Percorrer por autor "Simon, Sandrine"

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    'Field work' : drawing lessons from urban agriculture to facilitate transitions towards sustainable cities
    (2022) Simon, Sandrine; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    Based on a research project focused on urban agriculture initiatives in Lisbon, this article explores the three dimensions (economic, ecological and social) of sustainability, in view of improving our understanding of what a ‘sustainable city’ may be. In particular, it describes how urban agriculture is helping i) to meet one of the most basic human needs for food; ii) to improve both people’s health - by tackling people’s diet – and the ‘environmental health’ of a city – and by introducing more ecologically-friendly agricultural processes that also help fight climate change and water problems; and iii) to tackle social cohesion issues – by facilitating exchanges and learning within communities. Three critical policy areas where ‘back to human scale’ can have a global impact are then investigated, using the lessons drawn from Urban Agriculture (UA): a) Education for sustainability – and how territorial and social learning can also have an impact on global citizenship education; b) Participatory governance – linking citizen science with urban governance, using ICTs; and c) Political ecology – including fighting climate change through new forms of activism such as ‘proximity and disruptive dissent’ and improving people’s awareness on the political dimensions of food production through alternative food networks dealing with food democracy. The article demonstrates the contribution that modest practical actions undertaken by individuals at neighbourhood levels could have at policy levels if advances in ‘participatory urban governance’, put forward by policy-makers and researchers, are to be taken seriously and better connected to the realm of ‘practical (field-) work’
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    The potential of citizen science for socio-spatial studies : defining and operationalizing research pathways
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Simon, Sandrine; Duarte, Tiago; Correia, Sónia Vladimira; Fernandes, Pedro Afonso; Costa, Carlos Smaniotto; Manico, Zuinder; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    The term Citizen Science has been used in various contexts, but little effort has been made to provide a vision of it in regard to socio-spatial studies, which are at the core of the research group on Citizen Science in understanding and transforming the territory (CIDATE). The authors of this chapter represent widely diverse disciplines, including environmental engineering, economics, urban planning and design, landscape architecture and education. The chapter intends to deliver a tailored and timely vision of how, with the help of Citizen Science, the democratisation of science can be promoted and, with this, more collective and sustainable decision making achieved. This chapter is the result of a reflective dialogue between researchers, their projects and experiences tackling spatial and human development from different perspectives. It gathers the conclusions that emerged in the organised debates and the research projects carried out by the researchers, towards creating a broad understanding of the key issues that could help operationalise Citizen Science in future research efforts. Keywords – Citizen science, socio-spatial research, key principles of citizen science, citizen's contribution to science, social sciences.
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    Towards city resilience, food security and territorial learning : three territorial paradigmatic shifts triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Simon, Sandrine; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    According to projections, the urban share of the world population will grow to 66% by 2050, with people moving to cities seeking shelter and jobs. Whilst the current pandemic is questioning the validity of the globalisation upon which our societies rely, cities are growing even more dependent. Although the in-comers are hoping the city will provide them with what they need, they themselves could help to co-create a new urban reality in which people learn from each other to build more urban autonomy. This collaborative process will need to be facilitated through new approaches in urbanism that we suggest tackling here through the issue of city food security. Throughout time, historical ties to the localised food production system have been disrupted: globalised food systems have encouraged unsustainable industrial production processes that, besides generating pollution and reduced biodiversity, have damaged our health, created dependencies, and impacted upon food security. The objective of this chapter is to discuss the rationale for a new research project. Through a focus on Urban Agriculture in Lisbon, the project will analyse the potential for an urbanistic reform that could facilitate the creation of a sustainable food system based on sustainable agriculture, the circularity of activities, the empowerment of participants, equipped with ‘soft skills’, and the collective co-creation of sense-making of the city space. This chapter examines three urban issues concerning our approach to the metropolitan area of Lisbon as a contextual territory for urban agriculture. First, a shift away from a nature vs city dichotomy; then a reflexion on how cities could also become food production spaces, and, finally, a questioning of the global educational systems and a turn towards context-territory-based problems to be solved by local participants through new forms of Territorial Education. Keywords - Food security, circularity, urban agriculture, social urbanism, territorial education; resilient cities