1st Edition
The Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU Social innovation and civil society
By Judith Schicklinski
Copyright 2017
280 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
280 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
280 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware of the necessity for self-organising to reclaim green spaces. On the other hand local authorities have started to involve citizens in the governance of urban green spaces. While an increased level of citizen participation and conducive conditions for... Read more
- Framing the research
- Towards a post-growth society and economy
- Governing commons
- Methodological approach
- Urban spaces – green spaces, and observed socio-ecological transition
- Social innovation and urban spaces of civil society action
- Reappropriating urban green spaces and urban food production
- Actors’ motivations
- Proposing an innovative policy framework as resulting from identified barriers and conducive conditions for citizen participation, self-organisation, and the socio-ecological transition
- Steps to post-growth European cities
Biography
Judith Schicklinski completed her PhD at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy. Her special interests are civil society’s role in the socio-ecological transition, urban development, and EU-migration and development policy. She currently works as a volunteer for a local non-governmental organisation in Quito, Ecuador.
