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Resumen-Este texto presenta el Proyecto Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) "Repensar los barrios de Madrid" , aprobado e implementado durante el curso 2023-24 dentro de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) en colaboración con la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). El mismo nace de un cuádruple objetivo: i) crear un marco de reconexión de la socieda...
The article examines climate adaptation strategies in two ‘early-adopter’ cities, Berlin and Barcelona.
It explores the influence of normative concepts of climate justice in the cities' climate adaptation planning.
Based on key dimensions of ‘equitable resilience’ the study traces how cities integrate climate adaptation and equity in their planning...
Beyond their direct use, buildings and heritage places are objects and settings which help to guide community actions. Cognitive perception systems interact directly with the built environment through action and generate experiences that will be used for subsequent actions. This requires a reorientation towards phenomenological perspectives that qu...
Nos movemos por un consumo responsable de agua . Red de actores y recursos agroecológicos metropolitanos. ApS UPM. Impacto de la formación en eficiencia energética contra la Pobreza Energética en barrios desfavorecidos de Madrid aplicando la metodología de Aprendizaje y Servicio, ApS . Resiliencia en contextos de cooperación desde una perspectiva m...
This work departs from studies that have stressed increasing vulnerability and a lack of urban regeneration in European Union (EU) cities in the programming periods 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 of the Cohesion Policy. In the context of a new Cohesion Policy period (2021-2027) in which innovative instruments will be crucial in addressing urban poverty an...
Esta publicación recoge el resultado del trabajo del taller realizado por el alumnado dentro de la asignatura “Teoría y Práctica de la Regeneración Urbana en el marco europeo” del Máster Universitario en Planeamiento Urbano y Territorial durante el segundo cuatrimestre del curso 2023-2024 en la ETSAM.
Dicho taller se ha desarrollado dentro del pro...
Metropolitan areas are considered optimal for development in the context of globalization. In fact, most European countries have promoted institutional reforms aimed at formalizing this scale (e.g., Italy, France, etc.) or identified potential for the emergence of metropolitan arrangements (e.g., Germany). While rare in Spain, Madrid is the largest...
La presente publicación no solo recoge las principales reflexiones y resultados del proyecto “Enredando en el barrio de la Ermita del Santo. Planificación participativa para un desarrollo sostenible”, llevado a cabo por docentes y estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) y de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), sino que tambié...
While European regions face a range of different climate hazards, little is known about how these differences affect local climate adaptation planning. We present an analytical framework for evaluating local climate adaptation plans (LCAPs) and apply it to 327 cities in 28 countries across different European regions. To do this, we use statistical...
La intención de aplicar la metodología Aprendizaje-servicio (ApS), en un programa formativo que focaliza en la regeneración urbana dentro de la asignatura “Intensificación en Urbanismo” del Grado en Fundamentos de la Arquitectura de la ETSAM durante el curso 2023-24 (semestre de otoño), construye sobre la experiencia desarrollada en los cursos ante...
The urban dimension of the European Union Cohesion Policy was formalised in the late 1980s. Initially, it was based on pilot instruments with limited scope and economic resources. Nowadays it is a consolidated policy field, progressively gaining relevance with binding objectives and increased allocated budget. This chapter analyses the path Cohesio...
This concluding chapter aims to summarise lessons learned and key messages of the multidisciplinary discussion of the EU Cohesion Policy. This volume discussed the disciplinary genealogies of this policy, reflected on its rationale, implementation, outcomes and evaluation from multiple angles. Four fundamental lessons are identified: CP is a strate...
This engaging and topical book comprehensively explores the complexities surrounding the EU Cohesion Policy, which has been addressing regional and urban development across Europe since the 1980s. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it not only considers the goals of this long-term investment policy, which is to reduce territorial disparities be...
Cities across Mediterranean Europe face common climatic threats. They are highly vulnerable and very likely to suffer losses and damages due to heat waves, droughts, wildfires, landslides, and extreme coastal events. To this date, however, there is no systematic understanding of how cities in Mediterranean Europe are preparing to adapt to these imp...
This chapter analyses the territorialization of the 2030 Agenda in Italy, specifically in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It explores two instruments of metropolitan governance, the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Turin (PSMTo 2021–2023) and the Metropolitan Agenda for Sustainable Development of Turin (AMSvSTo) to determine how territorialization is...
Este trabajo presenta el Proyecto Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) “Aula de Resiliencia Urbana” seleccionado en la primera convocatoria de Proyectos ApS de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Tiene su origen en el doble objetivo de llevar a cabo la enseñanza de la Regeneración Urbana en grado y máster desde un enfoque centrado en la vocación social del...
El área metropolitana es considerada la escala óptima para el desarrollo territorial y una solución institucional para mejorar la planificación y la coordinación de las políticas y servicios públicos. Por ello, en la mayor parte de los países europeos o se han promovido reformas dirigidas a la formalización de esta escala (por ejemplo, en Italia o...
This study investigates the climate emergency declaration (CED) movement in cities and its effects and synergies with local climate planning. Urban areas are experiencing a wide range of climate-induced extreme events, particularly those located in the Mediterranean hotspot. The focus is on Italian cities, which have only recently become key player...
Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate adaptation science, policy, and practice. Here, we assess the progress of urban adaptation planning in 327 European cities between 2005 and 2020 using three ‘ADAptation plan Quality Assessment’ indices, called ADAQA-1/ 2/ 3, that combine six plan quality principles. H...
Este trabajo parte de la identificación del potencial del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (PRTR) de España para dar lugar a una evolución de la política urbana que contribuya a la sostenibilidad y la resiliencia del país en un momento de marcada crisis. El estudio plantea contestar la pregunta ¿tiene el PRTR una dimensión urbana?...
This work aims to understand how the Spanish Urban Agenda (SUA), approved in 2019, is providing (or not) a urban policy for a better post-COVID urban future. The study analyses the SUA’s source, its evolution, and main features to understand the contribution it is making to the national urban policy framework. It explores the extent to which the SU...
En diciembre de 2019 se proponía desde la Unión Europea el denominado Pacto Verde Europeo (European Green Deal). Esta nueva hoja de ruta socioeconómica para la UE plantea que nuestro continente haga una transición ecológica justa que le proyecte hacia el futuro a través de un conjunto de cambios estructurales orientados a alcanzar la neutralidad de...
In response to the socioeconomic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council of the EU approved in the summer of 2020 the creation of the European Recovery Plan (Next Generation EU). It was specifically aimed to the fast recovery of Europe (its deadline is 2026) and highly determined by the objectives of the European Green Deal (approved in...
La intención de dar lugar a un proyecto de Aprendizaje-servicio, en un programa formativo que focalizase en la regeneración urbana (dentro de la asignatura Intensificación en Urbanismo del Grado en Fundamentos de la Arquitectura de la ETSAM durante el curso 2010-21 -semestre de primavera), se basó en la identificación del potencial que esta metodol...
La Agenda 2030 de Naciones Unidas establece un marco de refrencia para la elaboración de políticas públicas basado en la idea de la localización, que implica que la acción para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) debe descender al ámbito local y regional. La razón es que gran parte de las commpetencias y la provisión de servicios...
Desde el final de los años ochenta la cuestión de los barrios vulnerables ha sido objeto de una política pública concreta, la regeneración urbana, que se configuró bajo los ejes de cambio que determinaron esa década y la siguiente. En ese contexto, la atención a esos enclaves entró en la agenda política en el marco europeo, en gran medida, en base...
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As recognized by the Paris Climate Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), local and subnational regions are crucial actors to achieve international mitigation and adaptation commitments. Scientific literature and empirical evidence point at multi-level climate governance as a crucial factor to engage subnat...
In Europe, regions in the Mediterranean area share common characteristics in terms of high sensitivity to climate change impacts. Does this translate into specificities regarding climate action that could arise from these Mediterranean characteristics? This paper sheds light on regional and local climate mitigation actions of the Mediterranean Euro...
Urban regeneration emerged during the 1990s as a policy area aimed at addressing urban decay through a novel approach to overcoming the limitations rooted in physical sectoral transformation. From that point on, a number of integrating mechanisms and relevant topics have emerged in this field, aimed at resolving current urban problems. At this junc...
Este trabajo se centra en el interés y la relevancia de potenciar en el momento presente las sinergias entre la educación y la innovación en el marco de la enseñanza de la regeneración urbana en la universidad. La literatura sobre la innovación en la educación señala el aprendizaje servicio -ApS- como uno de los métodos que es capaz de introducir i...
Resumen
La dimensión urbana de la Política de Cohesión de la Unión Europea (UE) ha ejercido una influencia de calado en la política urbana en el marco español. Dentro de la misma, las Iniciativas Comunitarias URBAN (1994-1999) y URBAN II (2000-2006), y la Iniciativa Urbana (2007-2013) han contribuido a un nivel relevante de europeización de dicha...
RSA Research Network on Cohesion Policy [#CPnet] 2 call for presentations for next two online workshops on:
1) Theoretical reflections on EU Cohesion Policy, 22-23 March;
2) The urban dimensions of EU Cohesion Policy, 19-20 May.
Please find below more information on the topics, keynote speakers and organisations.
In December 2019, just before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a European Commission communication set out the “European Green Deal for the European Union”. The opening paragraph recognises that “tackling climate and environmental-related challenges is this generation’s defining task” (European Commission, 2019a: 2), placing this responsibili...
Cities across the globe recognise their role in climate mitigation and are acting to reduce carbon emissions. Knowing whether cities set ambitious climate and energy targets is critical for determining their contribution towards the global 1.5 °C target, partly because it helps to identify areas where further action is necessary. This paper present...
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La guía “Regeneración urbana con perspectiva de género en el marco de la Agenda Urbana del País Vasco.Bultzatu 2050” asume los principios y objetivos de dicha Agenda, así como el enfoque de regeneración urbana recogido en las Directrices de Ordenación del Territorio del País Vasco, donde la perspectiva de género emerge c...
The complex reality that characterized the transition to the Postmodern City in a framework of revision of the planning practice, marked in the 1980s the first steps in the formalization of a strategic policy area that has been identified as “the Urban Policy of the Union European (EU)”. The experience and knowledge developed in this controversial...
El comienzo del siglo XXI se ha caracterizado por un renovado protagonismo de las ciudades que se manifiesta tanto en el impulso de políticas específicamente urbanas como en su mayor notoriedad en el ámbito internacional. Las dinámicas económicas, ambientales, sociales, culturales y demográficas las sitúan como los espacios donde se concentran los...
Urban poverty began to lose relevance as a policy problem at the European Union (EU) level in the early 2000s. By the end of that decade, however, the impact of the global financial and economic crisis brought urban exclusion back to the fore. The importance of the issue remains undiminished. After years of post-crisis ‘austerity’, Europe’s economi...
This paper explores the dynamics of urban policy transfer in the European Union (EU), critically examining the process of Europeanization in relation to urban issues. The paper takes a comparative approach, analysing the evolution of urban policy and Europeanization in four member states: France, Italy, Spain and the UK from the 1990s up to the cur...
The urban question has attracted the attention of decision-makers in the last years. As a result, several stakeholders and government levels are launching the development of their urban agendas, a trend that can be observed particularly in some EU member states. In this context, Spain emerges as an interesting case since it has just approved its na...
This work aims to shed light on the contribution of the urban dimension of the Cohesion Policy (CP) to Spanish cities. It is based on the case study of Málaga, a city in which European Union (EU) programmes have contributed importantly to regenerating its historic centre. The case study uses a mixed qualitative methodology to understand if and to w...
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Al iniciar los años 90 del siglo pasado se formaliza a nivel internacional una tendencia a abordar los problemas de degradación de las ciudades desde un enfoque integrado y que cuente con la participación de la comunidad local. Ambos aspectos quedaron incorporados como elementos metodológicos en la Iniciativa Comunitaria URBAN (1994-1999...
This book highlights the discontinuities and the ongoing development of the urban question in policy-making in the context of the controversial current issues of global reversal and regional revival. It critically examines contemporary public policies and practices at the urban, regional and national scales in order to offer a timely contribution t...
Cities are gaining prominence committing to respond to the threat of climate change, e.g., by developing local climate plans or strategies. However, little is known regarding the approaches and processes of plan development and implementation, or the success and effectiveness of proposed measures. Mainstreaming is regarded as one approach associate...
This work presents the research work developed since 2016 by the author analising the Urban Agenda for the European Union. It puts the focus on the capacity of the process initiated by the Amsterdam Pact (May 2016) to deliver change in the urban axis of the UE policy and, therefore, in its implementation (mainly through the Cohesion Policy) in the...
The Central District of Madrid, the Distrito Centro, has seen profound changes in planning and mobility in recent years. Some of the key strategies to improve the habitability of the district include pedestrianising major shopping streets such as Calle del Arenal, Calle de Fuencarral, Calle de las Huertas and Calle de Carretas, identifying a number...
This presentation builds on the work developed by the author analising the urban policy of the EU and its transformative capacity from the last 80s. It focus on the different approaches adopted along the programming periods of the Cohesion Policy, with a specific attention to the present period (2014-2020) and the design of the urban axis for the p...
While gender mainstreaming has become a key principle for fostering equality across all fields of policy, actual implementation in the field of urban planning is still underdeveloped. We posit that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open data sources can and should be useful tools that effectively contribute to devising more effective ways of...
Desde la década de los noventa la temática y la escala de los retos globales ha ido
poniendo el foco en las ciudades, una tendencia que se ha potenciado al iniciar el s.
XXI y que señala como clave la cuestión del “empoderamiento urbano”. Partiendo
de ese marco, este estudio aborda la cuestión del poder de las ciudades globales
analizando cuatro ca...
Climate Action Planning is one of the top priorities of cities in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening climate-resilience, as pointed out by the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement.
This study aims at assessing the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation planning in Italian cities. To this end, we analysed...
Climate Action Planning is one of the top priorities of cities in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening climate-resilience, as pointed out by the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement. This study aims at assessing the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation planning in Italian cities. To this end, we analysed...
The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean temperature rise this century to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. This target has wide-ranging implications for Europe and its cities, which are the source of substantial greenhouse gas emissions. This paper reports the state of local planning for climate change by collecting and analysing i...
Cities have been under the policy focus of the EU from the 80s. The relevance of the urban issue has evolved through a complex process that has led to the definition of the urban dimension of the EU policy. In 1999 entered into force the Treaty of Amsterdam, which brought a new insight regarding gender issues, as it introduced for the first time th...
Urban issues have been under the policy attention of the European Union (EU) from the late 1980s. Its influence has been particularly significant in countries that had not developed an explicit urban national policy. This is the case of Spain, in which specific instruments aimed to address urban challenges co-funded by the Structural Funds have bee...
In the last years, urban issues have gained visibility in the international scenario by the definition of supranational urban agendas. These instruments, notably the New Urban Agenda of United Nations (October 2016) and the Urban Agenda for the European Union (in the process), are acting as drivers that call for policy attention to cities and urban...
En los inicios de los 90, la actuación en la ciudad existente empezó a alejarse de la mera transformación física y a acercarse a un enfoque integrado que ponía en relación dicha transformación con la dimensión social, económica y medioambiental del desarrollo urbano. Esta evolución se manifestó en el ámbito comunitario con el lanzamiento de la Inic...
Desde que en 1990 la CEE publicara el «Libro Verde sobre el Medio Ambiente Urbano», la Unión Europea ha desarrollado un papel activo en la lucha contra los procesos de declive que afectan a las ciudades de los Estados miembros, un papel basado en contribuciones en forma de recomendaciones y comunicaciones, y de una labor de acción directa sobre las...
The implementation of the urban policy of the EU in Spain has exerted a relevant influence in the country, contributing importantly to transform the scenario of urban regeneration. The main reason that explains this influence is the introduction of a new method (the so-called “URBAN method”) for urban regeneration that is collaborative, participati...
The study tries to understand why and how Italian cities have started actions to reduce their contribution to climate change and become more resilient, investigating also the influence of national and international climate alliances (e.g. CoM_CE).
During the last three decades, the European Union (EU) has paid growing attention to the key role that cities play in the development of the European territory and their potential contribution to tackling the economic, climate, environmental, demographic and social challenges that it continues to face. On the basis of this awareness, a complex poli...
The implementation of the urban policy of the EU in Spain has exerted a relevant influence in the country, contributing importantly to transform the scenario of urban regeneration. One of the main reason that explains this influence is the introduction of a method for urban regeneration that is area-based, integrated, collaborative, participative,...
Urban issues have been targeted by European Union (EU) policy action during the last three decades. The launch and implementation of the URBAN (1994–1999) and URBAN II Community Initiatives (2000–2007) introduced an innovative way of addressing urban challenges in many Member States, resulting in a relevant advancement in the field of urban regener...
Cities are on the focus of policy action in the European Union (EU) from the '80s. The relevance of the urban issue within the UE has evolved through a complex process that has led to the definition of the urban dimension of the EU policy. The development of this process has given place to the construction of a concept of "sustainable/integrated ur...
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The European Union (EU) adopted gender mainstreaming in the Treaty of Amsterdam as the strategy to reach equality between women and men. The mandate of the Treaty and subsequent legislation has led to the implementation of this vision in some of the policy areas, while others have just begun to introduce this approach.
Research work develo...
The transportation sector is one of the largest sources of EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2011, transportation represented approximately 25 percent of total EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions of road transport and up to 70% of other pollutants from transport. As, transportation and mobility play a...
Globally, efforts are underway to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to climate change impacts at the local level. However, there is a poor understanding of the relationship between city strategies on climate change mitigation and adaptation and the relevant policies at national and European level. This paper describes a com...
Cities are where most of the overall primary energy is consumed, GHG emissions are released [1] and where people are more and more frequently affected by the adverse effects of climate change [2]. On the other hand, cities are the ideal framework for implementing low-carbon policies [3] and adaptation strategies through a strategic planning process...
Cities significantly contribute to climate change while at the same time have government capacity to efficiently act in the fields of mitigation and adaptation. Their climate capacity is being increasingly recognized by international institutions and has been pointed out as crucial in the multi-level government scenario of the European Union (EU)....
Este trabajo lleva a cabo un análisis de la aportación que las dos fases de la Iniciativa
Comunitaria URBAN de la Unión Europea (UE) han hecho a la práctica de la
regeneración urbana en España desde la perspectiva de la Planificación Colaborativa.
La adopción de esta última como marco conceptual ha provisto la base teórica desde
la que se ha analiz...
Este trabajo lleva a cabo un análisis de la aportación que las dos fases de la Iniciativa Comunitaria URBANde la Unión Europea (UE) han hecho a la práctica de la regeneración urbana en España desde la perspectiva de la Planificación Colaborativa. La adopción de esta última como marco conceptual ha provisto la base teórica desde la que se ha analiza...
"En España al iniciar la década de los ochenta del siglo XX, se inicia la transferencia de competencias a las Comunidades Autónomas. Al finalizar los setenta se habían transferido a los Ayuntamientos. Ambos niveles de gobierno recibieron competencias en el ámbito del urbanismo y otras políticas urbanas, mientras que el Gobierno Central mantuvo muy...
Este trabajo analiza la contribución de la política de vivienda social a la introducción del urbanismo de género en la ciudad de Viena, sobre la base de la identificación de dicha política como un factor que ha jugado un papel clave a ese respecto.
El foco del análisis ha permitido detectar como el carácter social de dicha política fue central para...
During the last decade there has been in Spain a relevant development of plans and tools that aim to achieve a more sustainable urban mobility. The momentum that has fuelled this trend stems from a number of socio-economic and environmental factors, among which it is worth noting the recognition of environmental quality and efficient transport as k...
Gender mainstreaming in urban planning leads to gender sensitive planning, an approach that has as main objective to achieve cities more sensible to the needs and expectations of different social groups and, particularly, to those of women.
Gender mainstreaming is a central strategic discipline of urban planning in Vienna, a city which is implemen...
Urban areas are pivotal to global adaptation and mitigation efforts. But how do cities actually perform in terms of climate change response? This study sheds light on the state of urban climate change adaptation and mitigation planning across Europe. Europe is an excellent test case given its advanced environmental policies and high urbanization. W...
Cities are on the focus of the policy action of the European Union from the 80’s because: more than 70% of the European population lives in urban areas; cities remain the EU primary source of wealth creation and social and cultural development and, main centres of social inequality, social exclusion, and environmental problems. On the basis of the...
Durante el periodo 2004-2011 la Administración General del Estado (AGE) ha llevado a cabo una acción en el ámbito de la movilidad urbana que no tiene precedentes en el marco español. Entre los factores que han favorecido esta acción es destacable la influencia de la Unión Europea (UE), frente a la cual el Gobierno Central tiene que desempeñar el pa...
The URBAN Community Initiative has been so far the most specific instrument of the
Urban Ppolicy in the European Union. It was developed during two consecutive programming periods
of the Cohesion Policy (the period 1994-1999, under the name of URBAN, and the 2000- 2006, under
the name of URBAN II).
Its progress in Spain, as in other Member State...
Objetivo Partiendo de la consolidacion de la entrada de la movilidad urbana durante el ultimo decenio en la agenda de todos los niveles de gobierno, de la constatacion del reparto de competencias en materia de movilidad entre los mismos y el rol clave que han de desempenar las Comunidades Autonomas, como nivel intermedio de gobierno en este y otros...
Cities are widely recognised as being pivotal to fight climate change. They magnify the drivers of climate change, experience the impacts and also concentrate the highest room for action. Although urban areas are broadly claimed to be climate leaders, there is no archetype of right actions given the highly contextual differences among them. Yet, th...
Cities are widely recognised as being pivotal to fight climate change. Cities magnify the drivers of climate change, experience the impacts and also concentrate the highest room for action. Given the 70% of the global emissions that cities are responsible for, national governments are unable to meet their international commitments for addressing mi...
