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/S013989/1
• 负责人: Helen Roy
• 金额: $ 13.66万
• 依托单位: NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
• 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%2F1
• 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一个迷人特征有着悠久的历史（例如Fitter 1945），并且在20世纪后期的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，这项研究并不一定会经常付诸实践。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（英国公共卫生部，2014年）。我们的项目将提供一套简单明了的材料和方法，使房屋协会（房委会）的物业管理人员能够(i)更好地管理其土地的生物多样性；（ii）更深入了解有关地点如何与本地环境连结；（iii）了解居民和工作人员可以通过在他们管理的地点记录物种来促进更广泛的环境监测的多种方式。这些目标不但可为医管局地盘内及周边的生物多样性带来即时效益，亦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。我们的建议将以生物多样性和健康研究人员的研究结果为基础，从而确保医管局场地管理的建议改变，最可能对生物多样性和医管局居民和员工的身心健康都有好处。我们的工具包将包括一系列简单的步骤，供民政部门创建野生动物友好地区时参考，例如种植和管理建议。除了这些管理信息外，还将提供促进居民更好地欣赏和了解野生动物的想法和工具。这些将通过在布拉克内尔的案例研究现场举行的活动来证明。该工具包将通过我们与SHG的密切工作关系，以及其他利益相关者的意见（见下文）来开发，以确保建议是切实可行的，并有最好的机会为加强医管局对生物多样性的现场管理，以及在整个英国范围内增加野生动物记录网络的接入提供可靠的基础。该工具包将通过一个项目网站在线发布，通过利益相关者网站进行宣传，并在利益相关者会议和国家会议上进行推广，例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。推广和采用这种工具有可能为英国成千上万最贫困的人带来更丰富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影响范围，仅在下面）。项目合作伙伴南方住房集团（SHG）管理并拥有近28,000套住房，拥有72,000名居民。SHG是英格兰南部最大的社会住房供应商之一。此外，它与其他可能从这项工作中受益的行政当局有密切联系。英国有近1700家注册ha。其他表示支持这一申请的利益相关者有：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）伯克郡，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，人类与野生动物的互动，生物记录，心理健康，绿色基础设施、可持续性、土地维护、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.