TY - JOUR
T1 - Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities
AU - Hansen, Rieke
AU - Buizer, Marleen
AU - Buijs, Arjen
AU - Pauleit, Stephan
AU - Mattijssen, Thomas
AU - Fors, Hanna
AU - van der Jagt, Alexander
AU - Kabisch, Nadja
AU - Cook, Mandy
AU - Delshammar, Tim
AU - Randrup, Thomas B.
AU - Erlwein, Sabrina
AU - Vierikko, Kati
AU - Nieminen, Hanna
AU - Langemeyer, Johannes
AU - Texereau, Camille Soson
AU - Luz, Ana Catarina
AU - Nastran, Mojca
AU - Olafsson, Anton Stahl
AU - Møller, Maja Steen
AU - Haase, Dagmar
AU - Rolf, Werner
AU - Ambrose-Oji, Bianca
AU - Branquinho, Cristina
AU - Havik, Gilles
AU - Kronenberg, Jakub
AU - Konijnendijk, Cecil
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity and improve public health. Green space planning aims to transform cities towards urban sustainability and resilience. In a longitudinal study, representatives from eleven European municipalities that had previously been interviewed in 2014 were re-interviewed in 2020-2021 on changes in urban greening and related practices. The interviewees reported mainly advancements in dealing with ecological issues, such as new plans, strategies, regulations or funding programmes for climate adaptation or biodiversity support, as well as some progress in co-governance with non-governmental stakeholders. Promising developments include breaking professional silos by creating new units that can better deal with complex urban issues. In a few cases, high-level local politicians induced profound changes. These changes stimulated the development of new planning and governance cultures, resulting in more co-creation of urban green spaces. However, from a transformation studies perspective, incremental strategies dominate, and even when municipal representatives are aware that substantive changes are needed, they often lack the means to act. For more radical system change, significant extra efforts are needed.
AB - Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity and improve public health. Green space planning aims to transform cities towards urban sustainability and resilience. In a longitudinal study, representatives from eleven European municipalities that had previously been interviewed in 2014 were re-interviewed in 2020-2021 on changes in urban greening and related practices. The interviewees reported mainly advancements in dealing with ecological issues, such as new plans, strategies, regulations or funding programmes for climate adaptation or biodiversity support, as well as some progress in co-governance with non-governmental stakeholders. Promising developments include breaking professional silos by creating new units that can better deal with complex urban issues. In a few cases, high-level local politicians induced profound changes. These changes stimulated the development of new planning and governance cultures, resulting in more co-creation of urban green spaces. However, from a transformation studies perspective, incremental strategies dominate, and even when municipal representatives are aware that substantive changes are needed, they often lack the means to act. For more radical system change, significant extra efforts are needed.
KW - Co-governance
KW - participation
KW - climate change
KW - sustainability transformations
KW - green infrastructure
KW - TRANSITION MANAGEMENT
KW - SUSTAINABILITY
KW - INFRASTRUCTURE
KW - INNOVATION
KW - JUSTICE
KW - PATH
U2 - 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
DO - 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 2401
EP - 2424
JO - European Planning Studies
JF - European Planning Studies
SN - 0965-4313
IS - 12
ER -