Public Perspectives of River Restoration Projects

Born, Riyan van den; Heel, Bernadette van; Böck, Kerstin; Buijs, Arjen; Buchecker, Matthias

doi:10.1002/9781119410010.ch11

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“…Common goals include providing direct sensory (e.g., visual, auditory, olfactory) contact with nature (Soga and Gaston 2020;. However, river restoration projects often make little attempt to understand how people interact with and perceive urban rivers and a disproportionate amount of attention is given to hydrological and ecological aspects (van den Born et al 2021). The need for socially and culturally sensitive approaches is becoming more evident as river restoration increasingly concerns the wider society (Carré, Haghe and Vall-Casas 2021).…”

Section: Introduction: Human-river Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Global Questionnaire Survey to Understand Human-River Relationships

Cao

2024

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Urbanization has altered natural waterways, leading to a growing disconnection between humans and rivers and the loss of river culture – the co-evolution of biocultural diversities in riverscapes. To combat this trend, efforts to restore rivers are reintegrating them into urban environments as green-blue infrastructure. Recognizing evolving human-river relationships, this article introduces a GIS-based survey aimed at exploring societal perspectives on the roles of urban rivers, particularly to counter the “extinction of experience” with nature. Drawing on previous studies of public interactions, perceptions and evaluations of urban rivers in France and China, this international survey, available in seven languages and in collaboration with a UNESCO-IHP flagship initiative, the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET), seeks to promote the development of Urban Human-River Encounter Sites (UHRES). Through comparative analysis, the goal is to foster a harmonious coexistence between humans and biota – an eco-social approach to revive river culture in contemporary cities.

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Section: Introduction: Human-river Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%