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Thomas B. Randrup - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Governing for Child-Friendliness? Perspectives on Children as Users Among Swedish and Danish Urban Open Space Managers
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2020Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Alva Zalar, Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:Despite the acknowledged importance of outdoor environment quality in supporting children’s health and well-being, little is known about how contemporary Urban Open Space management caters for children. In this study, Swedish (n = 54) and Danish (n = 25) local governments were surveyed regarding how they manage Urban Open Space for children, e.g., through a child-centered perspective which might include children’s perspectives (participation and governance approaches). The results revealed organizational differences and more active consideration of children as Urban Open Space users in Sweden than in Denmark. A general ambition to increase children’s participation was reported, but also associated challenges, including budget limitations and lack of knowledge among managers. More ambitious and child-centered Urban Open Space management units work collaboratively and broadly, through governance processes. This includes going beyond conventional structures and perceptions of what are “places for children” and consider all levels of strategic management (policy, tactical, and operational) in developing child-friendly environments within Urban Open Spaces. The large differences between various management units indicates the importance of individual employees’ knowledge and dedication, and the value of exchanging knowledge and experiences.
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Defining Urban Open Space governance and management
Urban Open Space Governance and Management, 2020Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Nicola Dempsey, Arjen Buijs, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:This chapter introduces and defines central terms needed to understand and discuss contemporary Urban Open Space (UOS) governance and management. It discusses how governance and management already are, and can increasingly become, related to each other in practice. It describes theoretical models, including ‘strategic management’ and the ‘combined governance and management model’. It also provides examples illustrating self-governance, Open co-governance and closed co-governance, which are useful to the understanding and development of UOS governance and management. Finally, it contextualises the combined approach to governance and management as a way to promote strategic and inclusive development, responding to current crisis and trends, which increase pressure on UOS.
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The governance of landscape management: new approaches to Urban Open Space development
Landscape Research, 2018Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:The concept and practice of Urban Open Space (UOS) management is becoming increasingly influenced by varying governance arrangements for participatory co-development. These varying arrangements gen...
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The state and use of municipal tree inventories in Swedish municipalities – results from a national survey
Urban Ecosystems, 2018Co-Authors: Johan Östberg, Björn Wiström, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:Urban trees are an essential component of Urban ecosystems, and management of this resource constitutes an essential element of Urban Open Space management. However, municipal tree inventories in Sweden and elsewhere have received limited attention. It is unknown how common municipal tree inventories are in Sweden, factors governing whether a municipality has an inventory and what the inventories are used for. This study therefore sought to: Create an overview of the state of Swedish municipal tree inventories and determine how municipality size, green Space budget and management organisation affect the presence and scope of municipal tree inventories. The research questions examined were: What is the current state of Swedish municipal tree inventories? and what affects the status of these municipal tree inventories? A survey with questions related to strategic and operational perspectives of municipal tree inventories, e.g. how they are conducted and used, together with questions relating to budget and potential use of consultants, was sent to all 290 Swedish municipalities. The response rate was 55.5%. The main findings were that municipality size affects whether a municipality has an Urban tree inventory and that the municipal organisation form affects how inventories are used. The existence of an inventory also increased the probability of the municipality having a tree management plan. Based on these results we recommend further research related to strategic management perspectives of tree inventories.
Märit Jansson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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inclusive parks across ages multifunction and Urban Open Space management for children adolescents and the elderly
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020Co-Authors: Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Märit JanssonAbstract:In Urban areas where increased density has caused loss of Urban Open Space (UOS), there is a need for high-quality parks that are inclusive and fit for multiple user groups. To make parks more inclusive, UOS management may need to consider multifunction and the perspectives of various age groups in future development and maintenance activities. Walking interviews were conducted in a park in central Landskrona, Sweden, with children, adolescents, and elderly users, and also with the head park manager of the city. The results revealed different perspectives among the three age groups of users concerning affordances and UOS management. The manager described user-oriented management to support multifunction and inclusion, including user participation. All user groups studied showed an appreciation of liveliness, contact with nature, social places for their own age group, clean and safe parks, and a variety of different atmospheres and activities in the park. Social multifunction can be developed in programmed or non-programmed ways, but some functions interfere with each other. UOS managers can develop parks to suit different age groups, promote user participation within management, and develop social multifunction to create inclusive parks for various age groups.
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Governing for Child-Friendliness? Perspectives on Children as Users Among Swedish and Danish Urban Open Space Managers
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2020Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Alva Zalar, Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:Despite the acknowledged importance of outdoor environment quality in supporting children’s health and well-being, little is known about how contemporary Urban Open Space management caters for children. In this study, Swedish (n = 54) and Danish (n = 25) local governments were surveyed regarding how they manage Urban Open Space for children, e.g., through a child-centered perspective which might include children’s perspectives (participation and governance approaches). The results revealed organizational differences and more active consideration of children as Urban Open Space users in Sweden than in Denmark. A general ambition to increase children’s participation was reported, but also associated challenges, including budget limitations and lack of knowledge among managers. More ambitious and child-centered Urban Open Space management units work collaboratively and broadly, through governance processes. This includes going beyond conventional structures and perceptions of what are “places for children” and consider all levels of strategic management (policy, tactical, and operational) in developing child-friendly environments within Urban Open Spaces. The large differences between various management units indicates the importance of individual employees’ knowledge and dedication, and the value of exchanging knowledge and experiences.
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Defining Urban Open Space governance and management
Urban Open Space Governance and Management, 2020Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Nicola Dempsey, Arjen Buijs, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:This chapter introduces and defines central terms needed to understand and discuss contemporary Urban Open Space (UOS) governance and management. It discusses how governance and management already are, and can increasingly become, related to each other in practice. It describes theoretical models, including ‘strategic management’ and the ‘combined governance and management model’. It also provides examples illustrating self-governance, Open co-governance and closed co-governance, which are useful to the understanding and development of UOS governance and management. Finally, it contextualises the combined approach to governance and management as a way to promote strategic and inclusive development, responding to current crisis and trends, which increase pressure on UOS.
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The governance of landscape management: new approaches to Urban Open Space development
Landscape Research, 2018Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:The concept and practice of Urban Open Space (UOS) management is becoming increasingly influenced by varying governance arrangements for participatory co-development. These varying arrangements gen...
Debra Roberts - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Design of an Urban Open-Space Network for the City of DUrban (South Africa)
Environmental Conservation, 1994Co-Authors: Debra RobertsAbstract:Global Urbanization is proceeding at an alarming rate and is threatening the long-term survival of many important biological resources. Planners in the City of DUrban (South Africa), cognizant of this impending environmental crisis, have designed an Urban Open-Space network aimed at preserving a representative and functional example of the previous indigenous landscapes now under threat as a result of development. Biogeographical principles have been used to produce for DUrban a system characterized by maximized reserve size, continuity, and overall minimized system linearity with the lowest edge-to-area ratio possible. Emphasis has also been placed on economic viability and on the importance of community acceptance and participation within the system.
Lowell W. Adams - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Urban wildlife ecology and conservation:A brief history of the discipline
Urban Ecosystems, 2005Co-Authors: Lowell W. AdamsAbstract:Urban wildlife ecology and conservation is a discipline worldwide in scope. Although some attention was given the subject in the early to mid-1900s, most activity in the field is of more recent origin. Many European countries have active programs and activities, including the United Kingdom-Man and the Biosphere (UK-MAB) Urban Forum and The Wildlife Trusts of England, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's MAB Program, and Urban ecology research in Germany and Poland. The Netherlands' concept of “ecological landscapes” introduced a new approach to design of Urban Open Space. DUrban, South Africa followed with “D'MOSS,” a metropolitan Open Space system founded on the principles of island biogeography theory. The park connector network of Singapore combines principles of conservation biology and landscape planning. Urban wildlife programs and activities exist in the United States at the federal, state, and local levels as well as in private conservation organizations. The Wildlife Society established an Urban Affairs and Regional Planning Committee in the mid-1970s that later became the Urban Wildlife Committee and then evolved into the Urban Wildlife Working Group. Urban wildlife research is providing knowledge of wildlife and plant populations and communities in Urban areas that hopefully will lead to better understanding and greater sustainability of Urban ecosystems.
Elin Pritzel Sundevall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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inclusive parks across ages multifunction and Urban Open Space management for children adolescents and the elderly
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020Co-Authors: Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Märit JanssonAbstract:In Urban areas where increased density has caused loss of Urban Open Space (UOS), there is a need for high-quality parks that are inclusive and fit for multiple user groups. To make parks more inclusive, UOS management may need to consider multifunction and the perspectives of various age groups in future development and maintenance activities. Walking interviews were conducted in a park in central Landskrona, Sweden, with children, adolescents, and elderly users, and also with the head park manager of the city. The results revealed different perspectives among the three age groups of users concerning affordances and UOS management. The manager described user-oriented management to support multifunction and inclusion, including user participation. All user groups studied showed an appreciation of liveliness, contact with nature, social places for their own age group, clean and safe parks, and a variety of different atmospheres and activities in the park. Social multifunction can be developed in programmed or non-programmed ways, but some functions interfere with each other. UOS managers can develop parks to suit different age groups, promote user participation within management, and develop social multifunction to create inclusive parks for various age groups.
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Governing for Child-Friendliness? Perspectives on Children as Users Among Swedish and Danish Urban Open Space Managers
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2020Co-Authors: Märit Jansson, Alva Zalar, Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Thomas B. RandrupAbstract:Despite the acknowledged importance of outdoor environment quality in supporting children’s health and well-being, little is known about how contemporary Urban Open Space management caters for children. In this study, Swedish (n = 54) and Danish (n = 25) local governments were surveyed regarding how they manage Urban Open Space for children, e.g., through a child-centered perspective which might include children’s perspectives (participation and governance approaches). The results revealed organizational differences and more active consideration of children as Urban Open Space users in Sweden than in Denmark. A general ambition to increase children’s participation was reported, but also associated challenges, including budget limitations and lack of knowledge among managers. More ambitious and child-centered Urban Open Space management units work collaboratively and broadly, through governance processes. This includes going beyond conventional structures and perceptions of what are “places for children” and consider all levels of strategic management (policy, tactical, and operational) in developing child-friendly environments within Urban Open Spaces. The large differences between various management units indicates the importance of individual employees’ knowledge and dedication, and the value of exchanging knowledge and experiences.
