TY - JOUR
T1 - Commoning toward urban resilience
T2 - The role of trust, social cohesion, and involvement in a simulated urban commons setting
AU - Feinberg, Arthur
AU - Ghorbani, Amineh
AU - Herder, Paulien M.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this paper, we investigate the potential of urban commons for building community resilience. We focus on the issue of adaptability to socio-ecological issues, which depends on the social capital built by the local community of practice. We measure this capital through the variables of volunteer involvement, perceived trust, and social cohesion in an agent-based model, which simulates the dynamics of participation in collective activities. We anchor our model with the case of KasKantine in Amsterdam, a cooperative and restaurant run by volunteers. Our model shows that both trust and social cohesion emerge from the interactions in the cooperative, especially when group sizes are kept small. This contributes to the adaptability of such social-ecological systems, helping their communities build social resilience.
AB - In this paper, we investigate the potential of urban commons for building community resilience. We focus on the issue of adaptability to socio-ecological issues, which depends on the social capital built by the local community of practice. We measure this capital through the variables of volunteer involvement, perceived trust, and social cohesion in an agent-based model, which simulates the dynamics of participation in collective activities. We anchor our model with the case of KasKantine in Amsterdam, a cooperative and restaurant run by volunteers. Our model shows that both trust and social cohesion emerge from the interactions in the cooperative, especially when group sizes are kept small. This contributes to the adaptability of such social-ecological systems, helping their communities build social resilience.
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U2 - 10.1080/07352166.2020.1851139
DO - 10.1080/07352166.2020.1851139
M3 - Article
SN - 0735-2166
VL - 45
SP - 142
EP - 167
JO - Journal of Urban Affairs
JF - Journal of Urban Affairs
IS - 2
ER -