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Organising for Co-Production: Local Interaction Platforms for Urban Sustainability

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  • Beth Perry

    (Urban Institute and Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield, UK)

  • Zarina Patel

    (Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Ylva Norén Bretzer

    (Department of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Merritt Polk

    (School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Abstract

Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local interaction platforms (LIPs) are innovative responses to these challenges, developed in two African and two European cities between 2010 and 2014. Through elaborating the design and practice of the LIPs, the article concludes that the value of this approach lies in its context-sensitivity and iterative flexibility to articulate between internationally shared challenges and distinctive local practices. Six necessary conditions for the evolution of LIPs are presented: anchorage, co-constitution, context-sensitivity, alignment, connection and shared functions. In the context of increased uncertainty, complexity and the demand for transdisciplinary knowledge production, the platform concept has wider relevance in surfacing the challenges and possibilities for more adaptive urban governance.

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  • Beth Perry & Zarina Patel & Ylva Norén Bretzer & Merritt Polk, 2018. "Organising for Co-Production: Local Interaction Platforms for Urban Sustainability," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(1), pages 189-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v:6:y:2018:i:1:p:189-198
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    1. Hugo Sarmiento & Chris Tilly, 2018. "Governance Lessons from Urban Informality," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(1), pages 199-202.
    2. Liz Richardson & Catherine Durose & Beth Perry, 2018. "Coproducing Urban Governance," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(1), pages 145-149.
    3. Blake Poland & Anne Gloger & Garrett T. Morgan & Norene Lach & Suzanne F. Jackson & Rylan Urban & Imara Rolston, 2021. "A Connected Community Approach: Citizens and Formal Institutions Working Together to Build Community-Centred Resilience," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-17, September.

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