Newton Fund: Adaptive Urban Transformation (AUT) - Territorial governance, spatial strategy and urban landscape dynamics in the Pearl River Delta

该项目涉及更具复原力的城市三角洲的规划和管理，特别是调整城市三角洲的动态，以应对日益增加的洪水风险。该项目评估了创新的领土治理，将其作为创建空间战略的一种方法，这些战略可以解锁适应选择，特别是通过整合城市规划和水管理，并与利益攸关方接触。研究的总体目标是为快速城市化三角洲的适应性城市转型开发一种综合的、多尺度的设计和规划方法。它以珠江三角洲为例进行了研究。该项目将结合中国、荷兰和英国的工作：(1)根据对建筑物、城区和区域的生态容量和生命周期的评估，制定一系列综合适应措施；(2)确定地区治理结构中的潜力，以采取更综合的办法和适应措施；以及(3)开发和测试有助于参与性、多方利益攸关方规划方法的创新3D可视化技术。将第一次利用既定的和定期的城市改造进程，以相对较低的成本调整城市化三角洲的系统。此外，这项研究将确定领土治理所需的体制、文化和金融创新，以引导城乡地区的发展走向更具弹性的未来。这项研究提供了一种独特的方法，整合了对城市景观系统、领土治理和可视化技术的研究，将有助于实现更一体化和更具弹性的三角洲。

This project concerns planning and management for more resilient urban deltas, and in particular, adaptation of the dynamics of urban deltas to address increasing flood risk. The project evaluates innovative territorial governance as an approach to create spatial strategies that may unlock the adaptation options, especially by integrating urban planning and water management, and engaging with stakeholders. The overall aim of the research is to develop an integrative and multiscale design and planning approach for adaptive urban transformation in fast urbanizing deltas. It uses the Pearl River Delta as a case study. The project will combine work in the China, the Netherlands and the UK: (1) to develop a portfolio of integrated adaptation measures based on an assessment of ecological capacity and life cycles of buildings, urban districts and regions; (2) identify potential in territorial governance structures for more integrated approaches and adaptation measures; and (3), develop and test innovative 3D visualisation techniques that facilitate participatory, multi-stakeholder planning approaches. For the first time, established and regular urban transformation processes will be used as opportunities to adapt systems in urbanized deltas at relatively low costs. Furthermore, the research will identify institutional, cultural and financial innovations that are needed in territorial governance to steer the development of urban and rural areas towards more resilient futures. This research provides a unique approach that integrates research in urban landscape systems, territorial governance and visualisation techniques that will help to achieve more integrated and resilient deltas.