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CENTRINNO: Urban Ecosystem Cartography

I co-authored CENTRINNO’s Cartography Alpha Version (D2.2, 2022): a shared method for nine European pilot cities to map local skills, materials and community networks.

Use
A shared method for nine pilot cities to map local skills, materials and community networks, documented in a deliverable. The 2021 to 2022 alpha scope only.
Where the work stands
D2.2 documents the 2021–2022 alpha scope. The public website has evolved since then and includes later pilot material produced by the wider programme. “Urban ecosystem” refers to resources, infrastructure and social relationships, rather than a biodiversity survey.

CENTRINNO stands for New CENTRalities in INdustrial areas as engines for inNOvation and urban transformation. The project was funded under Horizon 2020 grant 869595.

D2.2 cartography PDF (opens in a new tab)Explore the Cartography website (opens in a new tab)
material flowsmaterialtoolknowledgeskillsmaterialscommunity networks
Illustrative schematic: a material flow splits into a network of links. The shapes stand for kinds of resource and network, not for the pilots’ organisations or cities.
My role
Co-author
Period
2021–2022
Status
Completed research
Focus
Nine European pilot cities

The question

Nine pilot teams needed to map local resources, infrastructure, communities and material flows. The method had to be repeatable without treating very different neighbourhoods as interchangeable or publishing every piece of locally gathered information.

My contribution

At Metabolic, I co-authored D2.2, the Cartography Alpha Version, as one of six named authors. I helped shape a method connecting geographic context, community mapping and material flows. The report documents a clickable three-page website mock-up using Amsterdam as its example, alongside KUMU maps.

How I approached it

  1. Map the local system

    We brought geographic context, community assets and material flows into a shared research frame.

  2. Demonstrate the approach

    I helped shape the KUMU approach; the alpha report presents prepared KUMU examples.

  3. Document the method

    We published the Cartography Alpha Version and resources describing how pilot teams could adapt the process to their own contexts.

What exists

A co-authored cartography method for a nine-city programme, documented in a Horizon 2020 deliverable.

  • Named as one of six authors of CENTRINNO deliverable D2.2, Cartography Alpha Version, submitted on 31 January 2022.
  • A common method connecting geospatial context, community mapping and material flows.
  • Prepared KUMU maps, and a clickable three-page Amsterdam website mock-up as the worked example.
  • A method diagram that separates the external Cartography Website from the internal KUMU platform, with top-down and bottom-up data meeting at pilot activities.
Design choices and constraints
  • Separate public outcomes from internal collaborative collection and analysis.
  • Connect geography, community assets and material flows in the same method.
  • Use a shared taxonomy while allowing each pilot to adapt the process.

Nine different city contexts required shared structure, local flexibility and care over the publication of community information.

Explore the work

Figures from D2.2 are not reproduced here; the links to it open the consortium’s own report.

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