The City of the Future creates responsible residents who are aware of their life scenarios (including health and education), their social involvement, and the preservation and multiplication of natural diversity. However, in order for the residents to be able to demonstrate their responsible attitude to nature, the City of the Future must have a full range of social and economic infrastructure with an emphasis on a responsible attitude towards the ecosystems:
• Stationary retail (chain stores, local stores, yard sale stores);
• Mobile retail (market squares, weekend markets, free markets);
• Catering (neighborhood cafes, community restaurants, buffets, open kitchens, food courts);
• Stationary food market;
• Wellness, diagnostic and beauty services;
• Pickup points for marketplaces and neighborhood chats;
• Co-working areas, open workshops and educational spaces (general and thematic);
• Sharing services (exchange, donation, and rental points);
• Construction, repair, household goods;
• Household services and aggregators of household services;
• Mutual Aid Centers (Dobro.Centers, Volunteer Centers Association);
• Separate waste collection centers (food, municipal solid waste, etc.)
and so on — as initiatives and projects are implemented in the field of small and medium-sized businesses, social entrepreneurship, social and charitable projects.
Thus, the availability and development of infrastructure becomes the result of the residents’ initiatives and a platform for the implementation of new initiatives, as well as a magnet attracting innovative technological and social elements to the Cities of the Future from other cities and countries.
Many of the proposed principles are already being implemented in newly developed spaces within various neighborhoods and even cities, in Russia and abroad. This sets a new fashion for sustainable development practices of areas that are open to change and provide a variety of scenarios of city living with respect for both nature and the community of residents.
Кейс выпуска / Case
Сообщества как драйвер развития территории. Опыт проекта «Солидарные сообщества»
Евгения Рудина-Ладыжец
DOI 10.55140/2782-5817-2022-2-S2-48-59
Соучастное проектирование, организация сообществ, лидеры изменений, вовлечение граждан — понятия, за последние три года прочно вошедшие в оборот, если речь заходит о развитии территорий. Стоит отметить, что в общественном сознании связаны все эти термины, скорее, с урбанистикой и благоустройством, нежели с социальной сферой. Так что такое сообщества и могут ли они развивать территорию? Своим взглядом и опытом делится Фонд Тимченко, чья программа поддержки социокультурных проектов стала драйвером развития малых территорий.
Евгения Рудина-Ладыжец