Upscaling without innovation: Taking the edge off grassroot initiatives with scaling up in Amsterdam's Anthropocene forest (original) (raw)

2021, Upscaling without innovation: taking the edge off grassroot initiatives with scaling-up in Amsterdam’s Anthropocene forest. European Planning Studies, 29(12), 2184-2208. doi:10.1080/09654313.2021.1903839

https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2021.1903839

Abstract

This article explores the extent to which grassroot planning initiatives can maintain their progressive character 1 and potential to innovate when faced with the desire or need to upscale. We draw upon the case of Amsterdam's Anthropocene Forest at Landtong Nieuwe Meer, a bottom-up artists and community initiative for the transformation of a public space into an 'Anthropocene Forest'. Focusing on the friction that emerged

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