From Knowledge to Action: Understanding Coordination Practices in Community-Led Urban Sustainability Projects

Leidy J. Palma-Huertas, Néstor A. Nova

2025

Abstract

This study explores how community-based initiatives coordinate knowledge and collective action in urban agriculture and organic waste management in Bogotá, Colombia. Grounded in coordination theory and following a design science research approach, the study examines how interdependencies between tasks and knowledge sources are addressed in grassroots sustainability projects. The discussion is supported by a case study in a community-driven urban agriculture and organic waste recovery setting. We identify four core community needs through qualitative methods: resource management, knowledge management, collaboration, and organization. The findings show that coordination mechanisms are shaped by sociotechnical variables such as the nature and origin of knowledge, its degree of codification, organizational learning trajectories, and the availability of technological infrastructures. These factors configure dynamic conditions that affect both the technical feasibility and social legitimacy of coordination practices. The study highlights coordination as a situated and adaptive process, offering an analytical framework to understand knowledge flows in community-led innovation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Palma-Huertas L. and Nova N. (2025). From Knowledge to Action: Understanding Coordination Practices in Community-Led Urban Sustainability Projects. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-769-6, SciTePress, pages 213-224. DOI: 10.5220/0013668600004000

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis25,
author={Leidy Palma-Huertas and Néstor Nova},
title={From Knowledge to Action: Understanding Coordination Practices in Community-Led Urban Sustainability Projects},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS},
year={2025},
pages={213-224},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013668600004000},
isbn={978-989-758-769-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS
TI - From Knowledge to Action: Understanding Coordination Practices in Community-Led Urban Sustainability Projects
SN - 978-989-758-769-6
AU - Palma-Huertas L.
AU - Nova N.
PY - 2025
SP - 213
EP - 224
DO - 10.5220/0013668600004000
PB - SciTePress