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Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment

James, P; Tzoulas, K; Adams, MD; Barber, A; Box, J; Breuste, J; Elmqvist, T; Frith, M; Gordon, C; Greening, KL; Handley, J; Haworth, S; Kazmierczak, AE; Johnston, M; Korpela, K; Moretti, M; Niemela, J; Pauleit, S; Roe, MH; Sadler, JP; Ward Thompson, C

Authors

K Tzoulas

MD Adams

A Barber

J Box

J Breuste

T Elmqvist

M Frith

C Gordon

KL Greening

J Handley

S Haworth

AE Kazmierczak

M Johnston

K Korpela

M Moretti

J Niemela

S Pauleit

MH Roe

JP Sadler

C Ward Thompson



Abstract

In recent years social, economic and environmental considerations have led to a reevaluation of the factors that contribute to sustainable urban environments. Increasingly, urban green space is seen as an integral part of cities providing a range of services to both the people and the wildlife living in urban areas. With this recognition and resulting from the simultaneous provision of different services, there is a real need to identify a research framework in which to develop multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on urban green space. In order to address these needs, an iterative process based on the delphi technique was developed, which comprised email-mediated discussions and a two-day symposium involving experts from various disciplines. The two outputs of this iterative process were (i) an integrated framework for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and (ii) a catalogue of key research questions in urban green space research. The integrated framework presented here includes relevant research areas (i.e. ecosystem services, drivers of change, pressures on urban green space, human processes and goals of provision of urban green space) and emergent research themes in urban green space studies (i.e. physicality, experience, valuation, management and governance). Collectively these two outputs have the potential to establish an international research agenda for urban green space, which can contribute to the better understanding of people's relationship with cities.

Citation

James, P., Tzoulas, K., Adams, M., Barber, A., Box, J., Breuste, J., …Ward Thompson, C. (2009). Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 8(2), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2009.02.001

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Aug 9, 2010
Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Print ISSN 1618-8667
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 2
Pages 65-75
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2009.02.001
Keywords Delphi technique; Research agenda; Urban ecology
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2009.02.001