1st Edition
Urban Open Space Governance and Management
This edited volume defines and compares central aspects of governance and management related to urban open spaces (UOSs) such as long-term management, combined governance and management and strategic management of UOSs. Perspectives such as ethical considerations, user participation and changes in local governmental structures frame the governance and management of UOSs. Jansson and Randrup create a comprehensive resource detailing global trends from framing and understanding to finally practising UOS governance and management. They conclude by promoting positive changes, such as proactive management and strategic maintenance plans to encourage the creation of more sustainable cities.
Illustrated in full colour throughout, this book is an essential read for students and academics of landscape architecture, planning and urban design, as well as those with a particular interest in governance and management of UOSs.
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Foreword by Editors
- List of Acronyms
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
PART I Framing Urban Open Space Governance and Management
- Introduction: Urban open space governance and management - the long-term perspective
- Defining urban open space governance and management
- Urban open spaces and the urban matrix: elements, form and functions
- Organisational development of urban open space management
- User-oriented urban open space governance and management
- Ethical dimensions in urban open space governance and management
- Participation in urban open space governance and management
- Urban open space valuation for policy-making and management
- Managing the maintenance of urban open spaces
- Digital systems and tools to support urban open space governance and management
- Strategic management of urban open spaces
- Urban open space governance and management today and in the future
Thomas B. Randrup & Märit Jansson
Märit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Nicola Dempsey, Arjen Buijs & Thomas B. Randrup
Dagmar Haase, Stefan Pauleit & Thomas B. Randrup
Bengt Persson, Peter Neal, Anna Steidle & Thomas B. Randrup
PART II Understanding Relations and Values
Märit Jansson, Hanna Fors, Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Anna Bengtsson, Inger Lerstrup, Patrick Hurley, Mattias Qviström & Thomas B. Randrup
Nina Vogel, Finn Arler, Natalie Gulsrud & Märit Jansson
Hanna Fors, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Helena Mellqvist & Märit Jansson
David N. Barton, Natalie Gulsrud, Nadja Kabisch & Thomas B. Randrup
PART III Practising Urban Open Space Governance and Management
Thomas B. Randrup, Andrej Christian Lindholst & Nicola Dempsey
Jessica Svännel, Åsa Ode Sang, Neil Sang, Johanna Deak Sjöman & Märit Jansson
Thomas B. Randrup & Märit Jansson
Thomas B. Randrup, Elizabeth Shelley & Märit Jansson
- Index
Biography
Märit Jansson is a landscape architect and associate professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden. She specialises in landscape management and planning for people and their well-being, especially concerning children’s perspectives and uses of outdoor environments and aspects of inclusion and participation.
Thomas B. Randrup is a professor in UOS management and head of the Governance and Management Theme Group at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, SLU, Sweden. He focuses on the concepts of strategic management and nature-based solutions. He was co-founding editor in chief of the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.
