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作者

Na’ama Teschner

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue7,P.918-937

语言

英文

关键字

Urban coast,the commons,port-city interface,planning regulation,cross-national analysis

作者单位

The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

摘要

The zone of intersection between land and sea within an urban context has long been viewed as a special type of urban commons. The well-researched port-city interface, however, tells a rather tragic story about the use and management of this valuable resource. This study asks how four major regulatory-institutional issues in the interface – land ownership, activities allowed in port area, planning autonomy, and public access – affect the ability of ports and cities to preserve elements of “commons” in urban coasts? Furthermore, it assesses if and how Elinor Ostrom’s principles for overcoming commons-related tensions, could contribute to the management of port-city conflicts over land-uses in the Mediterranean urban coastline and the various questions that may derive from such an application. For these purposes the study combines a comprehensive literature review with the analysis of planning regulation and in-depth, semi-structured interviews of key-stakeholders in seven port cities across three Mediterranean countries. The common experience in these different cases suggests that through a strategy involving scaling-down spatial decisions or governance, and built-in mechanisms for spatial cooperation, ports and the cities that host them can find a new joint path, which will strengthen local synergies and the quality of urban, public space.KEYWORDS: Urban coast, the commons, port-city interface, planning regulation, cross-national analysisAdditional informationFundingThis work was supported by the ENPI CBC MSB; [I-A/1.3/093].AcknowledgmentsThis article was written as part of the research project on the regulatory-institutional implementation gaps in the ICZM Protocol, entitled “Mare Nostrum”, which was funded by ENPI CBC MSB Grant Agreement I-A/1.3/093 during the years 2012-2016. The time, data, knowledge and experience provided by the interviewees in the participating countries are greatly appreciated. Personal details are omitted to respect confidentiality. The author is grateful to Rachelle Alterman, the leading researcher for her significant contribution to this study as well as to the Mare-Nostrum project team. The paper benefited from suggestions made by Shaul Horev, Sarai B. Aharoni, and Dorit Garfunkel. Finally, the author expresses her gratitude to Alon Tal for his valuable feedback on an earlier draft of the manuscript, as well as for two thorough, constructive anonymous reviews. Any errors reside solely with the author.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.