Challenges in Adapting Sustainable City Solutions from Finland to Different Contexts Worldwide: A Libyan Case Study

Carmen Antuña-Rozado, Justo García-Navarro and Pekka Huovila
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Carmen Antuña-Rozado: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., PO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT Espoo, Finland
Justo García-Navarro: Research Group on Sustainability in Construction and Industry giSCI-UPM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSIA—Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Pekka Huovila: Sustainability Laboratory Oy, 00640 Helsinki, Finland

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: The EcoCity concept presented here has been designed in Finland and improved through collaboration with local partners and stakeholders to adapt to varying contexts while trying to provide solutions for the improvement of human settlements around the world, particularly in the Global South. Supported by specific methodologies and effective facilitation processes and skills, also developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. (VTT), it provides a structured yet flexible framework for conducting the complex dialogue leading to ecocity implementation, the importance of which is typically overlooked. This article discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the concept in relation to the general ecocity debate, as well as its main historical influences linked to the Finnish urban development tradition. The process thus enabled is illustrated by a Libyan case study.

Keywords: EcoCity; capacity building; Eco-Viikki; local adaptation; New Urban Agenda (NUA); participation; sustainable urban development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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