Beyond green-planning political orientations: Contrasted public policies and their relevance to nature perceptions in two European capitals

Prévot, Anne-Caroline

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.015

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“…Citizens value the benefits of urban green spaces according to various subjective parameters, such as their perception of the area [29]. However, a comparative study between France and Germany showed that nature perceptions of city-dwellers differ between both countries in their preference for nature-control, namely, that it is higher in France than in Germany [30]. As expected from this background we found that French URR implemented measures quite well for the improvement of the recreational potential via man-made recreational facilities (e.g., playgrounds) in comparison with German URR.…”

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Societal Drivers of European Water Governance: A Comparison of Urban River Restoration Practices in France and Germany

Zingraff‐Hamed

Greulich

Wantzen

et al. 2017

Water

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Abstract:The European water governance took a decisive turn with the formulation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which demands the restoration of all water bodies that did not achieve sufficient ecological status. Urban rivers are particularly impaired by human activities and their restorations are motivated by multiple ecological and societal drivers, such as requirements of laws and legislation, and citizen needs for a better quality of life. In this study we investigated the relative influence of socio-political and socio-cultural drivers on urban river restorations by comparing projects of different policy contexts and cultural norms to cross-fertilize knowledge. A database of 75 projects in French and German major cities was compiled to apply (a) a comparative statistical analysis of main project features, i.e., motivation, goals, measures, morphological status, and project date; and (b) a qualitative textual analysis on project descriptions and titles. The results showed that despite a powerful European directive, urban river restoration projects still keep national specificities. The WFD drives with more intensity German, rather than French, urban river restoration. This study showed the limits of macro-level governance and the influence of micro-level governance driven by societal aspects such as nature perception and relationships between humans and rivers.

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Societal Drivers of European Water Governance: A Comparison of Urban River Restoration Practices in France and Germany

Zingraff‐Hamed

Greulich

Wantzen

et al. 2017

Water

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“…Brisbane City Council 2014; , the present findings support calls for city councils to consider the value of including standards around provision of tree cover and biodiversity in specified 'amenities' to ensure parks offer places to encounter a range of plants, insects, birds and animals and places that offer 'escape' from the urban environment (Skandrani & Prévot 2015). Cities' provision of these natural amenities at parks may support parents' health and wellbeing as well as children's physical, social and emotional development, emergent literacy, cognitive development and nascent care for nature.…”

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Growing up healthy in the city: Pathways to child health and development benefits from nature

Barber¹

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Parks are an important health setting for children living in cities, providing opportunities for play and exposure to nature. While there is growing evidence of associations between nature and physical, social, emotional and cognitive health and development outcomes for young children, few studies have specifically examined how young urban dwelling children interact with different types of nature and how these experiences may contribute to child health and development. The aim of this thesis is to investigate associations between healthy child development and exposure to, and interaction with, specific elements of nature while considering family and community contexts.

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“…As Lachmund (: 242) has shown, botanists ‘roaming the rubble’ of postwar Berlin began to perceive not just weeds and ruins, but a ‘panorama of botanical objects inextricably interwoven with a cityscape full of meaningful directions, memories, and ideas’. Berlin's resultant model of urban nature management also suggests the possibility of developing diverse strategies in the management of urban socio‐nature, incorporating ecological value as well as social use and public perception (Skandrani and Prévot, ). Katz and Carey () have likewise argued that a city like Detroit might be better off allowing plant succession to occur on its vacant lots, rather than mowing to remove ragweed, which quickly returns to recolonize the recently cleared area.…”

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Weeds, Pheasants and Wild Dogs: Resituating the Ecological Paradigm in Postindustrial Detroit

Draus¹,

Roddy²

2018

Int J Urban Regional Res

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The Chicago School of urban sociology has been criticized for its over‐reliance on organic and ecological metaphors. We propose that a useful updated integration of urban sociology and ecology could be achieved with the aid of complementary concepts, such as patch dynamics and assemblage, from both fields. In this exploratory article, we draw on more than 50 qualitative interviews conducted with residents of three different Detroit neighborhoods, together with field observations, photographs and documentary evidence, to examine both actual and metaphorical references to the natural world. We consider allusions to ‘drug infestation’ as well as other references to territorialization processes and associations with plants and animals that emerged out of our interviews and interactions with neighborhood residents. In conclusion, we maintain that social science may have much to learn from contemporary ecological research, and that a resituated ecological paradigm would challenge and benefit contemporary urban research.

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Beyond green-planning political orientations: Contrasted public policies and their relevance to nature perceptions in two European capitals

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

Societal Drivers of European Water Governance: A Comparison of Urban River Restoration Practices in France and Germany

Societal Drivers of European Water Governance: A Comparison of Urban River Restoration Practices in France and Germany

Growing up healthy in the city: Pathways to child health and development benefits from nature

Weeds, Pheasants and Wild Dogs: Resituating the Ecological Paradigm in Postindustrial Detroit

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