Database of governance scenarios

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Brief governance scenarios, sorted according to their contribution to governance ambitions

The broad topic of urban governance arrangements for sustainability and justice can be disaggregated into more specific ambitions. Often discussed are the following:

A) Policy Integration

B) Bridging Institutional Logics

C) Engaging Inhabitants

D) Alternative Metrics

We have discussed how these ambitions are tentatively realized in promising experiments at a Community Conversation on June 23rd, 2020. Documentation of the event is available on the UrbanA blog.

When clicking on one of the ambitions A)-D) above, you will find a list of the short scenarios that are best illustrating these ambitions.

Which further ambitions do you consider crucial on the way towards governance for sustainability AND justice in cities? And what other examples do you know where these ambitions have been guiding the setting up of arrangements for justice oriented sustainability governance?

Please share your suggestions with us, e.g. via Philipp Spaeth. Please also contribue to the development of further case studies and governance scenarios on this wiki and join the UrbanA Community of Practice.


Brief governance scenarios, sorted according to dominant governance mode

Some governance arrangements for sustainability and justice in cities are initiated by local governments, while others are initiated by social movements or even enterprises. We present here some governance scenarios that are driven primarily by governmental actors, civil society or hybrid arrangements:

A) Government led

B) Civil society driven

C) Hybrid arrangements


When clicking on one of the modes A)- C) above, you will find a list of the short scenarios that are best illustrating these governance modes.

And what other examples do you know where these ambitions have been guiding the setting up of arrangements for justice oriented sustainability governance?

Please share your suggestions with us, e.g. via Philipp Spaeth.


Full list of brief governance scenarios

In many places across Europe, people experiment with local governance arrangements that are favourable to justice and sustainability. The following, very brief governance scenarios represent such attempts. They are here to inspire you and to lead you to further information. In particular, we are just finalizing the rich descriptions of real world experiments (mostly within EU-funded projects) from which they have been derived.

If you know of other informative experiences, please contact us, e.g. via Philipp Spaeth

  1. Learning from successful community-based actions against gentrification
  2. Expanding effective practices for food rescuing and sharing among cities
  3. A new take on affordable housing through community owned and developed dwellings
  4. Inviting citizens to a transformation of street space - flexibly dealing with resistance
  5. Balancing long term sustainability and short-term social needs in peri-urban green space
  6. Envisioning and co-creating sustainable urban neighborhoods by reaching across institutional boundaries
  7. Bringing sustainable infrastructure to all - carefully engaging in public-private partnerships
  8. From electricity to empowerment, community energy growing out of the inner-city
  9. Overcoming compartmentalization in urban regeneration projects for inclusive sustainability and resilience
  10. Making local energy systems inclusively sustainable - by ourselves, with a little help by friends
  11. Trusting civil society and residents to co-shape regeneration projects in deprived neighborhoods