Simone Tulumello
Universidade de Lisboa, ICS, Department Member
- Urban Planning, Contemporary City, Urban Studies, Public Space, Spatial planning, Planning Theory, and 12 moreHuman Geography, Southern Europe, Surveillance, Fear of Crime, Palermo, Urban And Regional Planning, Critical Urban Planning Theory, Neoliberalism, Urban Geography, Urban Futures, Lisbon (Portugal), and Memphisedit
- Born in 1982 in Palermo, Italy. Master's degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Palermo. PhD in ... moreBorn in 1982 in Palermo, Italy. Master's degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Palermo. PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, the University of Palermo.
Since January 2013 I am a post-doc research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences where my main research project, "Which Secure Cities?" questions, from a critical perspective, the policies of urban security in urban planning. In 2016, I was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Memphis, Department of City and Regional Planning.
My research interests encompass: planning theory and research; critical urban studies and urban futures; urban security and safety; housing policy; neoliberal urban trends; Southern European and South of the US cities; the geography of crisis and austerity.
I am the author of Fear, Space and Urban Planning: A Critical Perspective from Southern Europe (Springer, 2017) and articles in journals including Urban Geography, Journal of Planning Education and Research, International Planning Studies, Planning Practice and Research, Space and Culture, Finisterra, Cadernos Metropole, European Journal of Spatial Development, Italian Journal of Planning Practice, Archivio di Studi Urbani e Regionali.edit - João Ferrãoedit
O Blogue ATS é alimentado e gerido pelos membros do grupo de investigação Ambiente, Território e Sociedade (GIATS) do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. O seu objetivo é duplo: proporcionar um espaço de difusão,... more
O Blogue ATS é alimentado e gerido pelos membros do grupo de investigação
Ambiente, Território e Sociedade (GIATS) do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da
Universidade de Lisboa. O seu objetivo é duplo: proporcionar um espaço de difusão,
debate e teste de ideias nas áreas de interesse do grupo; e dar relevo às dimensões do trabalho do grupo que tenham interesse para públicos não-académicos. Os textos podem ser publicados em português, inglês, espanhol ou italiano. O GIATS tem como objetivo compreender as dinâmicas sociais, territoriais e de governança subjacentes aos atuais desafios sócio-ecológicos; identificar caminhos de transição para uma sociedade mais justa e sustentável; e conectar ciência, sociedade e políticas públicas. As suas principais áreas de investigação são: representações, práticas e políticas do ambiente; sustentabilidade urbana e futuros regionais; tecnociência, risco e incerteza.
O OBSERVA – Observatório de Ambiente, Território e Sociedade é um observatório do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa) que promove a disseminação de informação sobre a componente social das questões ambientais e do território. Analisa-se tanto os fenómenos sociais que resultam ou são influenciados por questões ambientais e territoriais, como o modo como as próprias condições ambientais e territoriais são modificadas por fenómenos de natureza social.
Ambiente, Território e Sociedade (GIATS) do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da
Universidade de Lisboa. O seu objetivo é duplo: proporcionar um espaço de difusão,
debate e teste de ideias nas áreas de interesse do grupo; e dar relevo às dimensões do trabalho do grupo que tenham interesse para públicos não-académicos. Os textos podem ser publicados em português, inglês, espanhol ou italiano. O GIATS tem como objetivo compreender as dinâmicas sociais, territoriais e de governança subjacentes aos atuais desafios sócio-ecológicos; identificar caminhos de transição para uma sociedade mais justa e sustentável; e conectar ciência, sociedade e políticas públicas. As suas principais áreas de investigação são: representações, práticas e políticas do ambiente; sustentabilidade urbana e futuros regionais; tecnociência, risco e incerteza.
O OBSERVA – Observatório de Ambiente, Território e Sociedade é um observatório do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa) que promove a disseminação de informação sobre a componente social das questões ambientais e do território. Analisa-se tanto os fenómenos sociais que resultam ou são influenciados por questões ambientais e territoriais, como o modo como as próprias condições ambientais e territoriais são modificadas por fenómenos de natureza social.
Research Interests: Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Media Studies, Climate Change, Research Methodology, and 15 moreEnvironmental policy, Renewable Energy, Climate Change Adaptation, Political Science, Urban Planning, Energy, Urban Studies, Social Media, Environmental Policy and Governance, Energy and Environment, Environmental Sustainability, Energy Poverty, Desenvolvimento sustentavel, Medio Ambiente, and Social Media and Collaborative Technologies
Excerpt (abstract, table of contents, objectives and structure of the book) of the book, which is publiched by Springer (foreword by Francesco Lo Piccolo). The book can be ordered at www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319439365. Abstract... more
Excerpt (abstract, table of contents, objectives and structure of the book) of the book, which is publiched by Springer (foreword by Francesco Lo Piccolo). The book can be ordered at www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319439365.
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Western citizens live in the safest societies ever, and yet are more concerned with crime and violence than ever. What are the relationships between recent socio-spatial phenomena and the growing relevance of discussions about security/safety? Is urban fear an unavoidable consequence of contemporary urban life? Or does some political use of it exist? Are discourses of fear used as instruments of power in urban policy? And how can planning practice act to counter fear? In order to answer these questions, the book explores urban fear, (misinformative) discourses of fear and their relations with space and the practice of urban planning—focussing on Southern European cities and using empirical data from Palermo and Lisbon. The book has two objectives: to set out a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space and urban planning, unravelling the paradoxes of their mutual relations; and to contribute to recent studies about urban geopolitics, taking them from the space of global cities and enriching them from the perspective of ordinary cities. In short, the book debates whether, and to what extent, the production of ‘fearscapes’, the contemporary landscapes of fear, constitutes an (emergent) urban political economy. To do so, it explores the (re)production of urban fear around: (global) misinformation about, and paradoxes of, security (Chap. 2); the role of otherness, together with its political construction (Chap. 3); the spatialisation of fear in urban space (Chap. 4); and the way urban planning, as a practice and a discipline, is informed by, and has been shaping in turn, urban fear (Chap. 5). In conclusion (Chap. 6) the book adopts a forward thinking approach, envisaging how two radically different (if not opposite) futures are embedded in the present: a dystopian city in which the political economies of fear have become dominant; and some seeds for a practice of urban planning/action capable of facing the political economies of fear.
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Western citizens live in the safest societies ever, and yet are more concerned with crime and violence than ever. What are the relationships between recent socio-spatial phenomena and the growing relevance of discussions about security/safety? Is urban fear an unavoidable consequence of contemporary urban life? Or does some political use of it exist? Are discourses of fear used as instruments of power in urban policy? And how can planning practice act to counter fear? In order to answer these questions, the book explores urban fear, (misinformative) discourses of fear and their relations with space and the practice of urban planning—focussing on Southern European cities and using empirical data from Palermo and Lisbon. The book has two objectives: to set out a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space and urban planning, unravelling the paradoxes of their mutual relations; and to contribute to recent studies about urban geopolitics, taking them from the space of global cities and enriching them from the perspective of ordinary cities. In short, the book debates whether, and to what extent, the production of ‘fearscapes’, the contemporary landscapes of fear, constitutes an (emergent) urban political economy. To do so, it explores the (re)production of urban fear around: (global) misinformation about, and paradoxes of, security (Chap. 2); the role of otherness, together with its political construction (Chap. 3); the spatialisation of fear in urban space (Chap. 4); and the way urban planning, as a practice and a discipline, is informed by, and has been shaping in turn, urban fear (Chap. 5). In conclusion (Chap. 6) the book adopts a forward thinking approach, envisaging how two radically different (if not opposite) futures are embedded in the present: a dystopian city in which the political economies of fear have become dominant; and some seeds for a practice of urban planning/action capable of facing the political economies of fear.
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Face a um complexo panorama, este dossier temático de Cidades: Comunidades e Territórios pretende contribuir para a caracterização do estado da habitação em Portugal e ao mesmo tempo colocar perguntas e oferecer algumas respostas,... more
Face a um complexo panorama, este dossier temático de Cidades: Comunidades e Territórios pretende contribuir para a caracterização do estado da habitação em Portugal e ao mesmo tempo colocar perguntas e oferecer algumas respostas, especialmente em relação à necessidade e potencialidade de ação pública e coletiva – isto é, do Estado e da política em sentido lato. O dossier é composto por três partes. A primeira parte é composta por quatro ensaios, três entrevistas e dois comentários, e resulta da experiência do projeto de investigação “exPERts – Making sense of planning expertise: housing policy and the role of experts in the Programa Especial de Realojamento (PER)” e, especialmente, dos debates surgidos no primeiro Fórum da Habitação organizado pelo mesmo. A segunda parte recolhe dois artigos resultantes de uma chamada aberta para este dossier temático e cujas perspetivas desenvolvidas complementam a reflexão anterior. Finalmente, o dossier encerra com a tradução de um texto de autoria de Manuel Aalbers e Brett Christophers, que oferece uma perspetiva teórica, a nosso ver crucial, para um enquadramento do problema da habitação no presente global.
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The third volume of plaNext stems from the 9th AESOP-YA Conference, “Differences and Connections. Beyond Universal Theories in Planning, Urban, and Heritage Studies”, held in Palermo (Italy), March 2015. This selection of articles opens... more
The third volume of plaNext stems from the 9th AESOP-YA Conference, “Differences and Connections. Beyond Universal Theories in Planning, Urban, and Heritage Studies”, held in Palermo (Italy), March 2015. This selection of articles opens many questions about the current state of planning research and theory. It shows how new generations of planning researchers search rich and diverse literatures for conceptual inspiration to help in understanding diverse empirical situations. But because of this diversity, new discoveries may echo findings known to past planning scholars, and new conceptual vocabularies create frameworks with which to clothe ideas previously known, or developing in a similar way through diverse strands of intellectual endeavour. How do all these contributions enrich and deepen the wide field of planning scholarship? This is the question at the core of this volume.
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Nel quadro della svolta preventiva che ha caratterizzato il governo globale della sicurezza urbana negli ultimi decenni, il caso italiano è stato caratterizzato in maniera peculiare dall'emergenza e consolidazione del concetto di "decoro"... more
Nel quadro della svolta preventiva che ha caratterizzato il governo globale della sicurezza urbana negli ultimi decenni, il caso italiano è stato caratterizzato in maniera peculiare dall'emergenza e consolidazione del concetto di "decoro" (e del suo opposto discorsivo, il "degrado") come strumento governamentale attivo su scala sia istituzionale che locale. Adottando una prospettiva teorica che propone di interpretare sicurezza e prevenzione come processi di territorializzazione e produzione di margini, questo saggio discute il ruolo della diade decoro/degrado nella produzione di pratiche e discorsi urbani in Italia. Attraverso una lente bifocale, si presenta la maniera in cui il decoro è stato istituzionalmente promosso come strumento di prevenzione e controllo; a seguire, si riflette sulle pratiche attiviste (come le passeggiate femministe indecorose) che ne hanno svelato la matrice violenta e hanno proposto territorializzazioni inclusive.
Amid the global shift of the government of urban security toward prevention that has characterised the last few decades, the Italian case has been peculiarly shaped by the surfacing and consolidation of the concept of decoro (decency)-and its discursive opposite, degrado (decay)-as governmental instruments at the institutional and local scale. By advocating a theoretical understanding of security and prevention as processes of territorialisation and production of margins, this essay discusses the role of the dyad decoro/degrado in the contemporary production of urban practices and discourses in Italy. We adopt a bifocal lens with this purpose: first, we show how the decoro has been institutionally promoted as instrument of prevention and control; second, we reflect on activist practices (among them the passeggiate femministe indecorose, feminist indecorous walks) capable of exposing the violent nature of decoro and opening up toward more inclusive territorialisations. Parole Chiave: politiche urbane; degrado; Italia. Introduzione: ai margini del "decoro" Il processo di scrittura e revisione di questo saggio ha coinciso, grosso modo, con i primi mesi di un governo, supportato dalla maggioranza composta da Movimento 5 Stelle e Lega Nord, la cui chiave "politica" sembra essere l'ennesimo spostamento del discorso e della pratica politica nella direzione della promozione dei concetti, allo stesso tempo astratti e potentemente efficaci, di Tracce Urbane, 5, Giugno 2019.
Amid the global shift of the government of urban security toward prevention that has characterised the last few decades, the Italian case has been peculiarly shaped by the surfacing and consolidation of the concept of decoro (decency)-and its discursive opposite, degrado (decay)-as governmental instruments at the institutional and local scale. By advocating a theoretical understanding of security and prevention as processes of territorialisation and production of margins, this essay discusses the role of the dyad decoro/degrado in the contemporary production of urban practices and discourses in Italy. We adopt a bifocal lens with this purpose: first, we show how the decoro has been institutionally promoted as instrument of prevention and control; second, we reflect on activist practices (among them the passeggiate femministe indecorose, feminist indecorous walks) capable of exposing the violent nature of decoro and opening up toward more inclusive territorialisations. Parole Chiave: politiche urbane; degrado; Italia. Introduzione: ai margini del "decoro" Il processo di scrittura e revisione di questo saggio ha coinciso, grosso modo, con i primi mesi di un governo, supportato dalla maggioranza composta da Movimento 5 Stelle e Lega Nord, la cui chiave "politica" sembra essere l'ennesimo spostamento del discorso e della pratica politica nella direzione della promozione dei concetti, allo stesso tempo astratti e potentemente efficaci, di Tracce Urbane, 5, Giugno 2019.
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In this essay I debate critically, and somehow playfully, some assumptions and shortcomings of quantitative/positivist social research, using a dash of common sense typical of engineers. Civil engineers, in designing concrete structures,... more
In this essay I debate critically, and somehow playfully, some assumptions and shortcomings of quantitative/positivist social research, using a dash of common sense typical of engineers. Civil engineers, in designing concrete structures, particularly those made up of concrete, have to continuously consider the error embedded in the limits of available systems of calculation, ending up adopting substantial factors of safety as counter-measures. The study of resistance of concrete structures is a good metaphor for social research; and yet, quantitative/positivist researchers, in their search for “falsifiable generalizations”, often forget about the omnipresence of error, let alone adopt the factors of safety. In short, the common sense of engineers is useful to casts some not-so-frequently-considered doubts over the capacity of quantitative methods and positivist epistemologies to create generalizable social science findings in face of uncertainty and the complexity of human societies. By casting such doubts, I advocate for a more relaxed (but not less rigorous) approach to social research and its complexity.
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Lisboa encontra-se em transição. Ao sair de uma crise económica acompanhada por severas políticas de austeridade, encontra-se numa nova fase de dinamismo económico, mas sem conseguir inverter antigas e novas estruturas de desigualdade... more
Lisboa encontra-se em transição. Ao sair de uma crise económica acompanhada por severas políticas de austeridade, encontra-se numa nova fase de dinamismo económico, mas sem conseguir inverter antigas e novas estruturas de desigualdade social e territorial. Este artigo, ao mostrar as recentes transformações do mercado imobiliário e da habitação na principal cidade portuguesa, bem como os movimentos sociais preocupados com o direito à habitação, questiona as articulações entre desenvolvimento local e modelos da nova economia global. A recente história de Lisboa é apresentada como caso paradigmático das disputas entre modelos pseudoliberais de desenvolvimento económico e urbano, e a paulatina formação de suas contestações locais, sobretudo sociais mas também institucionais e, decerto, crescentemente interligadas em redes internacionais.
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Considering the absence of an agreed definition of urban violence, this article suggests that exploring the violence-security nexus in the context of planetary urbanisation provides some necessary steps for theorisation. Moving from the... more
Considering the absence of an agreed definition of urban violence, this article suggests that exploring the violence-security nexus in the context of planetary urbanisation provides some necessary steps for theorisation. Moving from the analytical toward the conceptual, we offer three conceptual shifts, intended as as many steps toward a theory of urban violence: first, from violence in the city to violence in/of/through an age of planetary urbanisation; second, beyond the dichotomous thinking about the violence-security nexus; third, from manifestations of violence in the city to the 'threshold' (of visibility) beyond which a city is understood, and depicted, as violent.
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Recent European comparative studies in the fields of housing policy and spatial planning have been dominated by taxonomical and linear approaches, and by normative calls for convergence toward systems considered more 'mature' or... more
Recent European comparative studies in the fields of housing policy and spatial planning have been dominated by taxonomical and linear approaches, and by normative calls for convergence toward systems considered more 'mature' or 'advanced'. In this article, we adopt a genealogical perspective and consider those cultures that are central to the shaping of policy. We set out a long-term exploration of the intersection between spatial planning and housing policy in Portugal and focus on the Special Programme for Rehousing (Programa Especial de Realojamento, PER), a programme that has had changing roles (from a financial instrument to a core component of policies of urban regeneration) in connection with political and planning cultures changing in time and space. In this way, we provide evidence of the limited capacity of taxonomic and linear approaches to describe planning and housing systems undergoing processes of change and, conversely, show the potential of genealogical research.
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The government of security and safety constitutes a privileged angle from which to study the links among government, public policy and urban dynamics, particularly in places where neoliberalisation intersects with historical racial and... more
The government of security and safety constitutes a privileged angle from which to study the links among government, public policy and urban dynamics, particularly in places where neoliberalisation intersects with historical racial and class tensions – as is the case in many US cities. I am concerned with the connection between (racialised) security politics and the institutional transformation of local security policymaking. I use the case of Memphis (TN, USA), which is paradigmatic of the neoliberalisation of security and permanent 'low-intensity' austerity; present four practices and trends – 'predictive' policing, rhetoric about 'community' self-defence, safety 'grants' and the 'mission creep' of the militarised police department; and discuss continuities/discontinuities with regard to long-term trends of restructuring crime control in the USA. The case of security policymaking allows me to argue that austerity and neoliberal rule tend to replace public policy – intended as a course of action stemming from conscious choice by the government – with a complicated patchwork of state intervention/disengagement, whose ultimate effect is the 'end of public policy' proper.
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Questo contributo presenta alcune riflessioni sui primi anni di vita di plaNext – next generation planning (http://journals.aesop-planning.eu/), la rivista della rete Young Academics (AESOP-YA) di AESOP, Associazione Europea delle Scuole... more
Questo contributo presenta alcune riflessioni sui primi anni di vita di plaNext – next generation planning (http://journals.aesop-planning.eu/), la rivista della rete Young Academics (AESOP-YA) di AESOP, Associazione Europea delle Scuole di Pianificazione. L’obiettivo è contribuire al dibattito sulla peer-review (o revisione tra pari) come standard di valutazione della qualità della ricerca nel contesto delle riviste online. In particolare, intendiamo focalizzare l’attenzione su una delle componenti del modo in cui il processo di peer-review è comunemente organizzato, ovvero sulla blindness, l’anonimato garantito ai revisori degli articoli (blind peer-review) e, in certe riviste, anche agli autori (double-blind peer-review).
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The article contributes to recent discussions on convergence/divergence of local policies for urban security and public safety amid globalization, exploring comparatively local approaches to crime prevention and explaining... more
The article contributes to recent discussions on convergence/divergence of local policies for urban security and public safety amid globalization, exploring comparatively local approaches to crime prevention and explaining differences/similarities through multilevel connections. I analyze situational prevention, social policy and proximity/community policing in two “not-so-global” metropolises: Lisbon, where security is the goal of a wide set of policies in many fields; and Memphis, where social problems have become security issues and policing the only game in town. Differing approaches are explained on the grounds of political traditions, neoliberalization of policy and multilevel relations among polities. I discuss implications for the relation between policy and policing: police attempts at social outreach amid coupling/decoupling of security with/from urban policy; and the “mission creep” of policing when it is expected to lead prevention. Conclusions advocate that policy reform is necessary at many levels to deal with the intersection of crime, retrenching welfare and aggressive policing in US cities such as Memphis.
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The article explores systematically, albeit preliminarily, the way the concepts of security and safety are employed in scholarly urban studies literature about crime (and the prevention of it). It employs network analysis on author... more
The article explores systematically, albeit preliminarily, the way the concepts of security and safety are employed in scholarly urban studies literature about crime (and the prevention of it). It employs network analysis on author keywords, complemented with text analysis of abstracts, over sets of bibliographic information retrieved from Web of Science. Using a critical interpretative analysis of findings, and looking at the geography of main scholarly communities in this field, the article highlights differences (especially at the operational level) and commonalities (especially at the conceptual level) in the way scholars understand urban security and urban safety. Concluding that this field of study is dominated by operational, evidence-based approaches, the article advocates for a renewed critical engagement of scholarship in this field, through studies that would shift their attention from technical ‘solutions’ to the ‘problems’ that lead societies to demand security/safety.
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This article explores the role of changing arrangements of multi-level territorial governance in the European Cohesion Policy. It hypothesises the existence of a temporal duality between successful/unsuccessful phases of Cohesion Policy... more
This article explores the role of changing arrangements of multi-level territorial governance in the European Cohesion Policy. It hypothesises the existence of a temporal duality between successful/unsuccessful phases of Cohesion Policy between the 1990s and 2000s, that is, a structural change in the implementation of Structural Funds stemming from the reforms at the turn of the millennium. The article seeks to understand the implications of such a duality using case study analysis, with the theoretical aim of exploring in-depth the connections between the European and the local scale. It analyses in the long term (1994-2013) the use of Structural Funds for urban development in a specific context, the city of Palermo in the Objective 1 region of Sicily, under-explored by international literature. The phases of Structural Funds are understood in the wider context of Palermo, Sicily and Southern Italy, emphasising the temporal coherence between (i) the phases of autonomous/dependent development, (ii) evolution/involution in the implementation of cohesion policies, and (iii) shifting multi-level territorial governance arrangements. The local case confirms the duality hypoth-esised and, based on this, wider considerations for the future of Cohesion Policy are set out.
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Urban security (or public safety), rather than a “social problem” tackled neutrally, is a issue of political contestation, owing to its threefold gist as right to not be victims of crime, policy goal and social demand. This article,... more
Urban security (or public safety), rather than a “social problem” tackled neutrally, is a issue of political contestation, owing to its threefold gist as right to not be victims of crime, policy goal and social demand. This article, highlighting how planning research has neglected to engage with contemporary paradoxes of security, makes the case for a critical approach to crime prevention and explores the embeddedness of urban security in planning practice in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. We debate the relations of urban security with changing planning paradigms and political approaches around the vertical (multilevel/multi-scale) and horizontal distribution of planning practices.
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Whilst shopping malls have been explored at length by critical urban studies, there has been little exploration of their role in restructuring the practice of urban and spatial planning. This article uses the shopping mall as an object of... more
Whilst shopping malls have been explored at length by critical urban studies, there has been little exploration of their role in restructuring the practice of urban and spatial planning. This article uses the shopping mall as an object of study in the light of the neoliberal trends and post-metropolisation in Southern Europe, with the aim of exploring challenges for urban governance and planning practice and with a focus on the role of the ongoing economic crisis. A threefold exploratory framework – the 'lost-in-time scenario' , the 'messianic mall model' and the '(im)mature planning explanation' – is used to make sense of the local versions of shopping mall development in Lisbon (Portugal) and Palermo (Southern Italy). According to findings, we highlight the clash between the multi-scalar nature of shopping malls and the dominance of the municipal scale in regulatory planning frameworks, and the risk that shopping mall development (at least in Southern Europe) may replicate uneven development patterns, reproducing the preconditions of the crisis without helping to overcome it.
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Este artigo, reconhecendo a relevância das dimensões territoriais e urbanas para uma melhor interpretação da atual crise e seus principais impulsionadores, bem como das suas consequências e reacções sociopolíticas, analisa a evolução... more
Este artigo, reconhecendo a relevância das dimensões territoriais e urbanas para uma melhor interpretação da atual crise e seus principais impulsionadores, bem como das suas consequências e reacções sociopolíticas, analisa a evolução recente da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, perante tempos de crise económica e de políticas de austeridade. O artigo propõe duas conclusões, a merecer estudo adicional com o objectivo de uma sua possível teorização mais alargada: 1) podem distinguir-se fases distintas da crise e uma correlação entre estas, as políticas de austeridade implementadas e a correspondente ampliação dos efeitos da crise nos tecidos
socioeconómicos territoriais; 2) verifica-se o aumento de um confronto de natureza estruturante entre políticas top-down de escalas europeia e nacionais e as dinâmicas sociopolíticas de escalas mais locais e mesmo bottom-up, redesenhando-se os quadros geopolíticos territoriais por formas crescentemente
distintas e mais complexas; de divergências, aproximações e intersecções de base multi-escalar.
socioeconómicos territoriais; 2) verifica-se o aumento de um confronto de natureza estruturante entre políticas top-down de escalas europeia e nacionais e as dinâmicas sociopolíticas de escalas mais locais e mesmo bottom-up, redesenhando-se os quadros geopolíticos territoriais por formas crescentemente
distintas e mais complexas; de divergências, aproximações e intersecções de base multi-escalar.
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The article furthers recent debates about the concept of neoliberalism and its use as an explanatory concept, through the analysis of urban planning and regeneration policy in Lisbon in times of crisis and austerity. Suggesting a look at... more
The article furthers recent debates about the concept of neoliberalism and its use as an explanatory concept, through the analysis of urban planning and regeneration policy in Lisbon in times of crisis and austerity. Suggesting a look at neoliberalization from a three-fold perspective – the project, governmentalities and policy-making – the article debates to what degree current responses to the European economic crisis, i.e. austerity policy, can be understood as a renewed and coherent deployment of neoliberal stances. The article presents implications for urban planning in Lisbon and thus suggests an exploration of the negotiations and clashes of hegemonic neoliberal governmentalities and policies with the local social and spatial fabric. A “deviant” case, Mouraria neighborhood, is chosen for this exploration, a “dense” space in which the outputs of policies are different from what was expected. In conclusion, it is suggested that neoliberalization (in times of crisis) shall be understood as a coherent project and a set of ambiguous governmentalities, which bring about contradictory policy-making at the local level.
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The paper complements Abu-Orf’s theory about violent settings in order to set out a theory of fear in urban planning in ordinary urban contexts around three arguments: spatialization of fear; (modernist) spatialities and the encounter;... more
The paper complements Abu-Orf’s theory about violent settings in order to set out a theory of fear in urban planning in ordinary urban contexts around three arguments: spatialization of fear; (modernist) spatialities and the encounter; political economies of urban fear. The three theoretical arguments are used to re-frame the planning history of Chelas, an affordable housing district in Lisbon, Portugal, and debate the way fear shapes, and is shaped in turn by, planning practice. Confirming that (growing) fear in ordinary urban contexts is not just an effect of the contemporary organization of cities, the paper claims for a theorization of fear that would adjoin a global (hegemonic) and a local (discursive/contingent) perspective in the theorization of urban fear, and advocates for the need to put fear, and its capacity to create a crisis in urban policy, at the hearth of planners’ agendas.
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Theories about institutional transformation in spatial planning, although mainly based on the Anglo-Saxon context, have assumed a dominant role in planning research and theory as means to understand the transformations that have been... more
Theories about institutional transformation in spatial planning, although mainly based on the Anglo-Saxon context, have assumed a dominant role in planning research and theory as means to understand the transformations that have been restructuring planning systems in recent decades in the Western world and beyond. The article, looking at transformations of planning practice through the lenses of the concept of planning cultures, debates the utility of building ‘universal’ theories for spatial planning and advocates for the need for a de-provincialization of planning theories. This is done through a case-study approach applied to the history of the transformation of the retail system in a context characterized by the specificities of the Italian planning context and Southern European cities, namely: the planning processes for, and power relationships underlying, the first shopping malls opened in Palermo, Italy, since 2009 – some decades later than most of Western cities.
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The paper engages with theory about the processes of spatialization of fear in contemporary Western urban space (fortification, privatization, exclusion/seclusion, fragmentation, polarization) and their relationships with feelings of fear... more
The paper engages with theory about the processes of spatialization of fear in contemporary Western urban space (fortification, privatization, exclusion/seclusion, fragmentation, polarization) and their relationships with feelings of fear of crime and violence. A threefold taxonomy is outlined (Enclosure; Post-Public Space, Barrier) and “spaces of fear” in the city of Palermo are mapped with the aim of exploring the cumulative large-scale effects of the spatialization of fear on a concrete urban territory. Building on empirical evidence, the author suggests that mainstream theories be re-framed as part of a less hegemonic and more discursive approach, and that theories mainly based on the analyses of global cities be de-provincialized. The author, hereby argues for the deconstruction of the concept of “spaces of fear” in favour of a more discursive concept of “fearscapes”, as the growing landscapes of fear in contemporary Western cities.
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The paper engages on the issue of “space and violence” through a critical approach to the theoretical debate on the spatial justice. The object of study is the Zen council housing district in Palermo, explored through a case-study... more
The paper engages on the issue of “space and violence” through a critical approach to the theoretical debate on the spatial justice. The object of study is the Zen council housing district in Palermo, explored through a case-study methodology. The critical argument used by the authors is the availability of “space”, as explicit in the contradiction between the powerful actors – real-estate promoters, politicians – and the weak ones – citizens and volunteers. The authors suggest looking at the unavoidable violent essence of the space, a space to be intended as production in the interaction between hegemonic pressures and insurgent actions.
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In the last decade, video-surveillance systems became a common presence in the urban public spaces. Many studies have described such processes and their relationships with global concerns on security but not very much has been said about... more
In the last decade, video-surveillance systems became a common presence in the urban public spaces. Many studies have described such processes and their relationships with global concerns on security but not very much has been said about the role of spatial planning and of local micro-politics of urban space. In this paper, the author builds on Foucault's reading of Bentham's panopticon to debate the consistence of surveillance systems in two southern European cities, Lisbon and Palermo, in order to debate the role of urban planning in the ongoing processes.
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Abstract Since the 1990s Italy has been going through changes and experiments concerning modes and tools of urban government. New methods, based on publicprivate partnership, on a consensual basis, were progressively adopted, overcoming... more
Abstract Since the 1990s Italy has been going through changes and experiments concerning modes and tools of urban government. New methods, based on publicprivate partnership, on a consensual basis, were progressively adopted, overcoming the traditional authoritative mechanisms and role of public actors. The contribution of Community policies such as initiatives on urban areas, has been crucial in creating new tools, influencing the existing ones and activating new approaches to planning.
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O presente ensaio procura contribuir para o debate em torno das questões da habitação em Portugal, centrando-se no papel do Estado e das políticas públicas na afirmação da habitação como um direito social e, consequentemente, na sua... more
O presente ensaio procura contribuir para o debate em torno das questões da habitação em Portugal, centrando-se no papel do Estado e das políticas públicas na afirmação da habitação como um direito social e, consequentemente, na sua desmercadorização. A reflexão que apresento refere-se à conjuntura presente, visando apresentar possibilidades concretas de reforma da ação pública. Por esta razão, o ensaio tem como pano de fundo as questões identificadas na introdução deste volume: por um lado, a compreensão da presente conjuntura como resultado da coexistência de falhas históricas do sistema de habitação e das crises recentes devidas ao boom do imobiliário e do turismo; pelo outro, uma reflexão crítica sobre as medidas recentes em matéria de política habitacional, principalmente as incluídas na Nova Geração de Políticas de Habitação (NGPH). Em particular, irei apresentar algumas reflexões sobre três vertentes: i) regulação pública, e a sua necessidade urgente face às profundas assimetrias do mercado da habitação; ii) provisão pública e seu financiamento, e o papel crucial que estes devem jogar na resolução das problemáticas históricas do sistema de habitação; e iii) planeamento urbano e ordenamento do território, necessários para resolver a tensão entre habitação como componente do estado social e das políticas urbanas, bem como entre os níveis nacional e local de governação. Para cada vertente irei refletir criticamente sobre as reformas já aprovadas e em discussão, e oferecer algumas pistas para reformas capazes de articular as várias dimensões de uma política de habitação coerente e equitativa.
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The Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação travelled across Portugal together with local groups and associations to collect information on and give visibility to housing needs, while aiming to create new networks and influence the national... more
The Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação travelled across Portugal together with local groups and associations to collect information on and give visibility to housing needs, while aiming to create new networks and influence the national political agenda. This conversation brings together seven scholar-activists that participated in the Caravana, who reflect upon the Caravana and contemporary struggles on the right to housing in Portugal. The conversation sheds light on some contentious issues that are presented through a selection of relevant excerpts, which cover personal identities as scholar-activists; contexts shaping contemporary
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In the final episode of the sixth season (July 2018) of Orange Is The New Black, a TV series depicting life in a US women-only federal prison, one of the main characters, Blanca, is handled over to ICE (Immigration and Customs... more
In the final episode of the sixth season (July 2018) of Orange Is The New Black, a TV series depicting life in a US women-only federal prison, one of the main characters, Blanca, is handled over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) at the moment of her release. At the same time, in an elegant party nearby, the predatory company responsible for the management of the prison announces it will expand its operations to immigration detention. Far beyond a mere anticipation of future developments of a popular show, this episode is indicative of how migration and its discontents have become a central crux of popular imagination-and commercial entertainment-in Trump's America, and beyond it. Dedicating a PTP Interface to spaces of refuge, migration and border enforcement is a very timely decision. The six pieces collected here set out a truly global picture of the nexus of human mobility, politics of citizenship and planning amid turbulent processes of capitalist urbanisation-or, to put it with Neil Brenner and Christian Schmid, 'planetary' urbanisation. I particularly appreciate the way the contributors were able to open up the 'immigration and refugee crisis'. For one, the authors indirectly expose the pathetic cry of Western politicians and media for the tiny fraction of the world refugee population their wealthy countries have to deal with. More importantly, the six pieces also provide a clear picture of the real 'crises' at stake: crises of housing, urban development, dispossession and extraction, imperialist war-the latest, and most hideous, crisis of capitalism-as-urbanisation (cf. Rossi, 2017), in short. The six pieces contribute to two main threads: Synne Bergby, Romola Sanyal and Kelly Yotebieng discuss the urbanisation of refuge in the Global South; M.M. Ramírez and Henrik Lebuhn focus on the multiplication of borders in the West and the contradictions of local 'liberal/progressive'
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In this essay, I elaborate two ideas on austerity and its politics. First, though austerity is often understood as a “response” to any number of (economic, political…) crises, there are places where it is a permanent reality. And, second,... more
In this essay, I elaborate two ideas on austerity and its politics. First, though austerity is often understood as a “response” to any number of (economic, political…) crises, there are places where it is a permanent reality. And, second, despite being often equaled to state roll-back, austerity is rather a process by which state action is restructured with specific political goals. In contrast with Jeremy Peck’s extreme “austerity urbanism”, I discuss the use of austerity as a long-term entrenched mechanism of urban government, which I shall define “low-intensity” austerity. To do so, I focus on the case of Memphis, and more generally of the South of the US, which not only are marginalized by mainstream explanations of neoliberalism and austerity, but offer paradigmatic exemplifications of the entrenchment of low-intensity austerity with the US institutional and political system. In particular, I shall focus on the role of urban security and crime control, their policies and politics, and their central role in the restructuring of US local policymaking.
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"La ricerca Fearscapes affronta l'analisi delle relazioni tra sentimenti di paura – connessi con il pericolo di essere vittime di crimine nello spazio urbano –, discorsi di paura – testi diretti alla generazione di sentimenti di paura –,... more
"La ricerca Fearscapes affronta l'analisi delle relazioni tra sentimenti di paura – connessi con il pericolo di essere vittime di crimine nello spazio urbano –, discorsi di paura – testi diretti alla generazione di sentimenti di paura –, politiche e pratiche urbane, forme spaziali della città contemporanea.
A partire dagli anni '90, nelle città occidentali, ad una diminuzione dei volumi di criminalità corrispondono accresciute sensazioni di insicurezza. Nella convinzione che esista un uso strumentale dei discorsi di paura per giustificare politiche e pratiche, Fearscapes analizza, dal punto di vista della pianificazione urbana, questioni come le politiche urbane di sicurezza, processi di fortificazione, privatizzazione e militarizzazione dello spazio urbano."
A partire dagli anni '90, nelle città occidentali, ad una diminuzione dei volumi di criminalità corrispondono accresciute sensazioni di insicurezza. Nella convinzione che esista un uso strumentale dei discorsi di paura per giustificare politiche e pratiche, Fearscapes analizza, dal punto di vista della pianificazione urbana, questioni come le politiche urbane di sicurezza, processi di fortificazione, privatizzazione e militarizzazione dello spazio urbano."
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Si analizzano le crescenti pratiche di fortificazione e securizzazione delle residenze e le loro conseguenze sullo sviluppo urbano di Palermo
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The role of information has assumed, in the last few decades, a central place in planning theory and research, especially around the capacity of misinformation to shape power relationships in the political arenas. The theme of... more
The role of information has assumed, in the last few decades, a central place in planning theory and research, especially around the capacity of misinformation to shape power relationships in the political arenas. The theme of counter-information, with its capacity to contrast the institutionalized information, has contextually emerged in the public debate. The authors suggest a parallel to the duality misinformation/counter-information, building on the representations of urban spaces and processes: “mis-representation” versus “counter-representation”. A reading of the flux of representations about Martim Moniz square in Lisbon is given and the swift transformations in the representations of this place are highlighted. Therefore, the relationships between institutional policies and local practices, between spaces for conflict/dialogue and their representations are debated as crucial for the capacity (or not) of grass-root requests to soar at the role of organized action.
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This chapter provides an overview of the field of housing politics in contemporary Lisbon: the transition from the end of a period of economic crisis and deep austerity to a fast economic growth based on exportation, tourism and real... more
This chapter provides an overview of the field of housing politics in contemporary Lisbon: the transition from the end of a period of economic crisis and deep austerity to a fast economic growth based on exportation, tourism and real estate; the intersection of historical housing problems with new trends of financialisation, touristification and gentrification; and the growth of social movements concerned with the right to housing and to the city. By reflecting on housing crisis and struggles, the chapter takes two conceptual steps. On the one hand, by building on an understanding of austerity as the downloading of vulnerability to risk from the economic to the social sphere, it explores the entrenchment of austerity in the field of housing. On the other hand, by questioning the capacity of emerging social movements to fight the social vulnerability brought by austerity, it questions social movements’ potential to establish themselves as a ‘resilient’ alternative to the dominant models of economic development.
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Excerpt from: Tulumello, S. (2017) Fear, Space and Urban Planning: A Critical Perspective from Southern Europe. Switzerland Springer, pp. 47-48.
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319439365
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319439365
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This chapter has three goals. First, to present a sociospatial picture of the patterns of proliferation of condomínios fechados (CFs; gated communities) in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area by presenting a “semi-quantitative” map in Lisbon and... more
This chapter has three goals. First, to present a sociospatial picture of the patterns of proliferation of condomínios fechados (CFs; gated communities) in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area by presenting a “semi-quantitative” map in Lisbon and Cascais (and Barreiro, where none were found). Second, to discuss the role of urban policy and planning – and of the latter’s “absence” or reluctance to steer urban development – in opening and closing the space for
CFs. And, third, to use the Portuguese case to review explanatory and analytical concepts generally associated with gated residential developments – above all the association of gated communities with suburban life. In conclusion, we should open the way to further discussion by suggesting that the concepts of fragmentation and polarisation can provide a looser, though not less rigorous, framework to complement the inclusion/exclusion dichotomy in the
conceptualisation of contemporary spatial (in)justice patterns.
CFs. And, third, to use the Portuguese case to review explanatory and analytical concepts generally associated with gated residential developments – above all the association of gated communities with suburban life. In conclusion, we should open the way to further discussion by suggesting that the concepts of fragmentation and polarisation can provide a looser, though not less rigorous, framework to complement the inclusion/exclusion dichotomy in the
conceptualisation of contemporary spatial (in)justice patterns.
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Re-edição de artigo publicado em 2015 no Le Monde Diplomatique - Edição Portuguesa
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Neste texto utilizarei o tema da segurança urbana e a minha experiência de investigação nessa área para levantar algumas questões fulcrais para o futuro das cidades, do seu governo e da sua democracia. Com esse objetivo, recorrerei a uma... more
Neste texto utilizarei o tema da segurança urbana e a minha experiência de investigação nessa área para levantar algumas questões fulcrais para o futuro das cidades, do seu governo e da sua democracia. Com esse objetivo, recorrerei a uma metodologia dos estudos sobre futuros – a construção de cenários qualitativos (qualitative scenario planning) – para imaginar uma cidade onde a segurança é absoluta e tentar perceber quais as consequências daí decorrentes para a cidadania
e a vida democrática.
Utilizaremos a segurança como sinédoque, ou seja, como parte para referir o todo (democracia e governo urbanos), por duas razões. Primeiro, porque a segurança é um direito individual, que as instituições públicas devem garantir através de políticas, e também uma exigência social, embora nem sempre racional e, por isso, um espaço de debate e de confronto público e político. Segundo, porque as políticas de segurança abrangem praticamente todas as áreas das políticas urbanas – policiamento e vigilância, mas também emprego, educação, urbanismo, habitação, saúde, proteção dos jovens ou luta contra a exclusão social.
e a vida democrática.
Utilizaremos a segurança como sinédoque, ou seja, como parte para referir o todo (democracia e governo urbanos), por duas razões. Primeiro, porque a segurança é um direito individual, que as instituições públicas devem garantir através de políticas, e também uma exigência social, embora nem sempre racional e, por isso, um espaço de debate e de confronto público e político. Segundo, porque as políticas de segurança abrangem praticamente todas as áreas das políticas urbanas – policiamento e vigilância, mas também emprego, educação, urbanismo, habitação, saúde, proteção dos jovens ou luta contra a exclusão social.
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Capitulo de "Os Jovens Portugueses no Contecto da Ibero-América" (coord José Machado País e Cícero Roberto Pereira; 2016, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais) Este capítulo debruça-se sobre a perceção que os jovens ibero-americanos têm acerca... more
Capitulo de "Os Jovens Portugueses no Contecto da Ibero-América" (coord José Machado País e Cícero Roberto Pereira; 2016, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais)
Este capítulo debruça-se sobre a perceção que os jovens ibero-americanos têm acerca da violência física injustificada contra outrem, com referência a duas dimensões espaciais: a violência urbana e a violência familiar. Debate-se a violência em Portugal e na Ibero-América partindo de três pontos de vista: a dimensão institucional e histórica, dando atenção às tardias transições democráticas que caracterizam as regiões em análise; a dimensão geográfico-contextual em escalas múltiplas; a dimensão social em relação a diferenças de grupos.
Este capítulo debruça-se sobre a perceção que os jovens ibero-americanos têm acerca da violência física injustificada contra outrem, com referência a duas dimensões espaciais: a violência urbana e a violência familiar. Debate-se a violência em Portugal e na Ibero-América partindo de três pontos de vista: a dimensão institucional e histórica, dando atenção às tardias transições democráticas que caracterizam as regiões em análise; a dimensão geográfico-contextual em escalas múltiplas; a dimensão social em relação a diferenças de grupos.
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Spatial planning and environmental restoration are essential corollaries to the management of protected natural areas, however, without a sound awareness of the evolutionary consistency of biocoenoses, the harmonious integration between... more
Spatial planning and environmental restoration are essential corollaries to the management of protected natural areas, however, without a sound awareness of the evolutionary consistency of biocoenoses, the harmonious integration between human activities and ecosystem preservation remains an unattainable utopia. The theorization of a balanced welfare, inspired by the universal tendency of ecosystems to reach a steady state, has to go along with the defection from any economic greed.
Simone met Ananya on the morning of July 13, 2018, during the Congress of AESOP, the Association of European Schools of Planning, where Ananya gave the opening keynote speech, titled “Plans for freedom: Borders, cities and the struggle... more
Simone met Ananya on the morning of July 13, 2018, during the Congress of AESOP, the Association of European Schools of Planning, where Ananya gave the opening keynote speech, titled “Plans for freedom: Borders, cities and the struggle for justice in the age of Trumpism”. The conversation lasted approximately 40 minutes and was based on, but at moments diverged from, a number of questions jointly prepared by Simone and Giacomo. Starting from the double nature of the margin in Ananya’s work – margin as method and as object of study – the conversation then touched issues of race in the making of the contemporary city, mostly in the USA and the Global South. We also discussed representations of urban margins as places of resistance and creativity; and then questioned the return of the nation state in producing, and enforcing, (racial, gendered, class...) margins. Inspired by the topic of the AESOP congress, “Making space for hope”, we concluded by reflecting on the paths for building alternatives to the status quo, reflecting on activist and engaged research practices. By questioning the frequent romanticizing of the local, Ananya reflected on the need for a global scale in thinking change. The following is a transcription of the conversation, lightly edited for clarity, consistence and style.
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No quadro do recente regresso da habitação ao centro do debate público e político, este policy brief apresenta alguns dos principais resultados do projeto exPERts com o objetivo de proporcionar uma discussão alargada sobre algumas das... more
No quadro do recente regresso da habitação ao centro do debate público e político, este policy brief apresenta alguns dos principais resultados do projeto exPERts com o objetivo de proporcionar uma discussão alargada sobre algumas das temáticas principais desse programa em relação ao debate político, institucional e social, com o fim de contribuir para o atual debate sobre as futuras políticas de habitação e de realojamento.
O policy brief aponta cinco principais pistas para o futuro das políticas públicas de habitação: pensar a habitação territorialmente; liderança da administração central; horizontes temporais e políticas de habitação; políticas de discriminação e inclusão; articulação entre políticas. Adicionalmente, o policy brief aponta a necessidade urgente de resolver urgentemente as questões mais precárias de habitação, através da criação de bolsas de habitação para as situações de emergência e de medidas que permitam agir em casos onde haja ausência de intervenção pelas autarquias.
O policy brief aponta cinco principais pistas para o futuro das políticas públicas de habitação: pensar a habitação territorialmente; liderança da administração central; horizontes temporais e políticas de habitação; políticas de discriminação e inclusão; articulação entre políticas. Adicionalmente, o policy brief aponta a necessidade urgente de resolver urgentemente as questões mais precárias de habitação, através da criação de bolsas de habitação para as situações de emergência e de medidas que permitam agir em casos onde haja ausência de intervenção pelas autarquias.
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This document reports the main outputs of the world café discussion held during the seminar ‘Transformative Knowledge for an Era of Planetary Urbanization’ at the Institute of the Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa)... more
This document reports the main outputs of the world café discussion held during the
seminar ‘Transformative Knowledge for an Era of Planetary Urbanization’ at the
Institute of the Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa) on 10 July
2017 – an event convened by the COST Action INTREPID, the research group
Environment, Territory and Society of ICS-ULisboa, and the Young Academics
Network of AESOP
seminar ‘Transformative Knowledge for an Era of Planetary Urbanization’ at the
Institute of the Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa) on 10 July
2017 – an event convened by the COST Action INTREPID, the research group
Environment, Territory and Society of ICS-ULisboa, and the Young Academics
Network of AESOP
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This policy paper stems from research on local policies regarding public safety and crime prevention in Memphis.2 The research uncovers the limitations of the city’s current approach and suggests how policies could be changed. In a... more
This policy paper stems from research on local policies regarding public safety and crime prevention in Memphis.2 The research uncovers the limitations of the city’s current approach and suggests how policies could be changed. In a nutshell, Memphis, like many other cities, is engaged in a shortsighted and narrow approach to public safety; effective crime prevention needs long-term thinking and broad policy action. The paper, first, examines why changes are needed in social
urban policy to reduce crime; second, discusses Memphis’ approach to safety and public policy to
highlight what needs reform; and, third, sets out recommendations for such a reform.
urban policy to reduce crime; second, discusses Memphis’ approach to safety and public policy to
highlight what needs reform; and, third, sets out recommendations for such a reform.
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Report from the 2015 conference of the AESOP Young Academics, Palermo, March
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Review of: Seixas, J. (2013), A Cidade na Encruzilhada. Repensar a Cidade e a Sua Política, Porto: Afrontamento, 532 p.
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During the last decade, growing concerns about urban security shaped the Portuguese public debate, especially in the months following a media campaign about the so called “wave of crimes” of the summer of 2008. Unprecedented feelings of... more
During the last decade, growing concerns about urban security shaped the Portuguese public debate, especially in the months following a media campaign about the so called “wave of crimes” of the summer of 2008. Unprecedented feelings of fear of crime and the restructuring of the national approach to security followed the campaign. In Portugal, the central state is considered as the sole responsible for security: however, local authorities have been recently carrying out a variety of actions
and policies for or around urban security.
The report presents the findings of a working package from an ongoing research project about urban security, fear of crime, and urban planning – “Which Secure Cities? A critical approach to security and feelings of fear in urban planning in Southern
Europe”. An “atlas” of local policies for urban security in three municipalities of the metropolitan area of Lisbon is given: Lisbon, Cascais, and Barreiro. The main focus of the report is on the relations between policies for/around urban security and the institutional practice of spatial planning. In order to approach urban security as a complex and multifaceted theme, the report debates three types of policies: local policies for urban security; urban security within spatial planning policies; approaches to social prevention in social development plans.
and policies for or around urban security.
The report presents the findings of a working package from an ongoing research project about urban security, fear of crime, and urban planning – “Which Secure Cities? A critical approach to security and feelings of fear in urban planning in Southern
Europe”. An “atlas” of local policies for urban security in three municipalities of the metropolitan area of Lisbon is given: Lisbon, Cascais, and Barreiro. The main focus of the report is on the relations between policies for/around urban security and the institutional practice of spatial planning. In order to approach urban security as a complex and multifaceted theme, the report debates three types of policies: local policies for urban security; urban security within spatial planning policies; approaches to social prevention in social development plans.
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Perguntar “o que é a violência urbana” pode parecer, logo, uma tarefa redundante. Afinal, não se encontra a violência urbana a todo lado, nas silenciosas cidades de fronteira como nos caóticos centros urbanos, no florescer de favelas,... more
Perguntar “o que é a violência urbana” pode parecer, logo, uma tarefa redundante. Afinal, não se encontra a violência urbana a todo lado, nas silenciosas cidades de fronteira como nos caóticos centros urbanos, no florescer de favelas, bairros informais e condomínios fechados, como no escuro dos becos, na agitação de protestos, nos bairros em gentrificação e nos que estão a ser abandonados, nas formas futurísticas dos centros direcionais, nas verdes avenidas residenciais e nos bairros sociais estigmatizados? Pela variedade e multiplicidade de formas com as quais a violência urbana é debatida, apropriada, contada, dramatizada, produzida e reproduzida no mundo urbano contemporâneo, a tentativa de enclausura-la com uma definição coerente pode parecer, como frisou a Sophie Body-Gendrot, “uma tarefa utópica, se não impossível” – e, talvez, até supérflua. Não deveríamos antes de mais considerar a realidade concreta da violência urbana? Sem dúvida. Porém, nos parece que um esforço de definição não seja incompatível com essa perspetiva – pelo contrário, talvez seja uma premissa necessária. É com esse esforço que temos recentemente engajado, ao propor algumas pistas para uma teorização da violência urbana em um artigo recentemente publicado em Progress in Human Geography.
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Analysis of today's increasingly urbanised, technology-intensive capitalism and its socio-spatial contradictions, with special reference to Lisbon's urban context.
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Questo contributo riassume i risultati di uno studio su 20 anni di Fondi Strutturali (FS) per lo sviluppo urbano a Palermo (1994-2013). Lo studio analizza l’implementazione delle politiche di coesione, interpretandone le relazioni con le... more
Questo contributo riassume i risultati di uno studio su 20 anni di Fondi Strutturali (FS) per lo sviluppo urbano a Palermo (1994-2013). Lo studio analizza l’implementazione delle politiche di coesione, interpretandone le relazioni con le politiche nazionali di sviluppo locale e le fasi di sviluppo del Mezzogiorno.
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This blog entry discusses the use of a ‘quasi-quantitative’ mapping method as part of comparative case-study research for a PhD, in the context of (unforeseen) constraints and scarce resources. Specifically, I present the challenges I... more
This blog entry discusses the use of a ‘quasi-quantitative’ mapping method as part of comparative case-study research for a PhD, in the context of (unforeseen) constraints and scarce resources. Specifically, I present the challenges I faced working in different contexts, with different resources and in different temporal windows – and the subsequent processes of adaptation of the research design. First, I introduce the PhD research to ground the decision to use maps. Second, I discuss how a method designed for the city where I carried out my PhD (Palermo, Italy) was partially delusional in the city where I developed a second case-study (Lisbon, Portugal) and how I had to steer the research design as a consequence. Third, I reflect on the implications of a (too?) ambitious research design and summarise the lessons I have learnt with broader relevance for comparative case-study research
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Basta un SI [a YES is enough], is the slogan coined by the campaign for the approval of the Italian constitutional reform to be either confirmed or rejected on December 4 th , in the nth referendum of these troubled European years.
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Lecture given at the PhD programme in Urban and Regional Planning
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Talk given at the course of Urban Geography (held by Marco Picone), bachelor degree in Urban and Regional Planning,
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"Debates around evaluation of research quality and research outputs access policy are assuming a growing space in the academic debate. Tools and concepts like “peer-review”, “metrics”, “impact factor”, until some years ago assumed as... more
"Debates around evaluation of research quality and research outputs access policy are assuming a growing space in the academic debate. Tools and concepts like “peer-review”, “metrics”, “impact factor”, until some years ago assumed as unquestionable for addressing university policies are, nowadays, questioned for their effective capacity to ensure “better” and “independent” research.
In this communication, I would like to share with the ICS community three ongoing processes and as many ideas that might be able to restructure the academic way of thinking in the forthcoming years. I will conclude by sketching some preliminary thoughts on how these ideas might be better incorporated by the ICS community.
1. University of California Open Access Policy
2. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
3. ALTMETRICS"
In this communication, I would like to share with the ICS community three ongoing processes and as many ideas that might be able to restructure the academic way of thinking in the forthcoming years. I will conclude by sketching some preliminary thoughts on how these ideas might be better incorporated by the ICS community.
1. University of California Open Access Policy
2. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
3. ALTMETRICS"
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S19 - Violent utopias, hopeful security? Urban security beyond the violence-security nexus
RC21 - 2019 - New Delhi
RC21 - 2019 - New Delhi
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RC21, Leeds, September 11-13, 2017 Deadline for abstract submission: March 10, 2017 Conference website: https://rc21leeds2017.wordpress.com/ Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to RC21@leeds.ac.uk AND to simone.tulumello@ics.ulisboa.pt.... more
RC21, Leeds, September 11-13, 2017
Deadline for abstract submission: March 10, 2017
Conference website: https://rc21leeds2017.wordpress.com/
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to RC21@leeds.ac.uk AND to simone.tulumello@ics.ulisboa.pt. Please include your affiliation, a proposed title and a max 250-word abstract. Notification of decision on selected papers will be announced by 30th March 2017.
Deadline for abstract submission: March 10, 2017
Conference website: https://rc21leeds2017.wordpress.com/
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to RC21@leeds.ac.uk AND to simone.tulumello@ics.ulisboa.pt. Please include your affiliation, a proposed title and a max 250-word abstract. Notification of decision on selected papers will be announced by 30th March 2017.
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Institutions: CIES-IUL (hosting institution; www.cies.iscte-iul.pt); ICS-ULisboa (www.ics-ulisboa.pt) In the early 21st century, housing has returned to the centre of struggles and political debate in the Western world. In Southern... more
Institutions: CIES-IUL (hosting institution; www.cies.iscte-iul.pt); ICS-ULisboa (www.ics-ulisboa.pt) In the early 21st century, housing has returned to the centre of struggles and political debate in the Western world. In Southern Europe, housing crises, and intensifying dynamics of gentrification and touristification, have contributed to the emergence of new housing social movements around issues such as displacement, and social and economic exclusion. Strongly affected by these trends, Lisbon is in the midst of a perfect storm for housing, generated by the intersection of the long wave of economic crisis and austerity with recent touristification, gentrification and massive real estate investment. At the same time, demographic changes (e.g. ageing, migrations and mobility) are reshaping local urban identities, which are reflected in new forms of housing activism. Social movement, urban policy and demographic studies seem to have dealt with housing in a compartmentalised way. By focusing on the city of Lisbon, a case paradigmatic of contradictory trends but still under-theorised, HOPES aims to intertwine these analytical fields. Moving from the micro and meso dimensions of housing activism, HOPES will enlarge its scope to macro aspects such as national housing policies and global trends. HOPES' main questions are: how, and to what extent, do new housing movements mirror wider housing policies and dynamics? Which are the reciprocal influences between movements, political actors and globalising trends? What are the possible scenarios and futures in terms of housing and urban trends? HOPES adopts an interdisciplinary perspective and a mixed methodology. First, HOPES will analyse and cross information on new housing activism (ethnography, protest events and frames analysis), policy (critical policy analysis) and dynamics (mapping and demographic analysis) in housing in Lisbon. This study will be enriched by an action research partnership with the housing association Habita, and by cooperation with the FCT funded project exPERts on rehousing policies in Lisbon metro. Second, HOPES adopts a foresight approach to reflect on possible futures for Lisbon. Through qualitative analysis, secondary case studies – whose selection is justified in a framework of a 'generative' approach to urban comparison – will be developed in two US cities: New York City, paradigmatic of economic growth, successive waves of gentrification and organised housing movements; and Memphis, paradigmatic of long-term austerity, public housing crisis and civic struggle. The secondary cases will be used to build scenarios of competing futures for Lisbon; and compared with the trends analysed in the city. Theory-wise, HOPES will enrich and integrate different conceptual fields – social movement, urban policy and demographic studies – and provide an innovative way to look at housing. Practice-wise, HOPES will contribute to grassroots and institutional debate and action through the understanding of the way housing policies can shift toward (un)desirable futures.