#urban_commons

Analyzing commons: complex dynamics leading to sustainably governed urban commons
▻https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.760858

As a concept, urban commons offer new perspectives on collaborative urban design and the participatory management of urban resources. In many cases, citizens create urban commons as bottom-up initiatives, although they often cooperate with local governments or private proprietors, particularly if a long-term perspective is targeted for their project. Urban commons therefore shed light on the tension between bottom-up initiatives and the public and private sector in urban governance. This article aims to better understand how the interrelation between different variables, such as the implementation process, accessibility of the community, ownership structure, etc., can help to constitute sustainable governed commons. To do so we investigate three case studies of commons in different (...)

Knowledge Practices within and beyond Sharing and Commoning Urban Initiatives
▻https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.767365

Within the context of neoliberal cities, with growing levels of housing commodification and space competition, sharing and commoning urban initiatives, within the larger framework of urban social movements, are shaping tactics of contestation. To what extent they represent sustainable efforts to urban commons governance remains largely unexplored. This paper aims therefore to contribute to better understand how practices of solidarity can be maintained beyond their first productive phase and in particular the engagement of social movement and initiatives actors in the production and maintenance of shared spatial resources. To do that, we focus on knowledge practices as a key factor to ensure sustainability of actions within and beyond urban initiatives that engage with and practice (...)