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Workshop 1. Participation and community involvement in planning and implementation of urban policy projects and programmes

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room ‘Salen’, 1. floor
11:00 Chair: Bas Denters
Allen, J.; Cars, G.: Governing Neighbourhoods

Bäck, H.; Johansson, F.: Citizen involvement and new roles for local politicials in decentralised city government: The Case of Stockholm

Balducci, A.: Governing fragmentation in contemporary urban societies: strengths and weaknesses of participatory approaches

Atkinson, Rob; Lejeune, S.: Area-Based Urban Policy Initiatives - The Role of Resident Participation

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Alessandro Balducci

Cameron, T.: Locating groups homes: The politics of neighbourhood participation

Font, J; Jarque, M.; Medina, L.: Do different participatory methods produce coherent results? Citizen participation in Cardeu’s urban planning

Cheyne, C.: Strengthening democratic practice in New Zealand’s local government: new directions for the 21st century

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: Alessandro Balducci

Båstrup-Larsen, M.: Handling of complex coherent urban problems: an integrated approach based on the case of Vollsmose

Denters, B.; Klok; P-J.: The reconstruction of Roombeek-West: an institutional analysis of the planning process

Kensen, S.; Tops, P.: Citizen participation: lessons from eight Dutch cities
Saturday 19 May 2001

11:00

Chair: Henry Bäck

Mareggi, M.: Multipartner Table of Co-design to Manage City Actions: Italian Urban Time Policies Experiences

Reynarsson, B.: Reykjavik – the future city

Smith, J.L.: Mixing it up: Public Housing Redevelopment in Chicago

Åquist, A-C.: Planning for the perspective of everyday life

Dangschat, J. S.: Which kind of social integration can be supported by participation?

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 1.

13:00

Lunch

 

Workshop 2: Challenge to policy and administration of an integrated and comprehensive approach in urban policy

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 7, 4. Floor

11:00

Chair: Hans Skifter Andersen

Lawless, P.: Urban Politics and Policy in two American Cities: Tensions and Challenges
Discussant: Leibovitz, J.

Schwab, B.; Kuebler, D.: Metropolitan governance and the ’democratic deficit’. Theoretical issues and empirical findings
Discussant: Elander, I.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Cristiana Rossignolo

Leibovitz, J.; Bailey, N.; Docherty, I.; Kearns, A.; Turok, I.: Strategic Capacity in Fragmented Urban Governance: How Real a Policy Innovation?
Discussant: Ache, P.

Elander, I; Strömberg, T.: From local welfare regimes to fragmented urban coalitions
Discussant: Lawless, P.

Grimshaw, L.; May, A.: Talking is not a waste of time – Networks and the Co-ordination of Area-based initiatives
Discussant: Skifter Andersen, H.

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: Ali Modarres

Skifter Andersen, H.: What is the Special Purpose of Area Based Initiatives? How to Understand Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
Discussant: Cameron, S.

Cameron, S.: Neighbourhood management: Linking ’neighbourhood renewal’ and ’urban renaissance’
Discussant: Modarres, A.

Ghiara, H: Institutional capacity and area-based process of urban regeneration
Discussant: Russel, P.

Saturday 19 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 7, 4. floor

11:00

Chair: Peter Ache

Modarres, A.: Space-based Economic Development? Views from Los Angeles
Discussant: Ghiara, H.

Munk, A.: Welfare Policies in Distressed Neighbourhoods. The Danish Example
Discussant: Schwab, B.

Russel, P.: Integrated Urban Renewal in Ireland: Constraints to achieving integration in the H.A.R.P. Project Dublin
Discussant: Rossignolo, C.

Rossignolo, C.: Planning Urban Surbubs. The Case-study of Turin
Discussant: Grimshaw, L.

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 2.

13:00

Lunch

 

Workshop 3: EU Urban Policy vis á vis the development of new practices in the urban policy of European towns and cities

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 1, 4. floor

11:00

Chair: Jon Naustaldslid

Di Ciommo, F.: The economic actors and city governability: the example of urban regeneration policies in Milan, Naples and Paris
Discussants: Gelli, F.; Tedesco, C.

Feindt, P.H.: Public participation in metropolitan conflicts – a case study from Hamburg
Discussant: Rowe, J.

Franke, T.; Löhr, R-P.: Neighbourhood Management – a Key Instrument in Integrative Urban District Development
Discussant: Naustaldslid, J.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Helle Nørgaard

Gelli, F.; Tedesco, C.: Government and modes of governance in the U.S. and European cities. The change in urban policies
Discussants: Franke,T.; Löhr R-P.

Kantor, P.; Savitch, H.: Strategic Approaches to Urban Economic Development: Testing Results from North America and Western Europe, 1970-2000
Discussant: Nørgaard, H.

Rowe, J.; Fudge,C.: Area-based Initiatives as Tools towards Ecological Modernisation: A Case Study in Sweden
Discussant: Di Ciommo, F.

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: Ivan Tosics

Santangelo, M.: The urban pilot projects experience. A top-down integrated approach answering to local innovative strategies
Discussant: Tosics, I.

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 3. Initiator: Kantor, P.

 

Workshop 4: Employment issues, immigration and social inclusion in the neighbourhood. Stigmatisation, image of deprived neighbourhoods, the role of business in the neighbourhood

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 30, 3 floor

11:00

Chair: Anne Querrien

Malcata, E.: Local funding in area-based urban policy

Rezelman, A.: Redefinition of the state and business interests organisations – the case of Paris-Ile de France

Incedayi, D.; Tercan, A.: Space’ as component and indication of cultural change in the context of environment problems

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Michael Bannon

Griffiths, R.: Neighbourhood cohesion through arts and culture

Hastings, A.; Dean, J.: Challenging Images: the implications of ’image management’ for the regeneration of stigmatised housing estates

Elm Larsen, J.: Spatialization and Culturalization of Social Policy: Conducting Marginal People in Local Community

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: Michael Bannon

Querrien, A.: The history of area-based initiatives in the French urban policy for disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Wilder, M.: Race, Ethnicity, and Class: Facing The Limits of Community-based Development

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 4.

 

Workshop 5: Models of partnerships and collaborative planning efforts

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 2, 4. floor

11:00

Chair: Ivan Turok

Peterman, W.: Revitalizing the Calumet: A Model for Urban Regeneration?
Discussant: Keating, D.

Dukes, T.: Amsterdam: the case of URBAN Bijldermeer Discussant: Smith M.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Christian Lefèvre

Boyle, R.; Eisinger, P.: The U.S. Empowerment Zone Program: The Evolution of a National Urban Program and the Failure of Local Implementation in Detroit, Michigan
Discussant: Nordahl, B.

Turok, I.: Area-based partnerships in Ireland: Collaborative planning in practice?
Discussant: Ratouis, O.

Keating, D.: An Evaluation of the U.S. Empowerment Zone Program
Discussant: Plöger, J.

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: William Peterman

Smith, M.; Beazley, M.: The community decides? Continuity and change in the involvement of communities in regeneration
Discussant: McCarthy, J./Fernie, K.

Pløger, J.: Urban social planning – urbanity and/or/either-or/neither community? A comparative study of urban regeneration projects in Oslo and Copenhagen
Discussant: Boyle, R.

Paddison, R.: Attitudes to citizen participation, neighbourhood and social inclusion in Scottish cities
Saturday 19 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 2, 4. Floor

11:00

Chair: Nevin Brown

Nordahl, B.: Privatisation of land use planning in urban areas
Discussant: Turok, I.

Ratouis, O.: Public policy looking for renewed shapes of partnerships or the example of a few original situations in Dunkirk (France)
Discussant: Dukes, T.

McCarthy, J; Fernie, K.: The new Community Planning Agenda – Institutional morphing in Dundee
Discussant: Peterman, W.

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 5.

13:00

Lunch

 

Workshop 6: Methodological issues related to the measurement and evaluation of the effects of urban improvement programmes. Learning processes in the development of urban policies

Friday 18 May 2001 Venue: Conference room 3, 4. Floor

11:00

Chair: Lars A. Engberg

Light, I.: Social Capital’s Unique Accessibility
Discussant: Skovbro, A.

Skovbro, A.: Urban densification: an innovation in sustainable urban policy?
Discussant: Drifill, J.; Hill, A.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Lars A. Engberg

Drifill, J.; Hill, A.: Values into Action – Lessons for succesful community development and sustainable regeneration
Discussant: Engberg, L.; Bayer, S.

Engberg, L.; Bayer, S.: The two faces of consensus-steering
Discussant: Light, I.

Vliet, D. van: Area Based Demonstration/Exhibition: Adaptive Management and Learning in Municipal and Development Organizations
Discussant: Merridew, T.

16:00

Coffee & tea break

16:30

Chair: Lars A. Engberg

Merridew, T.: The role of consultancy in local regeneration processes
Discussant: Vliet, D. van

Breda-Vázquez, I.; Conceicao, P.; Batista, L.M.; Branco-Teixeira, M.: Evaluation of the effects of urban improvement programmes: methodological contributions
Discussant: Drifill, J; Hill, A.

Evaluation, perspectives and discussion of themes and topics from workshop 6.

 

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