Developing a toolkit to enable positive ecological site management and resident well-being in Housing Association developments

开发工具包，以在住房协会开发项目中实现积极的生态场地管理和居民福祉

• 批准号: NE/S013989/2
• 负责人: Helen Roy
• 金额: $ 6.85万
• 依托单位: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FS013989%2F2
• 关键词: Developing; toolkit; enable; positive; ecological

The natural world as a fascinating feature of towns and cities has a long history (e.g. Fitter 1945), and has also played a strong part in local biological conservation in some countries over the late 20th Century (Goode, 2016). In addition to this long tradition, an abundance of research findings that could help promote biodiversity in towns and cities also exists; however, it is not necessarily the case that this research is regularly put into practice. At the same time, urban areas throughout the UK include deprived areas, and there is evidence that such locations may miss out on the benefits associated with access to high-quality green space and a biodiverse environment (Public Health England, 2014).Our project will produce a simple, clear toolkit of materials and approaches that will enable Housing Association (HA) estate managers to (i) better manage their sites for biodiversity; (ii) better understand how their sites link into the local environment; and (iii) understand the many ways in which residents and staff can contribute to wider environmental monitoring by recording species on the sites that they manage. These objectives will not only have immediate benefits for biodiversity in and around HA sites, but also have the potential to improve the quality of life of the residents. Residents on the Bracknell case study site have already expressed a strong interest in understanding how to improve their neighbourhood for wildlife. Our advice will be based on the findings of biodiversity and health researchers, thereby ensuring that proposed changes to HA site management have the best chance of working for both biodiversity and the mental and physical well-being of HA residents and staff.Our toolkit will comprise a selection of simple steps that HAs can follow to create wildlife friendly areas, such as planting and management advice. Alongside this management information, ideas and tools for promoting a greater appreciation and knowledge of wildlife by residents will also be provided. These will be demonstrated by events held on the case study site in Bracknell. The toolkit will be developed through our close working relationship with SHG, with input from other stakeholders (see below), to ensure that the suggestions are practical, and have the best chance of providing a sounds basis for enhanced HA site management for biodiversity, and enhanced access to wildlife recording networks, across the whole of the UK.The toolkit will be published online through a project website, advertised through stakeholder websites and promoted at stakeholder conferences and national conferences, such as the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC) conference and the National Biodiversity Network conference. The promotion and uptake of such a tool has the potential to bring enhanced biodiversity and a better quality of life to thousands of the most deprived people across the UK (see the reach of our main partner, the Southern Housing Group, alone below).StakeholdersThe project partner, Southern Housing Group (SHG) manages and owns almost 28,000 homes, with 72,000 residents. SHG is one of the largest social housing providers in southern England. Furthermore, it has close links with other HAs that could benefit from this work. There are almost 1,700 registered HAs in the UK. Other stakeholders that have expressed support for this application are:ALERC (letter of support and free attendance to ALERC conference to promote toolkitThames Valley Environmental Records Centre (letter of support and reduced consultancy fees at partner rate)Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (letter of support)KeywordsUrban biodiversity, well-being, aesthetic, land management, housing, human-wildlife interactions, biological recording, mental health, green infrastructure, sustainability, grounds maintenance, natural capital, cultural services, ecosystem services, biodiversity strategy

自然世界作为城镇和城市的迷人特征有着悠久的历史（例如Fitter 1945），并且在20世纪世纪后期在一些国家的当地生物保护中也发挥了重要作用（Goode，2016）。除了这一悠久的传统之外，还存在大量有助于促进城镇生物多样性的研究成果;然而，这种研究并不一定经常付诸实践。与此同时，整个英国的城市地区包括贫困地区，有证据表明，这些地区可能会错过与获得高质量绿色空间和生物多样性环境相关的好处（英国公共卫生，2014年）。我们的项目将产生一个简单的，一套清晰的资料和方法，让房屋协会（房委会）的屋管理人能够（i）更妥善地管理其地盘，以促进生物多样性;（ii）更了解其管理的地点如何与当地环境联系;及（iii）了解居民和员工可透过记录其管理的地点的物种，为更广泛的环境监察作出贡献的多种方法。这些目标不单对房委会辖下各用地内及附近的生物多样性有即时的裨益，而且有可能改善居民的生活质素。布拉克内尔案例研究地点的居民已经表达了对了解如何改善他们的野生动物社区的强烈兴趣。我们会根据生物多样性和健康研究人员的研究结果，提供意见，以确保房委会场地管理的建议改变，最有可能对生物多样性和房委会居民及员工的身心健康都有帮助。我们的建议包括一系列简单的步骤，供房委会遵循，以建立野生动物友好区，例如种植和管理建议。除此之外，还将提供管理信息、想法和工具，以促进居民对野生动物的更多欣赏和了解。这些将通过在布拉克内尔的案例研究中心举行的活动加以证明。该工具包将通过我们与SHG的密切合作关系以及其他利益相关者的投入来开发（见下文），以确保这些建议切实可行，并有最大机会为加强医管局对生物多样性的场地管理，以及增加进入整个英国野生动物记录网络的机会提供一个健全的基础。该工具包将通过一个项目网站在线发布，通过利益攸关方网站进行宣传，并在利益攸关方会议和国家会议上进行宣传，如地方环境记录中心协会会议和国家生物多样性网络会议。推广和采用这样一种工具有可能为英国各地成千上万最贫困的人带来更好的生物多样性和更好的生活质量（见我们的主要合作伙伴南方住房集团的范围，仅在下面）。利益相关者项目合作伙伴南方住房集团（SHG）管理和拥有近28，000套房屋，拥有72，000名居民。SHG是英格兰南部最大的社会住房提供商之一。此外，它还与可能从这项工作中受益的其他人道主义机构保持密切联系。在英国有近1，700个注册的HA。表示支持该应用程序的其他利益相关者包括：ALERC（支持函和免费参加ALERC会议，以推广工具包）泰晤士河谷环境记录中心（支持函和按合作伙伴费率降低咨询费）伯克希尔、白金汉郡和牛津郡野生动物信托基金（支持函）关键词城市生物多样性、福祉、美学、土地管理、住房、人类与野生动物的相互作用、生物记录、心理健康、绿色基础设施、可持续性、场地维护、自然资本、文化服务、生态系统服务、生物多样性战略

项目成果

Biodiversity Toolkit for Housing Providers

住房提供者生物多样性工具包

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Botham, M.