1st Edition

Citizen Participation in Sustainable Urban Development A Framework for Engagement from the Nordics

Edited By Tuomas Ahola, Nina Tura, Ville Ojanen, Agnar Johansen Copyright 2025
236 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book assesses the ambitious goals for sustainability set by cities and nations and details ways to achieve those goals through effective forms of collaboration between citizens and multiple stakeholders, such as municipal decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers. Each chapter discusses how citizens are currently involved in urban development and what opportunities there are... Read more

Chapter 1. Engaging citizens in sustainable urban development: Building inclusive and resilient cities through multidisciplinary approaches

Nina Tura, Tuomas Ahola, Ville Ojanen and Agnar Johansen

Part I: Citizen participation in project-based sustainable urban development

Chapter 2. Public participation in urban development projects: A systematic cross-disciplinary literature review

Tuomas Ahola, Lauri Vuorinen, Maksim Miterev, Agnar Johansen and Ville Ojanen

Chapter 3. Negotiating neighbourhoods? Balancing sustainability goals in urban development districts

Susanna Hedborg

Chapter 4. Participation in urban regeneration programmes: The case of Trondheim, Norway

Verdan Zerjav, Govert Valkenburg and Morten Tor Gjerde

Chapter 5. User engagement in public urban development projects

Matias Ståhle, Lauri Vuorinen and Sebastian Toukola

Part II: Mechanisms for citizen engagement

Chapter 6. Effective digital citizen participation processes in urban development

Aashish Adhikari, David Collins, Agnar Johansen and Alenka Temeljotov Salaj

Chapter 7. SustHack: Hackathons as a model of citizen participation in innovating for sustainable urban development

Mikhail Ola Adisa, Shola Oyedeji, Sian Lun Lau, Tze Ying Sim and Jari Porras

Chapter 8. Possibilities for democratic equality? Participatory budgeting as a question of municipal resources

Pauliina Lehtonen, Kaisa Kurkela, Anni Jäntti and Lotta-Maria Sinervo

Chapter 9. Designing an energy community operator: Capabilities for citizen engagement in Nordic case studies

Jussi Valta and Emilene Leite

Chapter 10. The development of democratic attitudes and civic virtues in a deliberative mini-public

Mikko Värttö, Maija Jäske, Kaisa Herne and Kimmo Grönlund

Part III: No-one left behind

Chapter 11. The dark side of mundane digitalisation: The use of digital technologies in social work with vulnerable clients

Alexandrina Schmidt

Chapter 12. Junior University: A collaborative social innovation in education

Nina Tura and Aino-Maria Hakamäki

Chapter 13. Play, plan, participate: Bridging education for sustainable development with children's participation through gaming

Coline Senior, Alenka Temeljotov Salaj, Agnar Johansen and Ana Cepuran

Part IV: Conclusion

Chapter 14. A framework for engagement from the Nordics

Tuomas Ahola, Nina Tura and Ville Ojanen

Biography

Tuomas Ahola is a Professor of Industrial Management at Tampere University, Finland.

Nina Tura is an Adjunct Professor at LUT University, specialising in Innovation Management and Sustainable Development.

Ville Ojanen is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at LUT University.

Agnar Johansen is a professor in project management at NTNU and has more than 25 years of experience as a researcher, teacher, and consultant.