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Rotterdam: Do-It-Yourself Assemblages in Urban Regeneration

disP - The Planning Review, 2017
Rotterdam is a city in transition. Once a strongly government-led and top-down planned city, the municipality and other major planning institutions such as developers and housing corporations are n...
Beitske Boonstra, Willemijn Lofvers
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Hyperconnected, receptive and do-it-yourself city. An investigation into the European “imaginary” of crowdsourcing for urban governance

Technology in Society, 2020
Abstract This paper critically explores the construction and diffusion of the socio-technical imaginary of crowdsourcing for public governance in Europe via a quali-quantitative analysis of academic publications, research and innovation projects funded by the European Commission (EC) and local initiatives.
Certoma' C., corsini f., frey m.
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Do-it-Yourself Urbanism

Journal of Planning History, 2014
In the last several years, interest has surged in the idea of small-scale, incremental, “do-it-yourself” (DIY) urban improvement. Also known as “tactical,” “pop-up,” or “guerilla” urbanism, this brand of urban intervention is resident-generated, low budget, and often designed to be temporary.
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Do-it-yourself (DIY) adaptation: Civic initiatives as drivers to address climate change at the urban scale

Cities, 2018
Abstract Greening projects lead by civic actors at the urban scale spur transformation through example and through gradual adjustment of processes. Questions remain on how such projects are put into action and on what make them work. How do civic experiments reflect the ongoing change in urban governance and practices? We focus on a qualitative study
Geneviève Cloutier   +2 more
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A case study for integrated STEM outreach in an urban setting using a do-it-yourself vertical jump measurement platform

2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016
The purpose of this study was to develop and deploy a low cost vertical jump platform using readily available materials for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and outreach in the inner city. The platform was used to measure the jumping ability of participants to introduce students to the collection and analysis of ...
John F. Drazan   +5 more
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The formalities of informal improvement: technical and scholarly knowledge at work in do-it-yourself urban design

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2015
Unauthorized yet functional and civic-minded “do-it-yourself urban design” contributions have seen growing interest in recent years. Authorities and community members alike rightfully wonder about the meanings of these actions and the questions they raise about rights, responsibilities, contexts, and consequences.
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Blind spots and pop-up spots: A feminist exploration into the discourses of do-it-yourself (DIY) urbanism

Urban Studies, 2016
This paper is a theoretical exploration of dominant conceptualisations of do-it-yourself urbanism, which draws from and contributes to feminist inquiries into urban planning and policies. Do-it-yourself urbanism is defined as unauthorised, grassroots, and citizen-led urban planning interventions that are small scale, functional, temporary, creative ...
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