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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9465
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Keep it real: selecting realistic sets of urban green space indicators
Autor Carmen, R.; Jacobs, S.; Leone, M.; Palliwoda, J.; Pinto, L.; Misiune, I.; Priess, J.A.; Pereira, P.; Wanner, S.; Ferreira, C.S.; Ferreira, A.
Quelle Environmental Research Letters
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department CLE
Band/Volume 15
Heft 9
Seite von art. 095001
Sprache englisch
Supplements https://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/15/9/095001/media/ERL_15_9_095001_suppdata.pdf
https://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/15/9/095001/media/ERL_15_9_095001_suppdata1.xlsx
Keywords urban green space, nature’s contributions to people, key performance indicator, feasibility, plural values
Abstract With increasing urbanisation, urban green spaces are expected to be crucial for urban resilience and sustainability, through the delivery of ecological, economic and social benefits. In practice, however, planning, management and evaluation of urban green spaces are rarely structured and evidence-based. This represents a missed opportunity to account for, track and foster the multiple benefits that green spaces are expected to deliver. To gain insight into this gap, this study assesses the availability and uptake of relevant evidence by city governments. Interviews, focus groups and quantitative surveys were applied in four medium-sized European cities: Coimbra (Portugal), Genk (Belgium), Leipzig (Germany), and Vilnius (Lithuania), covering the main governance and climatic gradients in Europe. Using straightforward data exploration and regression, we analyse which ecological, economic and social indicators are typically chosen by cities and why. Together with the city stakeholders, we derived a common set of benefit categories and key performance indicators which can be adapted to diverse local contexts. We conclude that cities tend to make pragmatic decisions when composing their indicator sets, but nevertheless cover multiple urban green space dimensions. Finally, we explore how indicator choice could be optimised towards a complementary and credible indicator set, taking into account a realistically feasible monitoring effort undertaken by the cities.
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Carmen, R., Jacobs, S., Leone, M., Palliwoda, J., Pinto, L., Misiune, I., Priess, J.A., Pereira, P., Wanner, S., Ferreira, C.S., Ferreira, A. (2020):
Keep it real: selecting realistic sets of urban green space indicators
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (9), art. 095001 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9465