Report of Social Life's work exploring how Malmö City can think about the comprehensive social and physical regeneration of its lower income neighbourhoods, by developing a new approach to placemaking that has the potential to be funded through social investment.
This document summarizes a workshop on planning for social sustainability in new communities. It discusses how physical infrastructure alone is not enough to build thriving communities and that social factors like social relationships, shared beliefs and visible leadership are also important. It presents a social sustainability framework and examples of how social sustainability has been incorporated into developments through things like community development workers, sociologists helping early residents, community land trusts and adaptable shared spaces. The workshop explored what stakeholders like local government, housing associations and residents can do at different stages from planning to long-term stewardship to promote social sustainability in new places.
Presentation to workshop at Realdania Foundation on 13 March 2015, by Nicola Bacon.
The workshop discussed community dynamics, and how a social sustainability framework could help built environment professionals strengthen their impact on local communities. The aim was to inform Realdania's Boligliv i balance programme.
This document discusses the need for social innovation in urban planning and placemaking. It argues that existing development models often fail to create thriving communities because they do not put people at the heart of the process. True social innovation requires recognizing how local residents feel about their community, trying new collaborative approaches, and using creative tools to address social needs in innovative ways. The document provides examples of social innovation projects from the UK and Denmark that have helped engage communities and address issues like disadvantage through new solutions developed with local participation.
Designing for social sustainability, presentation to RTPI Scotland 7th Octobe...social_life_presentations
Nicola Bacon's presentation to RTPI Scotland's centenary conference in Glasgow in October 2014 on Social Life's work on social sustainability, how this can be understood, actioned and measured.
These slides were used to illustrate a lecture at Sheffield University, 'Regeneration with a human face: responsible urban recovery'. They look at the problem of knowing 'what works' in regeneration and propose six people-centred approaches that can help us move forward. You can read the full text of the lecture here: http://urbanpollinators.co.uk/?page_id=1820
Urban Pollinators: who we are, what we do, how we can help youJulian Dobson
Urban Pollinators aims to create better places through sharing knowledge and ideas. They do this through writing, research, speaking, and facilitation on topics like regeneration, town centers, the natural environment, and placemaking. Their work challenges conventional wisdom and puts people and community at the center. They have inspired new thinking on issues like the future of the high street and how communities can care for local assets.
This document summarizes a presentation on making new cities and communities socially sustainable. It discusses exploring practical ways for new developments to succeed as communities where people want to live through encouraging social networks, engagement, and stewardship. The presentation outlines key factors for socially sustainable communities, including social infrastructure, social and cultural life, voice and influence, and space to grow. It also notes the high costs of failing to consider social sustainability when developing new communities.
This document summarizes a workshop on planning for social sustainability in new communities. It discusses how physical infrastructure alone is not enough to build thriving communities and that social factors like social relationships, shared beliefs and visible leadership are also important. It presents a social sustainability framework and examples of how social sustainability has been incorporated into developments through things like community development workers, sociologists helping early residents, community land trusts and adaptable shared spaces. The workshop explored what stakeholders like local government, housing associations and residents can do at different stages from planning to long-term stewardship to promote social sustainability in new places.
Presentation to workshop at Realdania Foundation on 13 March 2015, by Nicola Bacon.
The workshop discussed community dynamics, and how a social sustainability framework could help built environment professionals strengthen their impact on local communities. The aim was to inform Realdania's Boligliv i balance programme.
This document discusses the need for social innovation in urban planning and placemaking. It argues that existing development models often fail to create thriving communities because they do not put people at the heart of the process. True social innovation requires recognizing how local residents feel about their community, trying new collaborative approaches, and using creative tools to address social needs in innovative ways. The document provides examples of social innovation projects from the UK and Denmark that have helped engage communities and address issues like disadvantage through new solutions developed with local participation.
Designing for social sustainability, presentation to RTPI Scotland 7th Octobe...social_life_presentations
Nicola Bacon's presentation to RTPI Scotland's centenary conference in Glasgow in October 2014 on Social Life's work on social sustainability, how this can be understood, actioned and measured.
These slides were used to illustrate a lecture at Sheffield University, 'Regeneration with a human face: responsible urban recovery'. They look at the problem of knowing 'what works' in regeneration and propose six people-centred approaches that can help us move forward. You can read the full text of the lecture here: http://urbanpollinators.co.uk/?page_id=1820
Urban Pollinators: who we are, what we do, how we can help youJulian Dobson
Urban Pollinators aims to create better places through sharing knowledge and ideas. They do this through writing, research, speaking, and facilitation on topics like regeneration, town centers, the natural environment, and placemaking. Their work challenges conventional wisdom and puts people and community at the center. They have inspired new thinking on issues like the future of the high street and how communities can care for local assets.
This document summarizes a presentation on making new cities and communities socially sustainable. It discusses exploring practical ways for new developments to succeed as communities where people want to live through encouraging social networks, engagement, and stewardship. The presentation outlines key factors for socially sustainable communities, including social infrastructure, social and cultural life, voice and influence, and space to grow. It also notes the high costs of failing to consider social sustainability when developing new communities.
This presentation introduces a framework for creating socially sustainability places. Future Communities is a partnership between the Young Foundation and local partners in the UK, Europe and Asia, exploring how to make new communities places that work socially in the long term.
Into the wild: research 'impact' and the curious world of public policyJulian Dobson
This document summarizes research on the high street and efforts to impact public policy. It discusses 3 case studies: 1) how knowledge about skills for sustainable communities was ignored by governments, 2) how the "big society" narrative undermined community development knowledge, and 3) how research on food banks and welfare reform is consistently ignored. It reflects on challenges of impact including losing control of the research narrative, policy preferences determining research agendas, differing definitions of impact between researchers and policymakers, and impact being more about self-presentation than influence. It proposes an agenda for impact that sees impact as provisional, challenges canonical knowledge, is inclusive of participant views, and disturbs rather than just reinforces the status quo.
The global population is ageing at an unprecedented rate, with over 50% of people aged 60 or older expected to live in urban environments by 2020. Rapid urbanization combined with population ageing will see most people grow old in cities. By 2050, the number of people over 60 will triple to 2 billion, exceeding the number of children under 15 for the first time. Effectively responding to this demographic shift requires policies and systems that respect the rights of older urban residents and remove age-based discrimination. Failure to do so constructs vulnerability through exclusion and inequitable access to resources.
Professor Katie Williams - Director of the Centre for Environment and Planning, UWE - delivers a speech to SWO Conference delegates on how through housing planners might help to 'realise prosperity'.
The document discusses the role of designers in city planning and placemaking. It notes that while planned communities have existed for over 200 years, there is still much to learn about what truly makes communities work. Intervention is sometimes needed when places decline, but too much can stifle organic growth. The ideal is putting people at the heart of placemaking by promoting social relationships, shared spaces and activities, and a sense of identity and belonging. Well-designed public spaces and buildings can encourage mixing and strengthen social bonds in a community.
Mapping momentum, the systems studio and sigGorka Espiau
This document summarizes different roles that are helping to build the field of systems change. It includes two tables: Table 1 describes roles at different stages of systems change work including intrapreneurs, strategists, illuminators, facilitators, conveners, and experimenters. Table 2 outlines the types of challenges that systems change leaders are tackling such as sustainability, public services, health, education, and finance/economy. It provides examples of individuals and organizations working in each of these areas.
Presentation to the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) North America Conference in Winnipeg on the design assistance progress, it's adapted models, and how it applies to a variety of community settings.
This document discusses creativity and social innovations in community development. It argues that creativity and social innovations can generate business and jobs, increase attractiveness of local communities, and increase democracy and social inclusion. The concept of creative cities is based on the idea that creative industries and a general creative attribute in society are important for post-industrial economies. Examples of creative cities from around the world are discussed, as well as how the creative city approach could be applied in developing countries. The document then discusses examples of creative community development in Namibia and how innovation, including social innovation, can increase creativity and potential in communities through open innovation, user innovation, and community innovation.
This document provides information about an event called "Amplify Northern Ireland" taking place on June 22nd from 1-5pm at the Ulster Museum. The event will feature 24 social innovation projects presented in an Innovation Marketplace and talks in the Big Ideas Room on topics like urban planning, digital fabrication, and youth leadership. Attendees can learn about the projects, provide support to them, and help create an exhibition showing a vision for transforming Northern Ireland. Refreshments will be provided and a panel discussion will reflect on next steps after the event concludes.
This presentation describes Social Life's work with the City of Malmö's Environment Department to develop a new placemaking model that can be funded by social investment. This work is part of the City's "Regeneration Dialogue", which aims to comprehensively regenerate the City's 1960's and 1970's apartment blocks. The work is part of the Social Life of Cities collaborative - a global innovation program run in partnership with Cisco and the Young Foundation.
This presentation was made at a TelePresence bringing together placemaking experts and city stakeholders from Malmo, Brussels, Chicago, New York, London and Seoul.
This study examined the perceptions of residents in Seferihisar, Turkey regarding the Cittaslow movement. Cittaslow is an international initiative aimed at improving quality of life in small towns. The researchers interviewed 83 residents to understand their familiarity with Cittaslow, expectations of it, and views on its impact and future success. Most residents were familiar with Cittaslow and saw it as successful in Seferihisar, though some felt it could increase promotion and environmental protection efforts. Residents' expectations centered around economic opportunities, preserving local culture and production, and improving social and cultural activities. The researchers concluded Cittaslow has raised Seferihisar's profile but its concepts were not
The document summarizes the SIX in the City Summer School held in Singapore from September 15-17, 2010. Over 130 participants from 23 countries attended discussions on topics like social innovation policy in Europe, innovation for an aging society, and social enterprise. Participants found the conversations and networking with people from different countries to be the highlight. The summer school was part of the global SIX network's efforts to influence solutions to world challenges through social innovation.
Public and Collaborative, Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons DESIS Labdesis_uk
This document summarizes four projects from the Public & Collaborative program. The first project focuses on improving housing services in NYC through new informational materials, application processes, and networks among neighbors. The second project aims to encourage collaboration among government agencies and inspire civil servants through training and idea incubation. The third explores "public innovation places" as sites for collaborative problem solving. The fourth looks at co-creating more engaging education experiences among students, teachers and families. The document outlines strategies, outcomes and next steps for each project.
The document discusses connecting new and existing communities through the development of sustainable communities. It summarizes the Young Foundation's work researching social needs and developing innovative solutions. It then outlines some common problems in building cohesive communities and explores nurturing factors like social infrastructure, social and cultural life, voice and influence, and allowing space for communities to grow. The presentation concludes with contact information for the Young Foundation.
Hands on social innovation: tools for tackling urban deprivationSaffron Woodcraft
The document describes workshops being held by The Young Foundation on May 12-13 about social innovation tools for tackling urban deprivation in Malmö and Copenhagen. The workshops will provide inspiration through case studies and practical social innovation tools and methods, help attendees think differently about the social problems they work on, and discuss putting ideas into practice.
The document discusses the benefits of Sebastopol, California joining the international Cittaslow network of "slow cities". Some key benefits include economic benefits for small businesses through increased exposure, networking benefits for urban planning as cities can connect and learn from each other, and social benefits for creating a more cohesive community. Sebastopol has already been operating with the Cittaslow philosophy and achieving the highest score of US cities applying to join the network. The next steps outlined are to authorize a steering committee, provide matching funds for membership dues, and get the membership and projects underway.
İn the scope of Urban projects at Erciyes University,Faculty of Architecture,Department of City and Regional planning,i benefited remarkably from Charles Montgomery Concept of HAPPY CİTY.
The concept has helped me plan for Alaçam Municipality(A Samsun district,a Black sea region in Turkey) 2019-2040 General land use plan(Urban project 311,1:5000 scale) and its İmplementation plan (411 urban project,1:1000 scale).
This guide provides information and recommendations for making cities more age-friendly. It was developed based on research conducted in 33 cities across the world to understand the experiences of older residents. Focus groups with older adults, their caregivers, and service providers identified common features of cities that either facilitated or posed barriers to active aging. The results informed a checklist of age-friendly city features to guide urban planning and development. The goal is to help cities support the health, participation, and security of older residents as populations age.
This document discusses the art of placemaking and its importance for Prince George's County's future. It outlines how current development has focused on cars, leading to sprawling suburbs and isolated civic buildings and shopping centers. However, demographic trends show residents want more walkable, urban communities. Placemaking is defined as a community-driven, visionary process to create public spaces that bring people together and connect the past and present. The document advocates for more multimodal transportation options and human-centric development, with diverse public spaces like parks and trails, to build livelier, socially inclusive communities and improve quality of life. The highest art of placemaking will help Prince George's County achieve its vision for 2035 of thriving, safe,
The document discusses the concept of sustainable development. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their needs. This includes balancing environmental preservation, economic growth, and social welfare. The document outlines the three pillars of sustainable development - environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and socio-political sustainability. It provides examples of appropriate technologies that promote sustainable development.
This presentation introduces a framework for creating socially sustainability places. Future Communities is a partnership between the Young Foundation and local partners in the UK, Europe and Asia, exploring how to make new communities places that work socially in the long term.
Into the wild: research 'impact' and the curious world of public policyJulian Dobson
This document summarizes research on the high street and efforts to impact public policy. It discusses 3 case studies: 1) how knowledge about skills for sustainable communities was ignored by governments, 2) how the "big society" narrative undermined community development knowledge, and 3) how research on food banks and welfare reform is consistently ignored. It reflects on challenges of impact including losing control of the research narrative, policy preferences determining research agendas, differing definitions of impact between researchers and policymakers, and impact being more about self-presentation than influence. It proposes an agenda for impact that sees impact as provisional, challenges canonical knowledge, is inclusive of participant views, and disturbs rather than just reinforces the status quo.
The global population is ageing at an unprecedented rate, with over 50% of people aged 60 or older expected to live in urban environments by 2020. Rapid urbanization combined with population ageing will see most people grow old in cities. By 2050, the number of people over 60 will triple to 2 billion, exceeding the number of children under 15 for the first time. Effectively responding to this demographic shift requires policies and systems that respect the rights of older urban residents and remove age-based discrimination. Failure to do so constructs vulnerability through exclusion and inequitable access to resources.
Professor Katie Williams - Director of the Centre for Environment and Planning, UWE - delivers a speech to SWO Conference delegates on how through housing planners might help to 'realise prosperity'.
The document discusses the role of designers in city planning and placemaking. It notes that while planned communities have existed for over 200 years, there is still much to learn about what truly makes communities work. Intervention is sometimes needed when places decline, but too much can stifle organic growth. The ideal is putting people at the heart of placemaking by promoting social relationships, shared spaces and activities, and a sense of identity and belonging. Well-designed public spaces and buildings can encourage mixing and strengthen social bonds in a community.
Mapping momentum, the systems studio and sigGorka Espiau
This document summarizes different roles that are helping to build the field of systems change. It includes two tables: Table 1 describes roles at different stages of systems change work including intrapreneurs, strategists, illuminators, facilitators, conveners, and experimenters. Table 2 outlines the types of challenges that systems change leaders are tackling such as sustainability, public services, health, education, and finance/economy. It provides examples of individuals and organizations working in each of these areas.
Presentation to the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) North America Conference in Winnipeg on the design assistance progress, it's adapted models, and how it applies to a variety of community settings.
This document discusses creativity and social innovations in community development. It argues that creativity and social innovations can generate business and jobs, increase attractiveness of local communities, and increase democracy and social inclusion. The concept of creative cities is based on the idea that creative industries and a general creative attribute in society are important for post-industrial economies. Examples of creative cities from around the world are discussed, as well as how the creative city approach could be applied in developing countries. The document then discusses examples of creative community development in Namibia and how innovation, including social innovation, can increase creativity and potential in communities through open innovation, user innovation, and community innovation.
This document provides information about an event called "Amplify Northern Ireland" taking place on June 22nd from 1-5pm at the Ulster Museum. The event will feature 24 social innovation projects presented in an Innovation Marketplace and talks in the Big Ideas Room on topics like urban planning, digital fabrication, and youth leadership. Attendees can learn about the projects, provide support to them, and help create an exhibition showing a vision for transforming Northern Ireland. Refreshments will be provided and a panel discussion will reflect on next steps after the event concludes.
This presentation describes Social Life's work with the City of Malmö's Environment Department to develop a new placemaking model that can be funded by social investment. This work is part of the City's "Regeneration Dialogue", which aims to comprehensively regenerate the City's 1960's and 1970's apartment blocks. The work is part of the Social Life of Cities collaborative - a global innovation program run in partnership with Cisco and the Young Foundation.
This presentation was made at a TelePresence bringing together placemaking experts and city stakeholders from Malmo, Brussels, Chicago, New York, London and Seoul.
This study examined the perceptions of residents in Seferihisar, Turkey regarding the Cittaslow movement. Cittaslow is an international initiative aimed at improving quality of life in small towns. The researchers interviewed 83 residents to understand their familiarity with Cittaslow, expectations of it, and views on its impact and future success. Most residents were familiar with Cittaslow and saw it as successful in Seferihisar, though some felt it could increase promotion and environmental protection efforts. Residents' expectations centered around economic opportunities, preserving local culture and production, and improving social and cultural activities. The researchers concluded Cittaslow has raised Seferihisar's profile but its concepts were not
The document summarizes the SIX in the City Summer School held in Singapore from September 15-17, 2010. Over 130 participants from 23 countries attended discussions on topics like social innovation policy in Europe, innovation for an aging society, and social enterprise. Participants found the conversations and networking with people from different countries to be the highlight. The summer school was part of the global SIX network's efforts to influence solutions to world challenges through social innovation.
Public and Collaborative, Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons DESIS Labdesis_uk
This document summarizes four projects from the Public & Collaborative program. The first project focuses on improving housing services in NYC through new informational materials, application processes, and networks among neighbors. The second project aims to encourage collaboration among government agencies and inspire civil servants through training and idea incubation. The third explores "public innovation places" as sites for collaborative problem solving. The fourth looks at co-creating more engaging education experiences among students, teachers and families. The document outlines strategies, outcomes and next steps for each project.
The document discusses connecting new and existing communities through the development of sustainable communities. It summarizes the Young Foundation's work researching social needs and developing innovative solutions. It then outlines some common problems in building cohesive communities and explores nurturing factors like social infrastructure, social and cultural life, voice and influence, and allowing space for communities to grow. The presentation concludes with contact information for the Young Foundation.
Hands on social innovation: tools for tackling urban deprivationSaffron Woodcraft
The document describes workshops being held by The Young Foundation on May 12-13 about social innovation tools for tackling urban deprivation in Malmö and Copenhagen. The workshops will provide inspiration through case studies and practical social innovation tools and methods, help attendees think differently about the social problems they work on, and discuss putting ideas into practice.
The document discusses the benefits of Sebastopol, California joining the international Cittaslow network of "slow cities". Some key benefits include economic benefits for small businesses through increased exposure, networking benefits for urban planning as cities can connect and learn from each other, and social benefits for creating a more cohesive community. Sebastopol has already been operating with the Cittaslow philosophy and achieving the highest score of US cities applying to join the network. The next steps outlined are to authorize a steering committee, provide matching funds for membership dues, and get the membership and projects underway.
İn the scope of Urban projects at Erciyes University,Faculty of Architecture,Department of City and Regional planning,i benefited remarkably from Charles Montgomery Concept of HAPPY CİTY.
The concept has helped me plan for Alaçam Municipality(A Samsun district,a Black sea region in Turkey) 2019-2040 General land use plan(Urban project 311,1:5000 scale) and its İmplementation plan (411 urban project,1:1000 scale).
This guide provides information and recommendations for making cities more age-friendly. It was developed based on research conducted in 33 cities across the world to understand the experiences of older residents. Focus groups with older adults, their caregivers, and service providers identified common features of cities that either facilitated or posed barriers to active aging. The results informed a checklist of age-friendly city features to guide urban planning and development. The goal is to help cities support the health, participation, and security of older residents as populations age.
This document discusses the art of placemaking and its importance for Prince George's County's future. It outlines how current development has focused on cars, leading to sprawling suburbs and isolated civic buildings and shopping centers. However, demographic trends show residents want more walkable, urban communities. Placemaking is defined as a community-driven, visionary process to create public spaces that bring people together and connect the past and present. The document advocates for more multimodal transportation options and human-centric development, with diverse public spaces like parks and trails, to build livelier, socially inclusive communities and improve quality of life. The highest art of placemaking will help Prince George's County achieve its vision for 2035 of thriving, safe,
The document discusses the concept of sustainable development. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their needs. This includes balancing environmental preservation, economic growth, and social welfare. The document outlines the three pillars of sustainable development - environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and socio-political sustainability. It provides examples of appropriate technologies that promote sustainable development.
Placemaking involves designing public spaces to serve the people and bring communities together through mixed uses, successful streets, open spaces, appropriate urban scale, movement frameworks, and a sense of place. It is about making spaces that people gravitate towards and that capture the soul of a neighborhood by creating local identity and embracing the people, buildings, events, and nature in an area. The goal is to take back the public realm and create character and meaning to make a space a living place for the community.
The document discusses placemaking and how focusing on creating vibrant public spaces can transform communities. It provides background on placemaking pioneer William H. Whyte and his research showing that people are drawn to other people in public spaces. The Project for Public Spaces is highlighted as a leader in placemaking work around the world over 38 years. Campus Martius park in Detroit is presented as a success story of placemaking revitalizing a city's downtown. The document advocates a lighter, quicker, cheaper approach to activating spaces and engaging communities through public programs and interim uses.
Alingsås, Sweden (Eliason Family History Sites)selison
The document provides details about historical sites in and around Alingsås, Sweden related to early members of the LDS Church who emigrated from the area in the 1800s. It includes photos and descriptions of the oldest building in Alingsås, a stream, church, and farms owned by early converts like Anders Eliason. It also notes "Missionary Rock" where Mormon missionaries met with converts in the 1800s before many emigrated to Utah in 1863.
This document contains instructions and templates for a PowerPoint presentation. It explains how to apply a logo to all slides by changing the image on the slide master. It includes various templates with labels to add text, such as cycle diagrams, block diagrams, tables, and pie charts. The document is from www.themegallery.com and contains copyrighted images that should only be used within the PowerPoint template.
The Westminster Bridge Park Plaza development in London required complex engineering to construct a column-free ballroom basement. Two giant Vierendeel trusses support the upper floors and allow an atrium, with the floors hung from the trusses. Post-tensioning was used in transfer beams and slabs to support the 12 upper floors without columns and provide the necessary column-free zone for the ballroom. The construction involved a top-down method and temporary works to support the trusses during erection.
The document lists 6 examples of sustainable cities and 6 examples of intelligent cities. The sustainable city examples include Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York, the Green Belt in Tripoli, Libya, Foundries' Gardens in Nantes, France, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, The High Line in New York, and Elm Park Green Urban Quarter in Dublin, Ireland. The intelligent city examples include the Prada Transformer in Seoul, South Korea, the EcoBoulevard of the New Suburban Extension of Madrid, Spain, Madrid Rio in Madrid, Spain, the Digital Water Pavilion in Zaragoza, Spain, Quartiere Portello in Milan, Italy, and Maciachini Business Park in Milan
Suggested fine-tuning of bridge and park designs to best activate the Provide...Barnaby Evans
A review of the planned I-195 pedestrian bridge and park designs with suggestions for improvements by Barnaby Evans. These are fine-tunings of the current planned designs focused on maximizing net benefit for the community
Title: How Placemaking Can Transform Transit Facilities into Vibrant Destinations
Track: Prosper, Place
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: A transit station or stop can serve much more than a transportation function; it can be a focal setting for community interaction and a place that fosters a diversity of activities. Learn about opportunities for Placemaking at transit stops that creates a win-win-win for ridership, economic development, and local communities.
Presenters:
Presenter: Cynthia Nikitin Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Jennifer Flynn Center for Urban Transportation Research, USF
Co-Presenter: David Nelson Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
A large public park in the new community of Rivva views designed for contemplative strolling along a meandering lagoon landscape. Places of prospect and refuge look to views over landscape.
Komvux Södervärn is a municipal adult education school in Malmo, Sweden that aims to help all students achieve their goals. It offers a variety of courses from basic education through upper secondary levels, including Swedish for immigrants. The school has approximately 2450 students and provides flexibility so students can study full or part-time during day or evening hours. Komvux Södervärn also uniquely offers courses for adults with learning disabilities through its Särvux program. Guidance from teachers and other staff is available to support students.
Daniel Skog, Communications Officer, Malmö, Sweden
Closing the loops – sustainable systems for energy, waste and water and in the Western Harbour, Malmö, Sweden” Historically, Kockums shipyard was located in the Western Harbour which today hosts thousands of apartments and offices. The first development, Bo01, was designed to use and produce 100% locally renewable energy over the course of a year. Buildings receive energy from solar, wind and a heat pump that extracts heat from an aquifer that facilitates seasonal storage of heat and cold water in the limestone ground. The different stages in the Western Harbour have piloted different waste separation systems. Food waste is gathered in storage tanks and transported for biogas production. All areas in the Western Harbour have good access to walking paths, bike lanes, buses and car pools.
This document discusses ways for Malmö to become more self-sufficient in food production in the future. It questions the boundaries of Malmö's agricultural area and what the city is capable of producing locally. A transition to more sustainable farming methods like permaculture could increase flexibility and resilience. This would change local food systems by affecting what is eaten, where food is purchased, and who works in agricultural production in and around Malmö.
This presentation describes Social Life's work with the City of Malmö's Environment Department to develop a new placemaking model that can be funded by social investment. This work is part of the City's "Regeneration Dialogue", which aims to comprehensively regenerate the City's 1960's and 1970's apartment blocks. The work is part of the Social Life of Cities collaborative - a global innovation program run in partnership with Cisco and the Young Foundation.
This presentation was made at a TelePresence bringing together experts in social investment and placemaking from Sydney, London, New York, Malmo and Brussels.
El documento describe el desarrollo urbano de Västra Hamnen en Malmö, Suecia, un antiguo barrio industrial que se transformó en un barrio residencial, empresarial y universitario ecológico entre 1998 y 2015. El desarrollo ocupó 172 hectáreas y planeó una nueva red vial que priorizó a los peatones y ciclistas sobre los automóviles, además de producir energía de manera sostenible. Un hito arquitectónico del barrio fue la Torre Torso giratoria diseñada
The Role of Housing Providers in Sparking and Supporting SI by Margaret BurrellSocial Innovation Exchange
This document discusses a program run by the Young Foundation, Metropolitan Housing Association, and Olmec to support migrant social entrepreneurs in London and Nottingham. Through two programs called FSISE and CLIMB, over 60 migrant social entrepreneurs received support over 12 months. Metropolitan was interested due to its history assisting immigrants. Barriers faced by migrant entrepreneurs included prejudice, unrecognized qualifications, language skills, and lack of relationships with decision makers. The program helped participants establish businesses structures, networks, and articulate their offerings to housing associations. It served as a model for housing providers to support social entrepreneurs through intermediary organizations and address social needs.
The document provides information about the London Borough of Redbridge and a social action project being undertaken by youth in the borough. Key details include:
- Redbridge is located in northeast London and known for its parks, forests, and green spaces that cover a quarter of the borough.
- The borough's population is estimated at 296,800 as of 2015, with 23% aged 0-15 and 65% aged 16-64.
- The youth of Redbridge have been tasked by the borough council with creating a video about a local charity or issue to bring the community together.
- The project will help the youth develop skills like communication, teamwork, filming and editing that can benefit their careers and port
The Red Cross of Skopje receives large donations of used clothing each year that are difficult and costly to sort and distribute. To address this issue, they created a social enterprise called Kopče, a second-hand clothing shop that employs vulnerable groups. Kopče sells donated clothing and provides vouchers to Red Cross beneficiaries. When Kopče wanted to start a sewing training program, they applied to the Sustainability Academy to raise funds through increased clothing sales. Their campaign was successful, allowing them to teach sewing skills to unemployed women and raise the required funds.
Webinar: The COVID crisis in cities: a tale of two lockdownsOECD CFE
The document discusses challenges faced by vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic and actions taken to support them. It focuses on how the crisis has highlighted mutual dependence between migrants and host communities. Cities are encouraged to use this opportunity to build more inclusive policies that ensure access to essential services and recognize qualifications for all, including migrant populations who provide important economic contributions. A checklist is provided for public actions to support migrant integration at the local level through coordination, proximity initiatives, capacity building, and sectoral policies related to jobs, housing, welfare and education.
The document summarizes the problems facing education in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. As Lagos grows rapidly, the slum areas are also expanding quickly without sufficient infrastructure and access to services like water, electricity, healthcare or schools. A proposed solution is a mobile classroom project that would send buses equipped as classrooms into the slums to provide education to children there. The project aims to empower local communities and improve social integration through education. Funding could come from non-profit organizations and sponsors to finance the initial costs and ongoing operations of the mobile schools.
The document summarizes a three-day event called "The Vital Region: The Unknown Known" organized by students from Stenden University. Each day focused on a different theme: community, new perspectives, and opportunities in the Frisian region of the Netherlands. Over the three days, there were 24 speakers and workshop hosts who informed and engaged students on topics like design thinking, refugee experiences, circular economy, social entrepreneurship, and more. Attendees found the event inspiring and insightful about the vitality and future potential of their local region.
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Placemaking & social investment in Malmö November 2013
1. A Placemaking model for Malmö & the
potential role for social investment
November 2013
2. The Social Life of Cities
This work is part of the Social Life of Cities
collaborative: a partnership between Cisco, Social
Life and the Young Foundation. Our aspiration is to
work with cities to connect their strategies and
programmes more firmly to the day to day experience
of their residents.
With the City of Malmö we are developing a new
placemaking model for their “million homes areas”,
and exploring how this can be supported by new
sources of finance. This work is relevant to all the
places that are facing the problem of how to upgrade
the mass housing of the 1960s and 1970s.
This builds on earlier work carried out by the Social
Life team with the City of Malmö. Previous projects
explored the city’s innovation story, and wellbeing
and resilience in local areas.
2
3. We convened two TelePresences to discuss these issues.
The first TelePresence, September 26th 2013, Placemaking
for disadvantaged housing estates in Malmö
Second TelePresence, October 3rd 2013, New finance for
regenerating Malmö
Involving participants from Brussels, Chicago, Copenhagen,
London, Luxembourg, New York, Seoul and Sydney
3
4. A Placemaking model for Malmö:
this report brings together the materials
from the two TelePresences
1 What is placemaking?
2 Malmö’s innovation story
3 Lindängen
4 The placemaking model
5 Financing placemaking
6 Meeting the need for investment
6 Our questions
Building on the best of what we know about making places thrive; and the
best of what we know about innovation to meet social need in local
areas.
4
6. “Placemaking” is a tool that helps us think differently about
the needs of people and of places.
6
7. “When you focus on place you do everything differently”
Project for Public Spaces, New York
Placemaking is…
A process for designing, creating and managing existing
and new places so they become thriving communities
that support wellbeing and quality of life.
Placemaking involves people who live and work in an
area in creating and shaping plans and decisions. It
draws on local strengths, potential and opportunities,
and focuses on lived experience.
There is increasing interest in the US and Europe in
“placemaking” but often this is defined as focusing on
public spaces only.
Our definition of placemaking brings together all the
different aspects that make places thrive, from public
space, to housing, local retail, and how residents feel
about their local areas.
7
9. Malmö
A city with a population of
over 300,000 people. Over
40% of the population are
first or second generation
immigrants.
The city has the highest
child poverty level of all
Swedish municipalities.
It also has a lower
employment rate and
higher welfare dependency
than most of Sweden.
Malmö has strong links to
Denmark & Europe, and is
connected to Denmark by
the Øresund Bridge.
9
10. This uses the Young
Foundation’s
innovation spiral,
which puts an
emphasis on the
importance of
pressing needs in
sparking innovation.
Malmö’s innovation story
Develop proposals: Learn
from success of
environmental
sustainability programmes
Prompt: Data/studies on
social need
Develop proposals: External
inspiration, social design
principles, co-design
solutions with participants
This image is from
work carried out
by the Social Life
team in 2010-11.
Slide 10
10
Prompt: Consensus about
need for new approach
Prompt: Disengaged
communities, poor
education, high levels of
disadvantage
Malmo is
famous for
innovative
sustainable
design, but
also for urban
problems
11. Innovating in local areas
In Malmö there are five “area programmes”,
which have been set up to focus on the parts of
the city where social problems are most
concentrated. The Area Programmes’ aim is to
create a socially sustainable Malmö, to nurture
innovation and break down silos.
Priorities include work & economic growth;
security; inclusion; better outcomes for children
and adolescents; integration; and culture.
The area programmers invest in new initativies
and aim to develop new ways of working that
help agencies to collaborate.
11
Slide 11
13. Over 1 million new homes were built in Sweden between
1965 and 75, a third of apartments that exist today were
built in this period. This is known as “the million homes
programme”. Lindängen in Malmö was built in this period.
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14. Lindängen
Lindängen is an area on the southern edges of
the city of Malmö. Lindängen has a population
of 6,700. Most housing is in apartment blocks,
and there are 2,600 apartments in total.
The area was created through the million
homes programme, the first residents included
Chilean refugees. Since then successive groups
of refugees have made their home in the area.
Lindängen is the focus of one of Malmö’s Area
Programmes.
Lindängen is mainly residential, it has several
green areas and a run down shopping centre.
People living in and working in the area report
that it can feel very cut off from the centre of
Malmö.
Three main property owners own housing in
Lindängen: two big companies (Stena
Fastigheter & Första AP-fonden, a pension
fund) and a local company (Trianon).
14
17. Lindängen:
working age
population,
actual &
trends
until 2015
Befolkning+samt+Förvärvsfrekvens+20.64+år+
U<all+2007.2011+resp+2008.2010+.+trend+Bll+2015++
Befolkning#20664#
Förvärvsfrekvens#
4#400#
60%#
4#300#
50%#
4#100#
40%#
4#000#
30%#
3#900#
3#800#
20%#
3#700#
10%#
År+
17
2015#
2014#
2013#
2012#
2011#
2010#
2009#
2008#
3#500#
2007#
3#600#
0%#
Förvärvsfrekvens+20.64+
Befolkning+20.64+
4#200#
The proportion
of people in work
has declined,
and this trend is
predicted to
continue.
18. Lindängen:
number of pupils
leaving
elementary
school with
qualifications
2007-2011
Gymnasiebehörighet&
avser&endast&Lindängenskolan&
85%$
80%$
75%$
Andel&
70%$
65%$
60%$
55%$
50%$
45%$
40%$
2007$
2008$
2009$
År&
18
2010$
2011$
Educational
achievement in
high schools has
declined in spite
of new
investment.
There have been
some
improvements in
school results in
the last year.
19. Lindängen:
60
Year 2003*
50
40
30
20
10
0
Year 2011***
Change in
numbers of
people saying
they feel
unsafe outside
in the evening
2003-2011
In Fosie, the
borough that
included
Lindängen*,
people feel more
unsafe than
elsewhere in the
City.
• until recent
administrative
reorganisation
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20. These are quotes from the Young Foundation’s work in Lindängen in 2012,
exploring local resilience and wellbeing
“Lindängen is like a family. Everyone is like a big family.”
“I have lived here for 35 years. I have never felt afraid of anything or anyone. I hear
so much that is negative about the Lindängen. I am going to live here until I am
carried out.”
“I have lived in Lindängen for 40 years. I have never been afraid and I am positive
about it. This is a much more open area. The community spirit has improved. People
stop and talk and it is a much friendlier place.”
“People are afraid of sticking out, they feel secure in their small world.”
“The library is a public space. The kinds of people who come to the library are
excluded from society. The newcomers [to the area] focus on the library. ... The only
human contact they have is with the library.”
Sources:
Rowing against the tide, making the case for community resilience, Lucia Caistor Arendar and Nina Mguni,
Young Foundation 2012
Report on conceptual framework to measure social progress at the local level and case
studies, Lucia Caistor Arendar and Nina Mguni 2013
http://www.eframeproject.eu/fileadmin/Deliverables/Deliverable9.1.pdf
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21. Lindängen centrum citizens’ dialogue 2012
Like = Uppskattar
Dislike = Ogillar
This mapping exercise was carried out
by the Lindängen area programme.
The area that was most
disliked includes the
shopping centre, plans
are being put in place to
develop it
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22. Social Life’s
placemaking
workshop
STRENGTHS REPORTED BY
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Openness
Good services: a
progressive library,
breakfast club, “school
after school”, multi-ethnic
health centre
February 2013
WEAKNESSES THAT EMERGED IN DISCUSSIONS
Courage: “movement
against violence” started
by local couple
Weak NGOs
Campaign for Muslim
fathers to spend more
time with their children
Stronger “bonding” than “bridging” social
capital
Co-operation: municipality
and NGOs working
together
Council services now more
integrated
Open air swimming pool
and the amphitheatre.
22
Barriers between different groups, few places
for people from different backgrounds to meet
Some immigrant families struggle to navigate
Swedish systems
Education system seen failing non-Swedes
Some Muslim women are isolated
Despair, little trust in change, poor education,
skills, low self-esteem
Lindängen poorly connected to Malmö
24. How can we put people in the centre of
placemaking in Lindängen?
24
25. We drew on what is known, and identified
four key sources of evidence and expertise
Promise
Neighbourhoods,
US (2010 on)
Knight
Foundation, Soul
of the
Community, US
(2010 on)
New Deal for
Communities
England (2000–10)
Four key learning points
25
Communities
that care, US &
UK (early ‘90s on)
1. We need to build the capacity of individuals - their
wellbeing, resilience and capacity to act – as well
as tackling deficits like unemployment and crime
2. How people feel about places – their attachment –
is critical
3. We need to start from the assets that already exist
in local communities – and take time to identify
these
4. It is important to avoid silos and over
rigid processes.
26. From our placemaking rapid review:
six principles for placemaking in Malmö
Context: a detailed understanding of places is the starting point.
Not linear: innovation is neither smooth nor linear – we need to take account of
the complexity of how people live and how systems work.
Start small and learn: prototype, use expert & user feedback before moving to
scale, embed learning and review in delivery.
People centred: communities are experts of their environment.
Asset based: success is most likely if it builds on the strengths and assets of a
community as well as tackling problems and deficits.
Placekeeping: consider how will interventions be sustained in the long run from
the outset.
26
27. What will be most effective
to tackle Lindängen’s
multiple problems is
unclear, and we do not
know what will work best.
We have therefore based
our approach on an
innovation model
Understand
A placemaking model for Malmö:
the starting point
Ideation cycles
Imagine
Prototype
Feedback loops between
stages
An incremental model based on what we
know about how local areas innovate
27
Implement
29. How community dividends could work…
State saves x
Euro, gives half
share to
community
The
Problem
Community
Dividend
This is a
model where
a community
works with
agencies, and
shares the
savings of any
actions that
reduce costly
problems.
29
One example:
stopping graffiti
The
Agreement
Local
Action
Agencies will
clean walls,
community will
stop people
doing graffiti
Work with
young people,
create
sanctioned
graffiti wall
30. Where to start innovating in
placemaking? Some possibilities:
•
•
•
•
•
30
Activating public spaces: focus on
the shopping centre
Build on strong services that are
working across divides: library, GPs,
extended school
Build on assets and strengths:
identify and recognise local
networks
Exploit international links with the
Arab world amongst Muslim
communities
Use physical investment to create
jobs.
32. Accross Malmö, €65,000 investment is
needed per home to meet physical and
environmental standards, and to fund a
full programme of social renewal.
The City of Malmo has set up its
“Regeneration Dialogue” programme, a
new approach to regeneration and
investment.
€110m investment is needed for the
properties identified as falling within the
remit of the Regeneration Dialogue in
Lindängen.
32
33. The costs of
disadvantage in
Lindängen
Direct costs for each unemployed adult: €75,000
each year
Total income support paid by city (2012): €110
million
350 unemployed (2009) ≈ €26 million/year, €130
million/five years
Two Swedish economists, Ingvar Nilsson and
Anders Wadeskog have worked with the city and
have estimated the costs of social exclusion in
Lindängen.
33
34. Nilsson & Wadeskog estimate that a reduction in the
costs of social exclusion, equivalent to the €60m needed
to comprehensively regenerate Lindängen (without sharp
increases in rent), could be generated if 138 people
currently dependant on welfare become fully
employed for eight years, and stop having any need for
support from the state.
34
35. Average direct costs for unemployment in
Lindängen divided between agencies
Local
Source: Ingvar Nilsson
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37. What does the City of
Malmö want?
Less than half of the costs – €50m - of the
programme to holistically regenerate Lindängen
can be funded through rent increases - the public
sector cannot fill the remaining gap.
The city wants more investment overall for
deprived areas, to fund regeneration and avoid
sharp rent increases.
The city also wants to be able mainstream a new
approach, to move away from the current situation
where holistic regeneration can only be funded
through short term initiatives.
And to develop new structures that break down
silos and rigid ways of working and enable agencies
to work together more effectively and creatively.
37
38. The global picture of costs and savings ignores many complex issues that need
to be considered before developing a complex social investment proposition.
It is necessary to identify the high cost individuals/families, the points where
improvements in how services are delivered could reduce costs, then analyse use
of services to find the key intervention points where costs of failure can be
released.
Some questions to start a discussion about
the potential of social investment
Who are the potential investors?
Who is the target of a new programme?
How to measure impact?
How to invest in innovation?
… how can savings be cashed?
… how can savings be shared?
38
39. 1 Who are the
potential investors?
Institutions: Scandanavian insurance companies,
pension fund managers and equity investors who are
looking at broadening their base eg SBP (Norwegian
owned pension fund), Skandia, Swedbank
Public sector City of Malmö: regional health trust and
national employment agencies, other national actors
Property owners: including landlords in Lindängen
Crowdfunding: drawing on Malmö’s own resources,
including those of its high net worth individuals.
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40. 138 people no
longer dependent
on state welfare
programmes
2 Who are the target
group?
If 138 people are to
stop dependency on
the welfare state,
what wider support
would be needed to
achieve this?
280 people in
full-time work,
partially
dependent on
welfare
560 people on
apprenticeships &
training
800 families supported to tackle
wider problems
NOTE: all the
figures are
hypothetical
2000 people invited to join wider social
programmes
Whole population of Lindängen given opportunity
to take part in new programmes that build
community and promote environmental
sustainability
40
41. Issue #2: who to
3 How can we focus on?
measure success?
280 people in
138 people no
longer dependent
on state welfare
programmes
full-time work,
partially
dependent on
welfare
Hard outcomes &
outputs: numbers in
work, training places,
participation rates,
increase in
employment rates.
560 people on
apprenticeships &
training
800 families supported to tackle
wider problems
Soft outcomes &
outputs: confidence,
resilience, sense of
purpose, trust,
community capacity
and cohesion.
2000 people invited to join wider social
programmes
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Whole population of Lindängen given opportunity
to take part in new programmes
Is it possible to build a model with such complex multiple outcomes?
Is a focus on a particular group – eg schools – more realistic? Or on green energy?
42. 4 Investing in innovation?
Ideation cycles
Understand
Imagine
Prototype
Implement
Feedback loops between
stages
How can a new investment fund be developed to support
innovations that will not have an evidence base, or track record?
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43. 5 Investing in innovation?
One investment model
Upfront investment +
savings
Step 1:
Identify
problem or
challenge (eg
welfare
dependency)
Step 2:
Expand
interventions
that already
work
Step 3:
Imagine and
test new
interventions
Step 5:
Establish
pooled
budget for
large
investments
Time
This is an incremental investment model that grows over time. There
is a need for relatively low initial investment in new programmes.
Initial investment generates savings. These are reinvested, alongside
additional new resources. The investment pot grows as savings
accrue, and as agencies learn about what works.
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Investment
Upfront investment
Step 4:
Measure and
expand
successful
interventions
Pool
resources
44. Possibilities for using new
sources of finance
#1 New programmes and initiatives,
supported by social investment (acting as
traditional investors or providing working
capital)
#2 Payment by results with up front costs
funded through social investment
#3 Social impact bond/pay for success bond
#4 Creation of new innovation fund to
support new programme of action, part
funded by public sector & social investors?
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46. Can we apply the methods of social
innovation to placemaking?
If we are bringing in new sources of
finance: what should be the balance
between small and large scale
projects? Or starting simple versus
starting with ambition and
complexity?
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47. More placemaking questions …
How do we build wellbeing and resilience?
How do we generate connections between different groups,
especially between people from immigrant backgrounds and longstanding residents?
How do we activate the public spaces?
How do we seek out and build on local assets?
How do we overcome resistance to change within local
bureaucracies?
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48. More finance questions …
Is small and incremental the best strategy to engage new forms of
investment, or is starting at scale better?
Is a SIB/Pay for Success model over ambitious, or could the
complexity and difficulty starting this be outweighed by real
benefits in the long term?
What is the best place to start to begin this new approach?
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Why do places matter?Places are defined by experience of people that live and work in themMany people are rooted in one place for much of their lives Places shape personal wellbeing and resiliencePlaces can amplify the effect of poverty and disadvantageParticularly important at key life stages: as parents, when young and old
Dedicated coordinators, physical infrastructure spending plus capacity building
37 million homes in Europe (EU 15 2003)30,000 apartments built in Malmö 1965-75, nearly 11 percent of city’s housing now
Housing charcterised by lack of maintenance, overcrowding, high energy costsSome of housing has recent changed handsKey priority from residents is more contact with neighboursSchool opened up morning and evening: managed by volunteers, activities based on students’ suggestionsEfforts to engage Muslim women, many isolatedProblems with weakness of local labour market, working with Arab Buisness AssociationProblems with infrastructure, especially the shopping centre
Lindängen is invisible, for example, there are were signs for Lindängen on the City’s cycle network until recently
There is a pressing need for new approaches and modelsThere is a need to better understand he lived experience of all residents… and to work with the strengths and assets within the local populationWe need to bring together what we know about how to drive local social innovation, and how to make places thrive
Knight foundation work highlights connections between attachment and gdp. Need to optimise place
Context: Detailed understanding of place-based challenges is the basis for designing appropriate interventionsNot linear: Innovation is neither smooth nor linear - need to take account of complexity in processPrototyping: Start small and learn from expert & user feedback before improving approach/deliveryPeople centred: communities are experts of their environment - a fundamental resourceAsset based: success is most likely if it builds on the strengths and assets of a community as well as tackling problems and deficitsPlacekeeping: placemaking requires consideration of how interventions will be sustained from the outset.
A way of sharing savings with residents – and signalling a wish to involve and mobilise everyone4 stages 1 residents commit to collective action to tackle a local priority, such as youth crime or poor quality open spaces• if collective action results in positive outcomes, communities are given a financial reward for their effort• the reward is invested back into the local area, through mechanisms like participatory budgeting, local community group grants or council tax rebates• the state saves money as positive outcomes reduce the demand for public services.
Foundations less likely… housing at centre, gives income stream, is fixed asset, increases attraction to investors
This involves intervening across people’s lives: the problems that trap individuals into dependency on welfare systems are complex and individualised: mental health problems, drug and alcohol abuse, low self esteem and low resilience and capacity to changeThese issues can be amplified within familiesFamily life is affected by what happens in wider communities, how neighbourhoods affect life choices and opportunities, and social normsSo delivery needs to focus on three dimensions: the whole community, families and individuals