Bridging the Gap Between Academia, Practitioners and Communities: A Transdisciplinary Process Towards Regenerative Public Space in South Africa
摘要
The world is rapidly changing and cities are confronted with new challenges. There is a need to deal with these changes in ways that will consider the future well-being of the planet and its people. The concept of sustainability has evolved over the past few decades to regenerative sustainability. This chapter focuses on the value of public space in cities and their potential to transform the socio-ecological system to allow both humans and nature to heal and thrive. The authors discuss a transdisciplinary process that intends to facilitate the co-creation of regenerative public space and develop a digital platform with a variety of tools to assist the implementation of this process in practise. The conversation concentrates on the City of Tshwane (capital of South Africa) as the case study area and highlights how academics, practitioners and communities work together towards regenerative public space. The authors argue that dealing with socio-ecological systems across scales in different contexts necessitates a transdisciplinary approach to not only address SDG 11 but to ignite a transformative process in practise that will continue to evolve over time. Transformation in this sense is applicable to both the spatial environment and all the people involved in the process.