Social Innovation Systems for Building Resilient Communities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Social Innovation
2.1. Social Innovation as a Design Process
2.1.1. Community Resilience
2.1.2. Environmental Resilience
2.1.3. Social Resilience
2.1.4. Economic Resilience
2.2. A Networked Model for Holistic Social Transformation
- The network phase occurs on the ground, brought about by the collective action of a group or a community around a shared mutual objective for transformation.
- The framework phase encompasses the policy and the structures that may enable sustainable community (renewal) transformation to take place.
- The architecture phase entails socially innovative solutions and civic infrastructure are manifest within our (digital and) built environment to provide for community resilience.
2.2.1. Networks
2.2.2. Frameworks and Architectures
2.3. Research Aim, Objectives and Methodology
2.3.1. Research Aim and Objectives
2.3.2. Research Methodology
- Environmental—Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Social—Glasgow, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland
- Economic—Recife, PE, Brazil
- Environmental—Transition movements or post-conflict contexts, for example, Ireland
- Social—Social Condensers (of the USSR), Moscow, Russia
- Economic—Settlement Houses for ex-slaves, Chicago, USA
3. Initial Findings of Action Research
3.1. Networks
3.1.1. Environmental Networks—Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
3.1.2. Social Networks—Glasgow, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland
3.1.3. Economic Networks—Porto Digital Network in Recife, PE, Brazil
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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