Experimenting in Urban Self-organization

Publication

The intent of this article is to explore the scope and working of 'framework-rules' in relation to self-organization in urban development, both theoretically and empirically.

The article explores the strategies promoted in Oosterwold (Almere, The Netherlands), and the framework-rules that discipline its emergent development, without wanting to suggest that Oosterwold is a 'best practice'. It is an extreme case that helps to broaden our thinking about governing urban development.

Almere Oosterwold is an experimental large-scale transformation in the Netherlands, which will be developed mostly on a greenfield surface of 43 km², generating a low-densityurban area (with the space for between 15,000 and 18,000 new dwellings).

Authors

Stefano Cozzolino, Edwin Buitelaar (PBL), Stefano Moroni, Niels Sorel (PBL)

Specifications

Publication title
Experimenting in Urban Self-organization. Framework-rules and Emerging Orders in Oosterwold (Almere, The Netherlands)
Publication date
1 May 2017
Publication type
Publication
Magazine
COSMOS + TAXIS 49-59
Product number
2884