Facilitation Processes and Skills Supporting EcoCity Development
Ecocities can provide solutions for the improvement of human settlements around the world and the living conditions therein, but in the authors’ experience, only as long as they are able to address the following questions correctly: How to formulate an ecocity concept that, considering issues of gen...
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doaj-608b1664cc2f43bf82c7ff3d4e6599f32020-11-25T00:55:12ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-03-0111477710.3390/en11040777en11040777Facilitation Processes and Skills Supporting EcoCity DevelopmentCarmen Antuña-Rozado0Justo García-Navarro1Juana Mariño-Drews2VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT Espoo, FinlandResearch Group on Sustainability in Construction and Industry giSCI-UPM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSIA–Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainIndependent Consultant, Bogotá 110221, ColombiaEcocities can provide solutions for the improvement of human settlements around the world and the living conditions therein, but in the authors’ experience, only as long as they are able to address the following questions correctly: How to formulate an ecocity concept that, considering issues of general concern, can be at the same time adapted to different local conditions? What are the instruments supporting the development and implementation of ecocity solutions? VTT’s EcoCity concept for sustainable community and neighbourhood regeneration and development has been designed in response to the first question. Likewise, specific methodologies and effective facilitation processes and skills have been developed in response to the second question. Since the methodologies have been discussed in a previous scientific article, the present one focuses on the facilitation processes and skills, and also on other related, fundamental aspects like participation, adaptation, capacity building, etc. Facilitation processes supporting EcoCity development require matching “hard” and “soft” skills in a fluid way. The main findings are discussed with the help of two case studies: one in Medellín (Colombia), and the other one in Zambia.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/4/777EcoCityEcoCity facilitationcapacity buildinglocal adaptationparticipationsustainable urban developmentMedellínZambia |
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Ecocities can provide solutions for the improvement of human settlements around the world and the living conditions therein, but in the authors’ experience, only as long as they are able to address the following questions correctly: How to formulate an ecocity concept that, considering issues of general concern, can be at the same time adapted to different local conditions? What are the instruments supporting the development and implementation of ecocity solutions? VTT’s EcoCity concept for sustainable community and neighbourhood regeneration and development has been designed in response to the first question. Likewise, specific methodologies and effective facilitation processes and skills have been developed in response to the second question. Since the methodologies have been discussed in a previous scientific article, the present one focuses on the facilitation processes and skills, and also on other related, fundamental aspects like participation, adaptation, capacity building, etc. Facilitation processes supporting EcoCity development require matching “hard” and “soft” skills in a fluid way. The main findings are discussed with the help of two case studies: one in Medellín (Colombia), and the other one in Zambia. |
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EcoCity EcoCity facilitation capacity building local adaptation participation sustainable urban development Medellín Zambia |
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