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Desde hace varias décadas, la cultura se ha utilizado como instrumento de regeneración urbana para revitalizar las zonas degradadas. Si bien existe gran cantidad de investigaciones que estudian el fenómeno, hace falta ampliar el debate hacia las etapas de diagnóstico y planeación. Este artículo busca responder a ese vacío mediante el estudio de la técnica del mapeo cultural y de su aplicación en un caso de estudio: el centro de Monterrey, México, para identificar zonas potenciales de aglomeración de cultura. Estas zonas, conocidas como clústeres culturales, pudieran estar generando procesos de regeneración urbana que contribuyen en la revitalización del lugar. Se utiliza un método mixto de análisis que conjunta datos cuantitativos con métodos cualitativos. Los resultados muestran la existencia de dos clústeres culturales en el centro, conformados por distintos actores, diferenciados por variados tejidos urbanos, que ayudan a potenciar la regeneración del centro de Monterrey.

The complex and multidimensional nature of coastal erosion risks makes it necessary to move away from single‐perspective assessment and management methods that have conventionally predominated in coastal management. This article explores the suitability of participatory multicriteria analysis (MCA) for improving the integration of diverse expertises and values and enhancing the social‐ecological robustness of the processes that lead to the definition of relevant policy options to deal with those risks. We test this approach in the Mediterranean coastal locality of Lido de Sète in France. Results show that the more adaptive alternatives such as "retreating the shoreline" were preferred by our selected stakeholders to those corresponding to "protecting the shoreline" and the business as usual proposals traditionally put forward by experts and policymakers on these matters. Participative MCA contributed to represent coastal multidimensionality, elicit and integrate different views and preferences, facilitated knowledge exchange, and allowed highlighting existing uncertainties.

In this paper we analyse the role played by cross-border organisations in the Guadiana river basin in Iberia, and the extent to which new emerging institutional arrangements carry on adaptive management practice as a response to mounting climate change risks in the river basin. Particular attention is paid to the new transboundary agencies, as promoted by the EU INTERREG programmes, and their potential for mainstreaming climate change considerations into Guadiana river basin development strategies. Results indicate that the penetration of climate change concerns into regional development policies requires a better integration of different policies and improved connectivity and coordination between multiple actors operating across sectors, and at different spatial scales. We argue that the emergence of new transboundary agencies capable of performing these bridging functions is a vital ingredient for building climate adaptive capacity in these cross-border regions.