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relu Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Is there a method in the madness? Uniting Spatial Planning and the Ecosystem Approach relu Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Alister Scott Claudia Carter, Mark Reed, Nicki Schiessel, Karen Leach, Nick Morton, Rachel Curzon David Jarvis, Andrew Hearle, Hayley Pankhurst, Mark Middleton, Bob Forster, Nick Grayson, Ruth Waters, David Collier, Chris Crean, Peter Larkham Miriam Kennet, Richard Coles and Ben Stonyer

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Page 1: Relu Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Is there a method in the madness? Uniting Spatial Planning and the Ecosystem Approach relu Rural Economy and

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Is there a method in the madness? Uniting Spatial Planning and the

Ecosystem Approach

reluRural Economy andLand Use Programme

Alister ScottClaudia Carter, Mark Reed, Nicki Schiessel, Karen Leach, Nick Morton, Rachel Curzon David Jarvis, Andrew Hearle, Hayley Pankhurst, Mark Middleton, Bob Forster, Nick Grayson, Ruth Waters, David Collier, Chris Crean, Peter Larkham Miriam Kennet, Richard Coles and Ben Stonyer

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The Conceptual End Game

Building interdisciplinarity across the rural domain

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Plan 1. The research journey into

the RUF 2. SP meets EA: Process 3. SP meets EA: Outcomes 4. SP meets EA: Lessons

Learnt

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The RUF problem/opportunity • Dominant form of land

use in 21 C • Boundary transition

space or edge • Positive or negative

space? • Urban-centric or rural

centric space? • Contested stakeholder

views • Environmental change

agenda offers rethink Building interdisciplinarity across the

rural domain

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• Cross boundaries• Cross sectors • Cross disciplines • Cross professions

RUF Challenge

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The Journey

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Relu IV Environmental change

• New Job at BCU• New ways of doing

research• Building new model of

interdisciplinarity • Bridging the urban rural

divide • 18 months 140k

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Building a Team

• BCU Dr Alister Scott PI• Aberdeen Dr Mark Reed CI• BCU Prof Richard Coles CI• BCU Dr Nick Morton CI• BCU Dr Rachel Curzon CI• BCU Claudia Carter CI*• BCU Nikki Schiessel CI*

• Claudia Carter Forest Research • David Collier NFU• David Jarvis DJA Consultants • Ruth Waters/Andrew Hearle

Natural England• Karen Leach/Chris Crean Localise

West Midlands• Miriam Kennet Green Economics

Institute • Nick Grayson Birmingham

Environment Partnership • Bob Forster West Midlands Rural

Affairs Forum • Mark Middleton Worcestershire

County Council, WMRA

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• PI as facilitator • Role of team meetings • Discussion forums• Joint discussion agreement of ways forward

Evidence : Process

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• Team produced their own reflective ‘pieces’ on • Spatial Planning • Ecosystem Approach • Rural Urban Fringe

Evidence : Thoughtpieces 1

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• Papers acted as boundaries • PI Assembled individual pieces into 2 working

papers • (1) Critical explorations of SP and EA to define

common principles. • (2) RUF review

Evidence: Thoughtpieces 2

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• Shaped the bridging concepts • Shaped the subsequent methodological

approaches • Role of meetings and telephone conferences • IT communication platforms (sharepoint)

Evidence: Thoughtpieces 3

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SP and EA Compatibilities New ways of thinking Holistic frameworks Cross-sectoral Multi-scalar Negotiating Enabling Long term perspective

Connectivity Governance Equity goals Regulatory Market-orientated

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“… we must learn to apply an adaptive ecosystem approach to ecological planning. This will allow us to deal with the thorny issues of sustainability, itself taken complexly in regional and urban planning, in novel and ultimately more realistic ways.”

Vasishth 2008: 101

Vasishth, A. (2008) ‘A scale-hierarchic ecosystem approach to integrative ecological planning’, Progress in Planning 70: 99-132.

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• Reduce complexity of SP and EA white elephants

• Prioritise 3 concepts that cut across SP and EA thinking using publicly accessible terms

• Identify areas that pose significant policy challenges

• Further consultations eg Natural England, Defra , CLG and RELU research fellows.

Building the Bridging Concepts

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The Conceptual End Game

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• Time – Long Termism– Learning lessons from the past

• Connectivity– Flows and linkages vs urban and rural – Multi-scalar relationships and dependencies

• Values – Core values and belief systems – Professional (Planner, Environmentalist and

Publics )

Unpacked

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Evidence

• Visioning

• Team Workshops

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Workshops x8

• Used networks of the research team

• Developed by the network to address their key concerns/expertise

• Low tech interactive approach

• Discussions recorded • Further iteration through

report response Building interdisciplinarity across the

rural domain

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Workshops 1. West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum Improving

decision making for the sustainable management of the rural-urban fringe; 25 participants

2. Green Economics Institute x2 Long Termism/ Values in the Built Environment: Rural Urban Fringe & Land Use; 65 participants

3. Birmingham Environmental Partnership Bridging the rural urban divide through green economic opportunities; 88 participants

4. Localise West Midlands Meeting Local needs with local resources in the rural urban fringe; 15 participants

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5. West Midland Regional Assembly Learning the lessons from Strategic planning: resurrecting institutional memories;14 participants

6. Forest Research Values and Decision making; 8 participants

7. Birmingham Environment Partnership The 9 piece jigsaw and climate change; 10 participants.

8. BCU Scenarios in the Sustainable Urban Environment EPSRC project Richard Coles; 15 participants

Workshops contd.

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• Hampton (Peterborough) 18th July 12 participants (5000+ houses)

• Worcestershire 19th July (Redditch-Alvechurch-Lickey Hills)16 participants (landscape scale)

• To experience/assess the different ‘personalities’ within the RUF

• To share knowledge, experience and expertise looking at the RUF past, present and future

• Analyse Strategic Policies for the areas

Field based Visioning exercise

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The RUF transect • Idea of a transition and

gradient thru a RUF• Data led (GIS) via

Worcestershire GIP• Expert led via developer

(Hampton) • Transect maximised

number of environmental character areas

• 3 Areas selected for event

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Worcester Transects

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Viewpoint 1 Viewpoint 2

Viewpoint 3

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Hampton transects

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• Promoting the debate about the RUF through interactive approaches

• Applying the lessons learnt in other research endeavours

• Publications • Joining other research teams • Changing Policy

Outcomes : Building Bridges

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RUFopoly

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Concept Plans via Worcestershire GIP

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Risk MappingContingency

Planning

Future Proofing

Key Partners

Climate Risk

Water

Green Infrastructure

Health & Well Being

Biodiversity

The LEP

Community

Resilience

Transport & Infrastructure

The 9 piece jigsaw – GIA Partnership

9 piece Jigsaw

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Outcomes : Social learning • IUCN peatlands Study

2010• UK Ireland Planning

Research Conference September 12-14 2011 Special Relu session

• Defra PES Report 2011 • Prager et al 2011 • Natural England lessons

learnt • NFU and LEPS

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Outcomes Publications

Published • Town and Country

Planning 2011 • Government Gazette

2011 • Tripwire 2011 • Land Use Policy

Under review • Transactions of Institute

of British Geographers. • Geografiska Annaler

About to be submitted. • Journal of Env Mgmt • Progress in Planning

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• Babies and bathwater in the RUF • PI + CI = Team • IT platforms do not work • Interdisciplinary working requires huge effort

in process (not costed). • Common language and vocabulary is vital• Journey is only starting as grant ends. • Accidental nudges

Lessons Learnt

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And finally ….

• Coproduction – embedding innovative ways of research and working: Research – Policy – Practice

• Interdisciplinary working with complexity requires experimentation and adaptation

• SP and EA not separate add-ons, but fundamental change required: mind-set – policies – institutions – governance – adaptive management

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• http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects/relu

• http://twitter.com/#!/reluruf

• Alister Scott [email protected]

Questions ?

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