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Cucca, Roberta & Røe, Per Gunnar
(2024).
Green gentrification.
[Internet].
podcast - UiO Cities and Society.
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Berker, Thomas; Henriksen, Hanne Marit; Woods, Ruth & Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Splintering Furuset
The history and possible effects of a well-intentioned urban climate mitigation pilot
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In 2022, Castán Broto warned that green investments in urban infrastructures, while releasing considerable public spending for urban climate mitigation and adaptation measures, risk to reproduce what twenty years before was called ‘splintering urbanism’ (Graham and Marvin 2001): the move away from modern infrastructural ideals in which infrastructure was designed to provide general services to the whole population. Analysing Green Deal initiatives, Castán Broto found a lack of 'infrastructural vision', which reinforces existing uneven and unjust distributions of infrastructural connections and their effects along the lines of socio-economic divisions. Besides, the revealed privatisation and financialization of infrastructure systems have exacerbated social and geographical inequalities in access and quality to basic infrastructures.
In our contribution, based on a qualitative case study, we analyse a case of contemporary urban climate mitigation through infrastructure development, which helps us to understand how and why well-intentioned scientific and municipal interventions indeed contribute to the splintering effects described by Castán Broto.
The case is Oslo's Furuset neighbourhood, which is one of nine pilot areas of the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN) and a testbed for new innovative energy solutions, combined with urban design. These climate mitigation interventions enjoy national and municipal support and meet a neighbourhood which has for many years been object of municipal and national concern for its high crime rates and and low socio-economic status. ZEN's main pilot activity is the installation of an innovative micro-grid for heat distribution, combined with a seasonal heat storage facility. Due to lack of compatible technology/infrastructure in existing buildings connecting to the new grid will require high investment costs. Thus, only new buildings will be connected to the new sub-grid. While the effects of this infrastructural innovation on the local population can not yet be studied empirically (the construction activities have just begun), it seems clear that the new technology introduces a splintering effect on the accessibility to sustainable and high quality infrastructure, where neighbouring buildings will be connected to different infrastructures with different environmental impacts.
Parallel with these ongoing initiatives, Furuset's local residents and their representatives focus more on social sustainability, which historically has been the main focus of municipal policies, for example in the large-scale area-based programme “Grorudalssatsingen”, aiming at providing better living conditions for inhabitants in these housing estates from the 1960’s and 70’s. After six years of work with the planning and design of the pilot, the fact that their neighbourhood is a pilot for one of the major public investments in urban climate mitigation research is completely unknown to the local residents.
In this paper, we analyse the genesis of this disconnect between the local sustainability agenda and the research based climate mitigation interventions, and discuss scenarios for possible effects of the splintering of the infrastructure and their determinants.
Castán Broto, Vanesa. 2022. “Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown.” Journal of Urban Technology 29 (1): 87–93.
Graham, Steve and Simon Marvin. 2001. Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technological Mobilities and the Urban Condition. London: Routledge.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Research seminar - collaboration with NMBU/LANDSAM.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Sosial rettferdighet og kompakt byutvikling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Designing public space in the energy smart and compact city - an appropriation of the urban commons.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Er den klimavennlige og kompakte byen sosialt bærekraftig.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Diversifying the understanding of the compact city.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Designing public space in the energy smart and compact city - an appropriation of the urban commons.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Is the compact city socially inclusive? Investigations of the Fjord City redevelopment project in Oslo.
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Røe, Per Gunnar; Haarstad, Håvard; Vasstrøm, Mikaela Lise Modalen; Sareen, Siddharth & McNeish, John Andrew
(2023).
Empowered Futures PhD School- communications workshop and excursion.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Include partnerforum: Inkluderende offentlige byrom.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Is the compact city strategy sustainable? A critique of the current urban development strategy for creating compact cities, based on investigations in the Oslo region.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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FORSKNING, FESTIVAL OG BYUTVIKLING I VANNKANTEN.
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Cavicchia, Rebecca; Grut, Kjersti & Røe, Per Gunnar
(2023).
Gentrification and Area Based Initiatives.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Beyond Sprawl? A Critical Interrogation of Current Suburban Sustainability Strategies .
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Interrogating the Compact City - Opening Keynote.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Er den energismarte byen sosialt ekskluderende.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Presentation of Include.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Nordic Colonialism in the Arctic: Architectural Imprints and Histories.
[Radio].
Universitetsplassen digitalt.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Lillestrøm og Kjeller i urbaniseringens tid.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Designing public space in the energy smart and compact city - an appropriation of the urban commons.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Why is Energy Transition Controversial?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Byutvikling og ulikhet i Bjørvika.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Gentrifisering.
Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Møteplasser - naboskapet i nabolaget.
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Røe, Per Gunnar & Bjerkestrand, Milla Skjeklesæther
(2022).
Designing public space in the compact city – the social performativity of the city floor.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Presentasjon av Include-senterets forskning på by- og stedsutvikling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Byutvikling, mobilitet og rettferdighet.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Konseptualisering, design og utøvelse av bygulvet - en appropriasjon av byens allmenninger og fellesrom.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Oppsummering av forskersamling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Conceptualising, designing and performing the city floor: an appropriation of the urban commons.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Include - forskningssenter for sosialt inkluderende energiomstilling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Sosial bærekraft og offentlig rom.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Fra bygd til by - Asker i urbaniseringens tidsalder.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Skaper kompakt byutvikling eksklusive og ekskluderende soner og rom?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Presentasjon av Include - forskningssenter for sosialt inkluderende energiomstilling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Motsetninger og muligheter i bærekraftig byutvikling.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2022).
Energismart byutvikling, mobilitet og rettferdighet.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2021).
Er den klimavennlige byen rettferdig?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2021).
Kompakt byutvikling - hva betyr det for småhusområder?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Include - Forskningssenter for sosialt inkluderende energiomstilling.
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Haarstad, Håvard; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Andersen, Bengt; Harboe, Lisbet; Ljunggren, Jørn & Røe, Per Gunnar
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(2021).
Nordic responses to urban challenges of the 21st century.
Nordic Journal of Urban Studies.
ISSN 2703-8866.
1(1),
p. 4–18.
doi:
10.18261/issn.2703-8866-2021-01-01.
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Cities and urbanism have become increasingly central to social change because of their dominance in culture and politics and as a result of massive urbanization. In line with such developments, ‘urban studiesʼ has grown into a broad research field that embraces study across disciplines within social sciences and urban planning. The central idea behind this journal is that a strengthened Nordic community of urban scholars can advance the debates within this field of study. In this editorial article, we elaborate on the scholarly foundation that provides the starting point for the journal and critically reflect on how urban experiences in the Nordic countries may provide responses and solutions to challenges of the 21st century. In doing so, we trace some of the research traditions in Nordic societies that can underpin the scholarly advances this journal seeks to make. Finally, we outline an interdisciplinary urbanist approach that we aspire to develop through this journal and point towards research topics that may be well served by further exploration from a Nordic perspective.
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Haarstad, Håvard; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Andersen, Bengt; Harboe, Lisbet; Ljunggren, Jørn & Røe, Per Gunnar
[Show all 8 contributors for this article]
(2021).
Nordic responses to urban challenges of the 21st century.
Nordic Journal of Urban Studies.
ISSN 2703-8866.
1(1),
p. 4–18.
doi:
10.18261/issn.2703-8866-2021-01-01.
Show summary
Cities and urbanism have become increasingly central to social change because of their dominance in culture and politics and as a result of massive urbanization. In line with such developments, ‘urban studies’ has grown into a broad research field that embraces study across disciplines within social sciences and urban planning. The central idea behind this journal is that a strengthened Nordic community of urban scholars can advance the debates within this field of study. In this editorial article, we elaborate on the scholarly foundation that provides the starting point for the journal and critically reflect on how urban experiences in the Nordic countries may provide responses and solutions to challenges of the 21st century. In doing so, we trace some of the research traditions in Nordic societies that can underpin the scholarly advances this journal seeks to make. Finally, we outline an interdisciplinary urbanist approach that we aspire to develop through this journal and point towards research topics that may be well served by further exploration from a Nordic perspective.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Social Inclusion and justice in transport and urban development.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
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Include - A centre for socially inclusive solutions through co-creation with stakeholders.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2020).
Sosiale implikasjoner av regional plan for Oslo og Akershus (eller av post-suburban planlegging).
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Winther, Tanja; Westskog, Hege; Jackson Inderberg, Tor Håkon; Røe, Per Gunnar & Smørdal, Ole
(2020).
Møte med 22 brukerpartnere Include.
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Winther, Tanja; Jackson Inderberg, Tor Håkon; Røe, Per Gunnar; Westskog, Hege & Smørdal, Ole
(2020).
Dialogmøte med OED om Include.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Energy Spaces and Flows.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
En identitetsskapende og inkluderende byutvikling (i en forstadskommune).
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Multifunksjonelle og bærekraftige regionbyer - nye forståelser?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Smart Mobility Suburbs - et tverrfaglig forskningsprosjekt finansiert av EnergiX-programmet til Norges forskningsråd.
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Røe, Per Gunnar & Gever, Ryan
(2019).
Post-suburban visions of urbanism.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Er den nye areal- og transportplanleggingen sosialt bærekraftig?
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Postsuburbanismens sosiale implikasjoner - den sosiale transformasjonens politikk i Stor-Oslo.
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Böcker, Lars & Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Post-suburbanization in Oslo, Norway, and its implications for sustainable mobility.
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Røe, Per Gunnar
(2018).
Postsuburban social repercussions and the politics of social transformation in Greater Oslo.
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Potthoff, Kerstin; Fløysand, Arnt; Røe, Per Gunnar & Turner, Catriona
(2019).
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, Vol.73, No. 5, December 2019.
Taylor & Francis.
ISSN 0029-1951.
73(5).
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Potthoff, Kerstin; Fløysand, Arnt; García-Godos, Jemima; Røe, Per Gunnar & Turner, Catriona
(2019).
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, Vol. 73, No. 3, July 2019.
Taylor & Francis.
ISSN 0029-1951.
73(3).
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Ueland Seehusen, Nina & Røe, Per Gunnar
(2019).
Bærum - Den grønne bygda i utvikling. En kvalitativ studie av Bærum kommunes arealplanlegging og private aktørers påvirkning.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Pirotee, Samrand; Røe, Per Gunnar & Nenseth, Vibeke
(2019).
Fra soveby til regionby: En studie av regionnivåets innvirkning på planstrategier og styringsprosesser i Lillestrøm.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Gunnes, Jarle; Røe, Per Gunnar & Vedeld, Trond
(2018).
Ski - en regionby i vekst: En studie av kommunens styringsrolle i en tid preget av krav, påvirkning og vekst.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Hoen, Bera; Røe, Per Gunnar & Barlindhaug, Rolf
(2018).
Dyre forstadsbyer - en studie av boligpriser, boligtyper og boligstørrelser i Osloområdets regionbyer.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Potthoff, Kerstin; Holand, Ivar Svare; Røe, Per Gunnar & Turner, Catriona
(2018).
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, Vol. 72, No. 5, December 2018.
Taylor & Francis.
ISSN 0029-1951.
72(5).