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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 127966 |
| Journal | Urban Forestry and Urban Greening |
| Volume | 85 |
| Early online date | 10 May 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Keywords
- Nature-based Solutions, politics of parks, socio-ecological relationships, stakeholder perceptions, Les Glòries Park, Barcelona, Stakeholder perceptions, Socio-ecological relationships, Politics of parks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Forestry
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Soil Science
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, Vol. 85, 127966, 07.2023.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder perceptions of the socioecological role of Nature Based Solutions in the Les Glòries Park, Barcelona
AU - Noblega Carriquiry, Andrea
AU - March, Hug
AU - Sauri, David
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Secretaria d′Universitats i Recerca, del Departament d′Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya, grant number 2020FI_B 00160 for the first author. This publication is also part of the 2021 SGR 00975 and 2021 SGR 00214 projects funded by the Departament de Recerca i Universitats de Catalunya. Open Access Funding was provided by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - The ongoing effects of the climate emergency and the recognition of the need to redesign cities to cope with future socio-environmental changes and increase the quality of life of urban inhabitants has pushed many cities to embrace the ‘re-naturalization’ of public space through Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Les Glòries park (Barcelona) is an ongoing massive urban transformation project that incorporates NbS as a multifunctional tool. It attempts to respond to complex environmental, social, and economic urban problems while at the same time mitigating and adapting to hazards, such as floods and droughts, both predicted to increase in the Mediterranean region due to climate change. While NbS are also expected to improve environmental quality, not much attention has been given to how those strategies would intersect with citizens’ expectations and visions of public space and the uneven socio-environmental relations they can enforce. Through a case of urban development of a new large green area in Barcelona, this article aims to discern different perceptions by the local community and planners on the socio-ecological role of NbS and the implications this has for sustainable urban transitions. In-depth interviews were held with 25 key stakeholders and users, complemented by the analysis of secondary data from the town council of Barcelona about the perception of the space by residents living in the surrounding neighborhoods of the park. The results of this paper show that perceptions around NbS are strongly divided into three groups: the believers, the opposers and the skepticals. These results contribute to nuance NbS, as they do not provide universal benefits, neither for nature nor for society, and that they are subject to urban tensions derived from inequities, conflicts, tradeoffs, and particularly from divided visions of what the ‘re-naturalization’ of cities should look like.
AB - The ongoing effects of the climate emergency and the recognition of the need to redesign cities to cope with future socio-environmental changes and increase the quality of life of urban inhabitants has pushed many cities to embrace the ‘re-naturalization’ of public space through Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Les Glòries park (Barcelona) is an ongoing massive urban transformation project that incorporates NbS as a multifunctional tool. It attempts to respond to complex environmental, social, and economic urban problems while at the same time mitigating and adapting to hazards, such as floods and droughts, both predicted to increase in the Mediterranean region due to climate change. While NbS are also expected to improve environmental quality, not much attention has been given to how those strategies would intersect with citizens’ expectations and visions of public space and the uneven socio-environmental relations they can enforce. Through a case of urban development of a new large green area in Barcelona, this article aims to discern different perceptions by the local community and planners on the socio-ecological role of NbS and the implications this has for sustainable urban transitions. In-depth interviews were held with 25 key stakeholders and users, complemented by the analysis of secondary data from the town council of Barcelona about the perception of the space by residents living in the surrounding neighborhoods of the park. The results of this paper show that perceptions around NbS are strongly divided into three groups: the believers, the opposers and the skepticals. These results contribute to nuance NbS, as they do not provide universal benefits, neither for nature nor for society, and that they are subject to urban tensions derived from inequities, conflicts, tradeoffs, and particularly from divided visions of what the ‘re-naturalization’ of cities should look like.
KW - Nature-based Solutions
KW - politics of parks
KW - socio-ecological relationships
KW - stakeholder perceptions
KW - Les Glòries Park, Barcelona
KW - Stakeholder perceptions
KW - Socio-ecological relationships
KW - Politics of parks
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127966
DO - 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127966
M3 - Article
VL - 85
JO - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
JF - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
SN - 1618-8667
M1 - 127966
ER -