32
relu Rural Economy and Land Use Programme relu Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Managing Environmental Change in the rural urban fringe Alister Scott Professor of Environment and Spatial Planning David Collier : Head of Rural Affairs National Farmers Union Claudia Carter, Richard Coles, Chris Crean, Rachel Curzon, Bob Forster, Nick Grayson, Andrew Hearle, David Jarvis, Miriam Kennet, Peter Larkham, Karen Leach, Mark Middleton, Nick Morton, Mark Reed, Nicki Schiessel, Ben Stonyer, Ruth

Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

 

Citation preview

Page 1: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Managing Environmental Change

in the rural urban fringe

Alister Scott Professor of Environment and Spatial Planning

David Collier : Head of Rural Affairs National Farmers Union

Claudia Carter, Richard Coles, Chris Crean, Rachel Curzon, Bob Forster, Nick Grayson, Andrew Hearle, David Jarvis, Miriam Kennet, Peter Larkham, Karen Leach, Mark Middleton, Nick Morton, Mark Reed, Nicki Schiessel, Ben Stonyer, Ruth Waters and Keith Budden

Page 2: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Plan (to boldly go)

1. Uncover Interdisciplinary Investigations

2. Re-discover the rural urban fringe :

3. Share Fringe Stories– Opportunity spaces – Agriculture in the

fringe

4. Learn lessons

Page 3: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Interdisciplinary Investigations

Page 4: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

• Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. • Joining up the pieces

– “enables researchers to work together to investigate the social, economic, environmental and technological challenges faced by rural areas.

– ......... encourage social and economic vitality of rural areas and promote the protection and conservation of the rural environment

The Relu programme

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 5: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Rural-urban fringe as interdisciplinary space

SPACE where town and countryside meet

land use interests values

• Research team perspectives of the rural urban fringe.

• (1.40-3.24 )

Page 6: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

The problem/opportunity • Dominant form of

land use in 21 C • Forgotten space • Urban-centric or

rural centric space? • Contested

stakeholder views • Reactive or proactive

space.

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 7: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Our Response

• New way of doing research

• Building new model of interdisiciplinarity

• Bridging the town – countryside divide

• Cross boundaries

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 8: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Crossing boundaries

Birmingham City University - Birmingham School of the Built Environment

University of Aberdeen - Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability

Forest Research

National Farmers Union David Jarvis Associates Natural England Localise West Midlands Green Economics Institute Birmingham Environment Partnership West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum Worcestershire County Council West Midlands Regional Assembly

Page 9: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Doing Interdisciplinarity

• Securing involvement costs

• Using experience and expertise of team members

• Thought pieces across rural urban divide • Spatial Planning (urban) • Ecosystem Approach

(rural)

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 10: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Uniting natural and built environment paradigms 1

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 11: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Uniting built and natural environment paradigms 2

EUROCITIES (2004) The Pegasus files: a practical guide to integrated area-based urban planning EUROCITIES, Brussels

Page 12: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Pragmatic Interdisciplinarity

• Thoughtpieces translated into one paper with options

• Critical explorations of SP and EA to identify common principles.

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 13: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Spatial Planning /Ecosystem Approach

Culture change New ways of thinking Holistic frameworks Cross-sectoral Multi-scalar Negotiating Enabling Long term perspective

Assets Connectivity Governance Inclusivity Equity/Justice Regulation Market-solutions

Page 14: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Achieving Interdisciplinarity

• Select simple and understandable concepts for both

• New ‘glasses’ to assess the rural urban fringe

• Built into research from outset

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 15: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 16: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

• Time – Long-term (50-100 years) – Visions – Learning lessons from the past

• Connections – Flows and linkages vs Place – Identify Relationships and dependencies

• Values – Core values and belief systems – Professionals (Planner, Environmentalist) and Publics

Unpacked

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 17: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data”

Arthur Conyan Doyle Scandal in Bohemia

Evidence

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 18: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

New evidence

• The data collected and discussed in workshops and field visits provides the questions that make up Rufopoly

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 19: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Workshops

• Used networks within research team

• Workshop title addressed their key concerns/expertise

• Low tech interactive approach

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 20: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Workshops

• Each workshop had report produced

• All respondents circulated with requests for further feedback and responses

• Final report.

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 21: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Visioning

Page 22: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

• Hampton (Peterborough) 12 participants • Worcestershire 16 participants (landscape

scale)• Transect - making a journey across a RUF

– To experience/assess the different ‘personalities’ within the RUF

– To share knowledge, experience and expertise looking at the RUF past, present and future

Field based Visioning exercise

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 23: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Hampton – Urban Extension

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 24: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Hampton transects

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 25: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

North Worcester: Landscape scale

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 26: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Worcester Transects

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Viewpoint 1 Viewpoint 2

Viewpoint 3

Page 27: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 28: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Outputs

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 29: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

• Re-discovering the RUF• Reconnecting the urban and rural divide • Improving connections by crossing

boundaries 2.19 • Adapting for the long-term • Managing contested valuesEach of these themes is developed in a video

activated by the hyperlink

To boldly go ………. Videoing in the fringe

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 30: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Maximising engagement in the fringe

Page 31: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

• Valuable learning/development of our team through research

• Rethink ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ polarisation • Rethink rural urban fringe as key opportunity

space not just battleground for development • Promote more experiments to realise full

potential of fringe • Beware planners quest for order may remove

the very essence that makes the fringe unique

Reflections

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

Page 32: Rural urban Fringe Presentation to Malmo

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Conclusions

• Start of a research, policy and practice journey

• Disciplinary silos can inhibit progress in the fringe

• We need to experiment and take risks

• We need better engagement with publics over kind of fringe they want