Co-City

= "implies shared, collaborative, polycentric governance of the urban commons".

URL = http://www.collaborative.city/

Both a generic concept and a specific research project of LabGov.

Description

"A co-city is based on urban co-governance which implies shared, collaborative, polycentric governance of the urban commons and in which environmental, cultural, knowledge and digital urban resources are co-managed through contractual or institutionalized public-private-community partnerships. Collaborative, polycentric urban governance involves different forms of resource pooling and cooperation between five possible actors—social innovators (i.e. active citizens, city makers, digital collaboratives, urban regenerators, community gardeners, etc.), public authorities, businesses, civil society organizations, and knowledge institutions (i.e. schools, universities, cultural institutions, museums, academies, etc.). These partnerships give birth to local peer-to-peer experimental, physical, digital and institutional platforms with three main aims: fostering social innovation in urban welfare provision, spurring collaborative economies as a driver of local economic development, promoting inclusive urban regeneration of blighted areas. Public authorities play an important enabling role in creating and sustaining the co-city. The ultimate goal is to create a more just and democratic city." (http://www.collaborative.city/)

Examples

• see

1. Co-Mantua
2. Co-Bologna
3. Co-NYC

More information

Upcoming website

Websites on the Co-City research project, directed by Christian Iaione and Sheila Foster, in cooperation with the P2P Foundation

URL = http://www.commoning.city (not yet online)

by Christian Iaione and Sheila Foster:

"The results of our research will soon be available on a digital platform (www.commoning.city). Our intention is that www.commoning.city will become an international mapping platform and open collaborative dataset for the urban commons and for cities that want to embrace a transition towards the commons paradigm. The goal of this research project is to enhance our collective knowledge about the various ways to govern urban commons, and the city itself as a commons, in different geographic, social and economic contexts. The case studies, both community-led and those that are institutionalized or “nested” in the local government, are important data points and empirical input into the larger effort to explicate the dynamic process (or transition) from a city where urban commons institutions are present to one where we see the emergence of networked urban commons." (https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2017/08/20/ostrom-city-design-principles-urban-commons/)