Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the Eu - Social Innovation and Civil Society

Informationen zum Autor Judith Schicklinski completed her PhD at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy. Her special interests are civil society’s role in the socio-ecological transition, urban development, and EU-migration and development policy. She currently works as a volunteer for a local non-governmental organisation in Quito, Ecuador. Zusammenfassung Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware of the necessity for self-organising to reclaim green spaces. On the other hand local authorities have started to involve citizens in the governance of urban green spaces. While an increased level of citizen participation and conducive conditions for citizens’ self-organisation are a desirable development per se, the risk of functionalising civil society actors by the local authority for neoliberal city development must be kept in mind. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected in 29 European cities from all four European geographic regions, this book examines the governance of urban green spaces and urban food production, focusing on the contribution of citizen-driven activities. Over the course of the book, Schicklinski identifies best practice examples of successful collaboration between citizens and local government. The book concludes with policy recommendations with great practical value for local governance in European cities in times of the growth-turn. This book will be of great relevance to students, scholars, and policy-makers with an interest in environmental governance, urban geography, and sustainable development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Framing the research Towards a post-growth society and economy Governing commons Methodological approach Urban spaces – green spaces, and observed socio-ecological transition Social innovation and urban spaces of civil society action Reappropriating urban green spaces and urban food production Actors’ motivations Proposing an innovative policy framework as resulting from identified barriers and conducive conditions for citizen participation, self-organisation, and the socio-ecological transition Steps to post-growth European cities ...

Product details

• Authors: Judith Schicklinski, Judith (Free University of Bolzano Schicklinski, Schicklinski Judith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138223752
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22375-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies; Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, The environment, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Politics and government, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building