New Integrated Approaches to Climate Emergency Landscape Strategies: The Case of Pan-European SATURN Project
- Submitting institution
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Birmingham City University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32Z_OP_D2004
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/su12208419
- Title of journal
- Sustainability
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- First page
- 8419
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 20
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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12
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This work forms part of the broader EU-funded EIT Climate-KIC SATURN project, which looks at the governance of nature, cities and landscapes. The SATURN project focuses on the relationships between cities, food growing, and the rural landscape through the development of case-studies in Trento, Gothenburg and Birmingham. Aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the assumption is that a comprehensive vision, supported by a cross-sectoral approach, is needed to support cities to create resilient urban–rural networks. The researcher is the lead for the Birmingham case-study and the primary author of this article.
The research is based on the concept that approaches to land management are determined by ownership—often focused on the interests of a single sector—and that this approach results in fragmented landscape, isolated governance, and minimum public engagement. To address this problem the researcher developed a framework, new visioning approaches, and a toolbox to help resolve these issues and to bring people and institutions together to work collaboratively. Using ‘Naturally Birmingham Parks Accelerator Programme’ as a case-study the researcher explored the methodologies which led to this project’s systemic change in landscape and city engagement. In collaboration with SATURN members (local authorities, academia, institutions etc) sustainable approaches were tested and made available to decision-makers and the local authority in order to introduce alternative ways of thinking and operating in both public and private sectors.
The research concluded that if the climate emergency is to be dealt with effectively, multi-disciplinarity and the exchange of knowledge are essential parts of the process. Research findings demonstrate that stakeholder engagement and the visioning tools developed by the researcher are immensely important in the way stakeholders and potential collaborators are revealed and that by using collaboratively tools and strategic policies, ways can be found to future proof our cities.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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