Urban greening for climate-resilient neighbourhoods: linking scholars and cities across the UK and Taiwan

气候适应型社区的城市绿化：将英国和台湾的学者和城市联系起来

• 批准号: ES/W000172/1
• 负责人: Leslie Mabon
• 金额: $ 3.04万
• 依托单位: The Open University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW000172%2F1
• 关键词: Urban; greening; climate; resilient; neighbourhoods

The project develops a network of UK and Taiwan-based researchers capable of understanding the lived experience of climate change at the neighbourhood level, and of how citizens may experience the climate risk reduction benefits provided by green spaces in their neighbourhood. Globally, there is increasing interest within environmental politics and human geography scholarship in the role that institutions working at the sub-national level - such as city governments - can play in responding to the climate challenge. This is supported by an upswell of interest in 'nature-based solutions' (responses to social and environmental challenges through the management of natural spaces) across the social and natural sciences. Yet urban planners and third sector organisations are becoming more interested in the neighbourhood as the scale at which people experience climate change - and our responses to it - in their daily lives. Nevertheless, there remains a need for more concrete evidence on how climate impacts and responses play out at the sub-national level; and in the urban studies literature in particular it is increasingly recognised that subtropical Asian cities are under-represented in the climate risk reduction and governance literature.The proposed research responds to these challenges by evaluating how neighbourhoods in two cities taking climate and resilience leadership outside of formal UN channels - Glasgow, Scotland; and Taipei, Taiwan - experience risks from climate change and feel the benefits of city-led nature-based resilience strategies. Given its policy relevance in each city, excess urban heat is taken as a focal point to assess in more depth one climate risk which may be mitigated via urban greening. At the core of the project is pilot-scale research centered on a small number of neighbourhoods in each city, which understands residents' and decision-makers' narrative experiences of climate change and urban greenspace, evaluates planning and urban development histories, and uses publicly-available data to quantitatively assess inequality in access to heat risk reduction benefits from green spaces across the city. The aim of this pilot research is to develop and exemplify a methodology for understanding the interface between lived experience, climate risk and greenspace across different urban contexts, to build credibility among the UK-Taiwan team ahead of further larger-scale research collaboration.Indeed, a key aim of the project is to lay the foundations for subsequent transdisciplinary research encompassing not only social scientists and natural scientists, but also stakeholders from local government, planning consultancies, NGOs and community organisations in both Glasgow and Taipei. To this end, academic workshops and international transdisciplinary dialogues will be held in both Glasgow and Taipei (or virtually depending on the COVID situation) to (a) create a broader network of social- and natural science academics to engage in follow-on research; and (b) pro-actively engage stakeholders in both Glasgow and Taipei in city-to-city learning and in the co-creation of research questions and knowledge needs for subsequent larger-scale projects.The research is jointly led by Dr Leslie Mabon (environmental sociology) and Dr Wan-Yu Shih (urban planning), who will facilitate wider buy-in and impact through their links in each city. In Glasgow, Mabon can draw on academic contacts through his position in the Young Academy of Scotland, and stakeholder links via his continued collaboration with Glasgow City Council and Climate Ready Clyde. In Taipei, Shih can draw in academics via her role in Future Earth Taipei, and stakeholders via her close association with the Classic Landscape and Planning Company, who will support the stakeholder engagement elements of the project.

该项目开发了一个由英国和台湾的研究人员组成的网络，能够了解社区层面的气候变化的亲身经历，以及公民如何体验到社区绿地提供的气候风险降低好处。在全球范围内，环境政治学和人文地理学越来越关注在国家以下一级工作的机构--如城市政府--在应对气候挑战方面所能发挥的作用。社会科学和自然科学领域对“基于自然的解决方案”(通过管理自然空间应对社会和环境挑战)兴趣的高涨支持了这一点。然而，城市规划者和第三部门组织正变得对社区更感兴趣，因为人们在日常生活中体验到气候变化的规模--以及我们对气候变化的反应。然而，仍然需要更具体的证据来证明气候影响和应对如何在国家以下一级发挥作用；尤其是在城市研究文献中，越来越多的人认识到，亚热带亚洲城市在减少气候风险和治理文献中的代表性不足。拟议的研究通过评估苏格兰格拉斯哥和台湾台北这两个城市的社区如何在联合国正式渠道之外发挥气候和复原力的领导作用来应对这些挑战，并感受到城市主导的基于自然的复原力战略的好处。鉴于其在每个城市的政策相关性，城市过热被视为一个焦点，以更深入地评估一个可以通过城市绿化来缓解的气候风险。该项目的核心是以每个城市的少数居民区为中心的试点规模研究，该研究了解居民和决策者对气候变化和城市绿地的叙事经验，评估规划和城市发展历史，并使用公开可用的数据来定量评估全市各地从绿地获得减少高温风险好处方面的不平等。这项先导研究的目的是发展和示范一种方法论，以了解不同城市背景下的生活体验、气候风险和绿地之间的关系，在进一步更大规模的研究合作之前建立英国-台湾团队的可信度。事实上，该项目的一个关键目标是为后续的跨学科研究奠定基础，不仅包括社会科学家和自然科学家，还包括来自格拉斯哥和台北的当地政府、规划咨询公司、非政府组织和社区组织的利益相关者。为此，将在格拉斯哥和台北举办学术工作坊和国际跨学科对话(或实际上取决于COVID的情况)，以(A)建立更广泛的社会科学和自然科学学者网络，从事后续研究；以及(B)积极让格拉斯哥和台北的利益相关者参与城市对城市的学习，并共同创造研究问题和后续更大规模项目的知识需求。研究由Leslie Mabon博士(环境社会学)和施婉瑜博士(城市规划)共同领导，他们将通过各自城市的联系促进更广泛的认同和影响。在格拉斯哥，Mabon可以通过他在苏格兰青年学院的职位利用学术联系，并通过他与格拉斯哥市议会和气候准备Clyde的持续合作利用利益相关者关系。在台北，施正荣可以通过她在台北未来地球的角色吸引学者，并通过她与经典景观规划公司的密切联系吸引利益相关者，后者将支持该项目的利益相关者参与元素。

项目成果

Assessing equality in neighbourhood availability of quality greenspace in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2022.2051458
• 发表时间: 2022-03-23
• 期刊: LANDSCAPE RESEARCH
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Baka, Anastasia;Mabon, Leslie
• 通讯作者: Mabon, Leslie

Integration of knowledge systems in urban farming initiatives: insight from Taipei Garden City.

• DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01196-x
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
• 影响因子: 6
• 作者: Mabon, Leslie;Shih, Wan-Yu;Jou, Sue-Ching
• 通讯作者: Jou, Sue-Ching

Whose knowledge counts in nature-based solutions? Understanding epistemic justice for nature-based solutions through a multi-city comparison across Europe and Asia

谁的知识在基于自然的解决方案中起作用？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.07.025
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Environmental Science & Policy
• 影响因子: 6
• 作者: Mabon L

Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution

大自然可以给城市降温，但请谨慎行事

• DOI: 10.1186/s42854-023-00057-9
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Urban Transformations
• 作者: Mabon L

Where next for managed retreat: Bringing in history, community and under-researched places

管理撤退的下一步：引入历史、社区和研究不足的地方

• DOI: 10.1111/area.12890
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Area
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Taylor Aiken G