IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106761

Qionghuan Liu , Renzhong Guo , Zhengdong Huang , Ding Ma , Biao He , Cunjin Wang , Xiaoming Li

This study quantifies the synergistic relationship between transport flow and economic activity, as conventional methods like road accessibility and GDP are insufficient for highly mobile megacities. Synergy measures connections in complex systems, with flow data capturing the interplay between transport and economic elements. The study proposes a framework based on flow data and synergy effect theory to analyze this relationship in network space. Specifically, using highway traffic flow data and network analysis, we constructed the synergetic effects model to analyze the interplay between highway traffic flow and economy in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). The results showed that highway traffic flow exhibited significant spatial discrepancy, and primary highway traffic flow was located in the GBA in Shenzhen–Dongguan and Guangzhou–Foshan. The higher comprehensive economic indices were located on the Guangzhou–Foshan–Macao and Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong. The potential economic connectivity strength of Guangzhou, Foshan and Shenzhen was significantly higher than that of other cities. The synergistic effect between highway traffic flow and potential economic connectivity in the GBA was highly related to the strength of highway traffic flow, and it was significantly higher in Guangzhou-Dongguan-Shenzhen than in other regions. This study can support sustained economic development and the implementation of optimized transportation layouts.

该研究量化了交通流量与经济活动之间的协同关系，因为道路可达性和GDP等传统方法不足以用于高度流动的特大城市。协同测量复杂系统中的连接，流量数据捕捉运输和经济要素之间的相互作用。本研究提出了一个基于流量数据和协同效应理论的框架来分析网络空间中的这种关系。具体而言，利用高速公路交通流数据和网络分析，构建了协同效应模型，分析了大湾区高速公路交通流与经济的相互作用。结果表明：高速公路交通流存在显著的空间差异，高速公路交通流主要分布在大湾区内的深莞和广佛；综合经济指数较高的区域为广佛澳和广深港。广州、佛山和深圳的潜在经济连通性显著高于其他城市。大湾区内高速公路交通流与潜在经济连通性的协同效应与高速公路交通流强度高度相关，且高速公路交通流强度显著高于其他区域。该研究可为经济持续发展和交通优化布局的实施提供支持。

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The impact of intercity population mobility on intra-urban regional income disparities: A cross-scale spatial study 城市间人口流动对城市内区域收入差异的影响：一个跨尺度的空间研究

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106755

Ziyu Zhao , Xinyu Zuo , Shiyao Zhao , Xiajing Liu , Shijun Wang

Although regional income disparities have drawn significant attention as a pressing practical issue for most countries, particularly developing ones, the existing literature on human mobility and regional income disparities has predominantly focused on the perspective of the migration of the floating population. To date, no research has investigated the impact of daily intercity population mobility on regional income disparities. Departing from previous research that analyzes the effect of the floating population's migration intensity, this study offers empirical evidence from a network-based perspective. Using data from China, the findings of this study demonstrate that daily intercity population mobility mitigates regional income disparities, while also exhibiting a spatial spillover effect that exacerbates regional income disparities in neighboring regions. The study also examines heterogeneity in these effects through two dimensions: transportation mode heterogeneity and network metric heterogeneity. Furthermore, this study reveals a cross-scale relationship between population mobility behavior and its economic effects—specifically, large-scale intercity population mobility influences small-scale intra-urban economic development. This research broadens the research perspective on human mobility and regional income disparities, contributing to the theoretical expansion of urban network externalities. It also offers practical implications for policymaking aimed at regional coordinated development.

虽然区域收入差距作为一个紧迫的实际问题已经引起了大多数国家，特别是发展中国家的极大关注，但现有的关于人口流动和区域收入差距的文献主要集中在流动人口迁移的角度。到目前为止，还没有研究调查城市间人口流动对区域收入差距的影响。在分析流动人口迁移强度影响的基础上，本研究从基于网络的视角提供了实证证据。利用中国的数据，本研究的结果表明，城市间的日常人口流动缓解了区域收入差距，同时也表现出空间溢出效应，加剧了邻近地区的区域收入差距。本研究还通过两个维度考察了这些影响的异质性：运输方式异质性和网络度量异质性。此外，本研究还揭示了人口流动行为与其经济效应之间的跨尺度关系，即大规模的城际人口流动影响小规模的城市内经济发展。本研究拓宽了人口流动与区域收入差距的研究视角，有助于城市网络外部性的理论拓展。这也为区域协调发展的决策提供了现实意义。

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Women's recreational walking preferences in urban streets: A structural equation modeling approach 女性在城市街道上的休闲步行偏好：结构方程建模方法

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106721

Neshat Tavakoli , Mojtaba Rafieian , Rahmatollah Amirjani , Mahnoush Shahinrad

Women's walkability in urban spaces is increasingly recognized as vital to urban livability and social sustainability, ensuring equitable access to public space and fostering everyday interaction. Despite growing attention to walking behaviors, few studies comprehensively examine how perceptual-visual, sociocultural, and built environment factors shape women's walking preferences, especially in contexts with strong traditions and patriarchal norms. Drawing on feminist geography and mobility justice, this study frames women's walking as embedded in spatial politics and gendered power relations. To explore this, a survey was conducted with 250 women along three main streets radiating from Tajrish Square, a politically and culturally significant urban node in Tehran. This contested space, marked by gender visibility and civic symbolism, offers a rich setting to investigate the interplay of urban form, visual perception, and sociocultural dynamics. Data were collected via standardized questionnaires and analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling to assess relationships among latent constructs. Space Syntax analysis further evaluated street network configuration and connectivity, clarifying how urban form affects movement and accessibility. Findings reveal perceptual-visual factors had the strongest direct impact on walking preferences (β = 0.354), followed by sociocultural (β = 0.328) and built environment factors (β = 0.243). Indirect effects via sociocultural mediation were similar for perceptual-visual (β = 0.158) and built environment factors (β = 0.156). The total effect of perceptual-visual (β = 0.513) and built environment factors (β = 0.399) underscores the mediating role of sociocultural variables. Overall, the study highlights women's walking as both a sustainable mobility practice and a socio-political act, deeply rooted in the spatial and symbolic fabric of the city.

人们越来越认识到，女性在城市空间的可步行性对城市宜居性和社会可持续性至关重要，可以确保公平进入公共空间，促进日常互动。尽管人们对步行行为的关注越来越多，但很少有研究全面考察感知视觉、社会文化和建筑环境因素如何影响女性的步行偏好，特别是在传统和父权规范强烈的背景下。借助女权主义地理学和流动性正义，本研究将女性的行走置于空间政治和性别权力关系之中。为了探讨这一点，研究人员对250名妇女进行了一项调查，她们沿着三条主要街道进行调查，这些街道从Tajrish广场辐射出来，Tajrish广场是德黑兰一个具有政治和文化意义的城市节点。这个充满争议的空间，以性别可见性和公民象征为标志，为研究城市形态、视觉感知和社会文化动态的相互作用提供了丰富的环境。通过标准化问卷收集数据，采用验证性因子分析和结构方程模型分析潜在构念之间的关系。空间句法分析进一步评估了街道网络配置和连通性，阐明了城市形态如何影响运动和可达性。结果表明，感知视觉因素对步行偏好的直接影响最大（β = 0.354），其次是社会文化因素（β = 0.328）和建成环境因素（β = 0.243）。知觉-视觉（β = 0.158）和建筑环境因素（β = 0.156）通过社会文化中介的间接影响相似。知觉-视觉因子（β = 0.513）和建筑环境因子（β = 0.399）的总效应强调了社会文化变量的中介作用。总体而言，该研究强调，女性步行既是一种可持续的出行实践，也是一种社会政治行为，深深植根于城市的空间和象征结构。

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‘Collective consciousness’ and urban informal action groups towards climate resilience 应对气候变化的“集体意识”和城市非正式行动团体

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106724

Michael Osei Asibey , Andrews Osei-Bonsu , Susanna Agyekum , Yetimoni Kpeebi

The theory of ‘collective consciousness’, originally introduced by Emile Durkheim, emphasizes the shared beliefs, values, and norms that bind individuals within a society. This is particularly important in understanding how communities respond to climate-related shocks. Collective consciousness fosters a sense of solidarity and shared responsibility, which can be crucial in grassroots climate resilience efforts. In Africa's urban informal settlements, informal action groups and ad-hoc volunteers embody this concept, collectively addressing climate hazards despite their informal nature. However, there is a limited focus on their roles in urban Africa. This study thus examines their contributions to climate disaster management in two of Kumasi's informal settlements—Aboabo and Asawase—using qualitative research with four institutions, three informal action and volunteer groups, and 24 community residents in four focus group discussions. We show how collective consciousness, expressed through informal volunteers in Kumasi's informal settlements, delivers distinct absorptive and anticipatory resilience functions and suggest strong institutional pathways to integrate these grassroots capacities within formal adaptation frameworks. Findings reveal that absorptive and anticipatory interventions of these groups emerge from a deeply ingrained social cohesion, which drives community-led responses to climate hazards. However, their effectiveness is hindered by structural, logistical, and institutional barriers. By situating their role within collective consciousness, we highlight the importance of social cohesion and community-driven adaptation strategies in climate resilience. Formal recognition, strengthening coordination mechanisms, and addressing structural and other barriers could enhance their responses, reinforcing the power of collective action in building resilience.

“集体意识”理论最初由埃米尔·迪尔凯姆（Emile Durkheim）提出，强调将社会中的个人联系在一起的共同信念、价值观和规范。这对于了解社区如何应对气候相关冲击尤为重要。集体意识培养了团结和共同责任的意识，这对基层的气候适应工作至关重要。在非洲的城市非正式住区中，非正式行动小组和临时志愿者体现了这一概念，他们共同应对气候灾害，尽管这些灾害是非正式的。然而，对它们在非洲城市中的作用的关注有限。因此，本研究通过对四个机构、三个非正式行动和志愿者团体以及24名社区居民进行四次焦点小组讨论的定性研究，考察了他们在库马西两个非正式定居点（aboabo和asawase）中对气候灾害管理的贡献。我们展示了通过库马西非正式定居点的非正式志愿者表达的集体意识如何提供独特的吸收和预期弹性功能，并提出了将这些基层能力纳入正式适应框架的强有力的制度途径。研究结果表明，这些群体的吸收性和预见性干预源于一种根深蒂固的社会凝聚力，这种凝聚力推动了社区主导的气候灾害应对。然而，其有效性受到结构、后勤和体制障碍的阻碍。通过将其作用置于集体意识之中，我们强调了社会凝聚力和社区驱动的适应战略在气候复原力中的重要性。正式承认、加强协调机制以及解决结构性和其他障碍可以增强他们的反应，增强集体行动在建设韧性方面的力量。

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Fluid emotions, managed disruption: Understanding involuntary state-led resettlement in Singapore 流动的情绪，有管理的破坏：理解新加坡国家主导的非自愿安置

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106742

Anisha Drall , Ad Maulod , Shannon Ang , Jingzhou Lim , Shin Bin Tan

In cities grappling with rising housing costs, urban redevelopment is often seen as necessary or inevitable, or both. While there is substantial literature on the effects of relocation globally, most focus on pre- to post-move comparisons—treating relocation as a static event—and tend to analyse emotions as an outcome, rather than an analytical window into urban social structures at the neighbourhood level. Our study looks at the case of involuntary state-led resettlement in Singapore, focusing on the experiences of low-income public rental flat residents. Drawing on interviews from two public housing estates that were undergoing relocation, three key findings emerge. First, emotive responses to relocation are grounded in prior experiences with the state, social services, the original site/neighbourhood, and individual housing histories. Second, actions or the lack thereof during relocation are motivated by emotion and the desire to take back a sense of control, or alternatively, detach from a process they feel they cannot change. Third, emotive responses reveal that the psychological impact of relocation cannot be studied only at the tail-end and instead must be analysed from the start of the process in order to capture the true cost. Drawing from this analysis, we suggest ways in which relocation policies can be refined to improve residents' experiences. Together, these findings demonstrate how understanding the fluid and diverse emotions surrounding involuntary resettlement can provide insight into the ongoing lived experience, and precarity, as a low-income resident living in a strong developmental state.

在努力应对住房成本上涨的城市，城市重建通常被视为必要或不可避免，或两者兼而有之。虽然有大量关于全球搬迁影响的文献，但大多数集中在搬迁前和搬迁后的比较上，将搬迁视为一个静态事件，并倾向于将情感作为结果来分析，而不是在社区层面上分析城市社会结构。我们的研究着眼于新加坡国家主导的非自愿安置案例，重点关注低收入公共租赁公寓居民的经历。通过对两个正在搬迁的公共屋苑的采访，我们得出了三个主要结论。首先，对搬迁的情绪反应是基于先前与国家、社会服务、原址/社区和个人住房历史的经验。其次，搬迁期间的行动或缺乏行动是由情绪和想要收回控制感的愿望所驱动的，或者，从他们觉得无法改变的过程中脱离出来。第三，情绪反应表明，不能只在最后研究搬迁的心理影响，而必须从一开始就进行分析，以便捕捉真正的成本。根据这一分析，我们提出了改进搬迁政策以改善居民体验的方法。总之，这些发现表明，理解围绕非自愿安置的流动和多样化的情绪，可以帮助我们深入了解生活在一个强大发展状态下的低收入居民的持续生活经历和不稳定性。

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Competitive or complementary role of bike-sharing to public transport: Budapest case study 共享单车对公共交通的竞争或补充作用：布达佩斯案例研究

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106738

Dávid Földes

Bike-sharing offers a suitable option for short rides in major cities worldwide, yet its role in urban transport remains unclear. This study examines how bike-sharing (BS) interacts with public transport (PT), either as a complementary feeder or a competing substitute service. Using a unique origin–destination dataset of over 2.2 million rentals in Budapest, Hungary (September 2023–August 2024), descriptive statistics and a zero-inflated negative binomial model were applied to explain both zero and positive rental counts based on PT availability and network and cycling infrastructure characteristics. Results show that bicycle distance is the strongest predictor of both zero rentals and ride intensity, while bicycle-friendly infrastructure and relative PT travel time significantly increase BS demand. Findings indicate a dual role of BS, though competition with PT dominates. BS often substitutes for short PT trips (1–2 stops), especially for the metro, or is used to avoid transfers. Competition is stronger when BS is faster than PT, notably in the morning peak, or when bicycle-friendly roads run parallel to PT lines. Complementarity emerges mainly in winter, when cycling conditions are worse, and in areas where PT availability is weak, but the metro is available nearby. Tram and especially metro connectivity positively affect BS use, while links with bus service are weak. These results can guide policymakers in expanding BS infrastructure to reinforce its complementary role.

在全球主要城市，共享单车为短途出行提供了一种合适的选择，但它在城市交通中的作用尚不清楚。本研究探讨了共享单车（BS）如何与公共交通（PT）相互作用，无论是作为补充馈线还是竞争替代服务。使用匈牙利布达佩斯（2023年9月至2024年8月）超过220万次租金的独特始发目的地数据集，基于PT可用性、网络和自行车基础设施特征，应用描述性统计和零膨胀负二项模型来解释零和正租金计数。结果表明，自行车距离是零租金和骑行强度的最强预测因子，而自行车友好型基础设施和相对PT出行时间显著增加了BS需求。研究结果表明BS的双重作用，尽管与PT的竞争占主导地位。公交通常代替短途公交（1-2站），尤其是地铁，或者用来避免换乘。当公交比公交快的时候，竞争就会更激烈，尤其是在早高峰，或者当适合骑车的道路与公交平行的时候。互补性主要出现在冬季，当骑行条件较差时，以及在PT可用性较弱但附近有地铁可用的地区。有轨电车和地铁的连通性对BS的使用有积极影响，而与公交服务的联系很弱。这些结果可以指导政策制定者扩大BS基础设施，以加强其互补作用。

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Built environment and injury risk: Association rule-based exploration of e-scooter crashes in Texas cities 建筑环境和伤害风险：基于协会规则的探索电动滑板车碰撞在德克萨斯州的城市

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106748

Syed Aaqib Javed, Swastika Barua, Anannya Ghosh Tusti, Sazzad Bin Bashar Polock, Tausif Islam Chowdhury, Subasish Das

The rapid adoption of e-scooters as a micromobility mode in Texas cities has introduced new challenges for urban safety and planning. While e-scooters offer a flexible and affordable transportation option, their increased use has raised significant safety concerns, particularly regarding crash severity and contributing factors. Despite their prevalence, limited research has examined the complex dynamics of e-scooter crashes in urban environments. This study addresses that gap by applying Association Rule Mining (ARM) with the Lift Increase Criterion (LIC) to 355 police reported e-scooter crashes across Texas cities from 2021 to 2024. The analysis reveals that fatal and severe injury outcomes (KA) are frequently associated with mid-speed zones ranging from 40 to 60 mph, undivided multi-lane roadways, older riders, and poor lighting conditions, especially on Farm to Market roads and highways. Moderate injury cases (BC) tend to involve riders under age 15, occur at driveway access points and intersections, and are more common in large urban areas (population ≥ 250,000). Non-injury incidents (O) are primarily observed on divided roadways with good nighttime lighting in non-intersection settings. These findings demonstrate the intersection of demographic, infrastructural, and environmental factors in shaping e-scooter crash outcomes. The study offers some critical insights to guide targeted infrastructure interventions, improve urban lighting, and develop age-appropriate safety education initiatives.

电动滑板车作为一种微型交通工具在德克萨斯州城市的迅速普及，给城市安全和规划带来了新的挑战。虽然电动滑板车提供了一种灵活而实惠的交通选择，但它们越来越多的使用引发了严重的安全问题，特别是在碰撞严重程度和导致因素方面。尽管它们很普遍，但有限的研究已经检查了城市环境中电动滑板车碰撞的复杂动力学。本研究通过将关联规则挖掘（ARM）与升力增加标准（LIC）应用于2021年至2024年德克萨斯州各城市355起警方报告的电动滑板车事故，解决了这一差距。分析显示，致命和严重伤害结果（KA）通常与40至60英里/小时的中速区域、未分割的多车道道路、年龄较大的骑手和较差的照明条件有关，特别是在农场到市场的道路和高速公路上。中度伤害病例（BC）往往涉及15岁以下的骑手，发生在车道入口和十字路口，在大城市地区（人口≥250,000）更为常见。非伤害事故(O)主要发生在非交叉路口夜间照明良好的分隔道路上。这些发现表明，人口、基础设施和环境因素在影响电动滑板车碰撞结果方面的交叉作用。该研究为指导有针对性的基础设施干预、改善城市照明和制定适合年龄的安全教育举措提供了一些重要见解。

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Facilitators and barriers to planning integration: Insights from Multi-plan Integration in China 规划整合的促进因素与障碍：来自中国多规划整合的洞察

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106741

Min Cai , Jurian Edelenbos , Lasse Gerrits , Xiaopeng Sun

Integration in spatial planning remains a persistent challenge, especially amid growing environmental and societal complexities that demand coordinated solutions. While much research highlights facilitating factors for integration, less attention has been given to barriers that hinder cohesive planning, particularly within centralized governance contexts. This paper addresses this gap by investigating how Multi-Plan Integration (MPI) operates in practice within Chinas spatial planning system. Through a comparative case study of three MPI projects and one non-MPI project, we identify the effects, facilitators, and inhibitors of integration. Findings reveal that MPI can improve integration outcomes when supported by enabling institutional, instrumental, and contextual conditions, such as collaborative networks, effective process management, and adequate resources, but it does not guarantee success due to persistent challenges including fragmented expertise, low capacity of connective actors, and limited collaborative culture. Importantly, integration emerges not solely from top-down mandates but through bottom-up coordination, informal communication, and adaptive governance practices. This study contributes to spatial planning literature by highlighting pathways to integration in hybrid governance systems and provides an analytical framework for understanding the complex dynamics shaping planning integration.

空间规划的整合仍然是一个持续的挑战，特别是在日益复杂的环境和社会需要协调解决方案的情况下。虽然许多研究强调了促进集成的因素，但是很少注意到阻碍内聚计划的障碍，特别是在集中治理环境中。本文通过研究多规划一体化（MPI）在中国空间规划体系中的实际运行情况来解决这一差距。通过对三个MPI项目和一个非MPI项目的比较案例研究，我们确定了整合的效果、促进因素和抑制因素。研究结果表明，在协作网络、有效的流程管理和充足的资源等有利的制度、工具和背景条件的支持下，MPI可以改善整合结果，但由于专业知识碎片化、关联行为者能力低下和协作文化有限等持续存在的挑战，MPI并不能保证成功。重要的是，集成不仅来自自顶向下的命令，还来自自底向上的协调、非正式沟通和适应性治理实践。本研究通过强调混合治理系统中整合的途径，为空间规划文献做出了贡献，并为理解形成规划整合的复杂动态提供了分析框架。

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Imagining land-use reforms: Can mixing reduce long distance travel? 想象一下土地使用改革：混合能减少长途旅行吗？

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106720

Charles QC Li , Arianna Salazar-Miranda

Long-distance travel is a major contributor to urban CO₂ emissions. This paper uses Generative AI to simulate zoning reforms and explore their potential associations with travel distances. We combine nationwide parcel-level land-use data with GPS mobility records from over 400 U.S. cities, and train a generative adversarial network (GAN) to predict the relationship between land-use mixing and the share of trips taken within a 15-minute walk. On average, simulated reforms that increase land-use mix by 20% are associated with a 7% relative increase in short-distance trips—but in one-quarter of cities, the same increase in land use mix produces gains up to three times larger. We also find that targeting low-density or single-use neighborhoods are associated with improvements comparable to citywide reforms. These results highlight new opportunities for planners to explore where zoning strategies may reduce travel distances.

长途旅行是城市二氧化碳排放的主要来源。本文使用生成式人工智能模拟分区改革，并探索其与旅行距离的潜在关联。我们将美国400多个城市的全国包裹级土地利用数据与GPS移动记录相结合，并训练生成对抗网络（GAN）来预测土地利用混合与15分钟步行内的出行比例之间的关系。平均而言，模拟改革将土地利用组合增加20%与短途旅行相对增加7%相关，但在四分之一的城市，土地利用组合的相同增加产生的收益高达三倍。我们还发现，针对低密度或单一用途社区的改善与全市范围的改革相当。这些结果突出了规划者探索分区策略可能减少旅行距离的新机会。

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Barcelona's Superblocks: An unfinished urban planning policy paradigm shift 巴塞罗那的超级街区：未完成的城市规划政策范式转变

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106710

Simon De Boeck , Jordi Honey-Rosés , Maarten Van Acker , Thomas Vanoutrive

This study explores Barcelona's Superblocks as a policy paradigm shift in urban planning, aiming to improve urban liveability and sustainability. Barcelona's initiative represents a prominent case among global cities promoting branded concepts, showcasing a strategy to transform monofunctional, car-dominated spaces into polyvalent, people-centred places while addressing a broad spectrum of social, mobility, environmental, climate and health-related goals. Alongside the Superblocks, similar transformative concepts include Paris' 15-Minute City, London's National Park City, Medellín's Social Urbanism, and New York's Street Fight. Both in narratives pitching these concepts and in scholarly literature, the qualification of paradigm shift has been liberally used. This article critically explores how disruptive urban planning concepts emerge and the extent to which they achieve the envisioned change. Using policy paradigm shift theory as a lens, we analyse Barcelona's Superblocks through a mixed-methods case study approach, including policy document analysis and expert interviews. We identify five key challenges that have shaped the implementation process, related to participatory, political, institutional, procedural, and ideational aspects, ultimately leading to the concept of an ‘unfinished policy paradigm shift’. The findings highlight the importance of early-stage participatory engagement, building political coalitions beyond electoral terms, achieving inertia in institutional reform, crafting a deliberate and data-driven transition strategy, and maintaining ideational coherence through shared boundary objects to unify narratives. This analysis extends the policy paradigm shift framework for application in urban planning and offers insights for planners and policymakers worldwide on adopting similar transformative concepts to achieve disruptive change within their urban contexts.

本研究探讨了巴塞罗那的超级街区作为城市规划的政策范式转变，旨在提高城市宜居性和可持续性。巴塞罗那的倡议代表了全球城市推广品牌概念的突出案例，展示了将单一功能、汽车主导的空间转变为多功能、以人为中心的空间的战略，同时解决了广泛的社会、流动性、环境、气候和健康相关目标。除了超级街区，类似的变革概念还包括巴黎的15分钟城市、伦敦的国家公园城市、Medellín的社会城市主义和纽约的街头斗争。无论是在推销这些概念的叙述中，还是在学术文献中，范式转换的资格都被大量使用。本文批判性地探讨了破坏性的城市规划概念是如何出现的，以及它们在多大程度上实现了预期的变化。我们以政策范式转移理论为视角，通过混合方法的案例研究方法，包括政策文件分析和专家访谈，分析了巴塞罗那的超级街区。我们确定了影响实施过程的五个关键挑战，涉及参与、政治、制度、程序和理念方面，最终导致了“未完成的政策范式转变”的概念。研究结果强调了早期参与性参与的重要性，建立超越选举条件的政治联盟，实现机构改革的惯性，制定深思熟虑和数据驱动的过渡战略，以及通过共享边界对象来保持思想一致性以统一叙述。该分析扩展了在城市规划中应用的政策范式转换框架，并为世界各地的规划者和政策制定者提供了在其城市环境中采用类似变革概念实现颠覆性变革的见解。

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