | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernan... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cogitatio Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127066 |