Naturally Challenged: Contested Perceptions and Practices in Urban Green Spaces / edited by Nicola Dempsey, Julian Dobson.
Dempsey, Nicola, editor.; Dobson, Julian, editor.
2020
HT241
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Title Naturally Challenged: Contested Perceptions and Practices in Urban Green Spaces / edited by Nicola Dempsey, Julian Dobson.
Edition 1st ed. 2020.
ISBN 9783030444808
3030444805
9783030444792
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44480-8
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-44
10.1007/978-3-030-44480-8 doi
Call Number HT241
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.76
Summary This book aims to understand how the wellbeing benefits of urban green space (UGS) are analysed and valued and why they are interpreted and translated into action or inaction, into 'success' and/or 'failure'. The provision, care and use of natural landscapes in urban settings (e.g. parks, woodland, nature reserves, riverbanks) are under-researched in academia and under-resourced in practice. Our growing knowledge of the benefits of natural urban spaces for wellbeing contrasts with asset management approaches in practice that view public green spaces as liabilities. Why is there a mismatch between what we know about urban green space and what we do in practice? What makes some UGS more 'successful' than others? And who decides on this measure of 'success' and how is this constituted? This book sets out to answer these and related questions by exploring a range of approaches to designing, planning and managing different natural landscapes in urban settings.-- Provided by publisher.
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Added Author Dempsey, Nicola, editor.
Dobson, Julian, editor.
Series Cities and nature, 2520-8306
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Chapter 1. Why practice doesn't make perfect: the challenges of translating greenspace knowledge into action
Chapter 2. Contesting longstanding conceptualisations of urban green space
Chapter 3. What is urban nature and how do we perceive it?
Chapter 4. Naturally feeling good? Exploring our complex relationships with urban nature
Chapter 5. Can we really value nature? Contesting the costs and benefits of urban green space
Chapter 6. Mind the gap: does what we know about greenspace and wellbeing change what we do?
Chapter 7. The challenges of changing governance: curating new civic identities for health and wellbeing
Chapter 8. What about the 'not-so-good' practice? Examining urban green space interventions post-implementation
Chapter 9. Realigning knowing and doing: an agenda for reflection and action.

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