Initiatives in Urban Greening: analysis of attitudes towards a voluntary-assisted urban residential road verge-planting program

Australian Geographer, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 54(3), P. 303 - 323

Published: April 28, 2023

City road verges often represent existing green space and provide opportunities for ecological enhancement. Urban greenspace improvement initiatives at the residential verge scale require genuine community support engagement success. We examined a community-based voluntary assisted greening program designed to enhance connectivity using native plants in local municipality Perth, Western Australia. A social survey of verge-greening participants non-participants was conducted understand factors associated with involvement. Results indicated general resident program, where both groups viewed objectives positively. However, were less convinced, than participants, likelihood that would achieve its aims merits some aims. This paper provides insight into tool developing urban enhancing natural values roadside level.

Language: Английский

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Private gardens in a town immersed in a National Park: Potential for conservation and highly valued under COVID lockdown

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 226, P. 104481 - 104481

Published: May 25, 2022

Language: Английский

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The City Nature Challenge – A global citizen science phenomenon contributing to biodiversity knowledge and informing local government practices

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 16, 2022

Abstract The bioblitz phenomenon has recently branched into cities, presenting exciting opportunities for local governments to channel participants’ efforts toward issues. City Nature Challenge (CNC) is one such initiative that been quickly uptaken by hundreds of municipalities worldwide. Despite high participation, we still lack a framework evaluating how the CNC contributes biodiversity knowledge and inform government practices. Here, develop tool present case study illustrates its applicability. We demonstrate collected records contributed better understanding contemporary, patterns provided more realistic representation understudied groups as insects fungi. Importantly, show presented with cost-effective make informed, evidence-based management policy decisions, improve education engagement programs, foster cross-council collaborations, support stronger sense environmental stewardship within community.

Language: Английский

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Green Areas to Introduce Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Advances in educational marketing, administration, and leadership book series, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 156 - 175

Published: May 8, 2023

Green areas are emerging as a vehicle for change towards more sustainable cities. include, among other facilities, parks, gardens, and urban gardens. These facilities should be designed in an inclusive integrating way, allowing their use by anyone. Their incorporation into policies has many advantages: naturalized landscape, improving the microclimate of neighborhoods, biodiversity, health, both physical mental, users neighbors. They can also serve instrument education citizens environmental topics, healthy eating, ethical social awareness, from very early age to elderly.

Language: Английский

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A researcher-practitioner driven framework and research agenda for promoting conservation behaviours

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 296, P. 110710 - 110710

Published: July 10, 2024

Responses to nature conservation challenges should incorporate transdisciplinary approaches, and there is growing research interest in behaviour change insights interventions. However, are knowledge gaps relating promotion of behaviours how broader systems shape intervention effectiveness. This further compounds situations where practitioners implementing programs may be ill-equipped develop implement Our researcher-practitioner collaboration focuses on policy Victoria, Australia, with a specific focus human relationships nature. Drawing from this perspective, we outline can meaningfully integrated into programs. Specifically, detail embed systems-thinking approaches within program implementation achieve objectives address pertaining behavioural science for nature, focusing engaging communities. We articulate key themes steps that needed impactful outcomes, including establishing decision framework clear monitoring protocol. In associated our context, have identified several socio-psychological questions important developing effective interventions, as well the need identify pathways incremental transformative system change. considering both implementation, ideas undertaken way sympathetic which they occur. As part this, examine realise desired changes biodiversity through approach.

Language: Английский

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What makes a convivial community tool? Investigating grassroots ecological restoration

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(3)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The practice of ecological restoration through native plant gardening is emerging among community groups as a means addressing degradation in urban landscapes. Despite this trend, remains primarily studied professional practice. Grassroots associations support people growing plants, but within the research on ecology, there little study how non-professionals engage We adapt and expand Ivan Illich's concept convivial tool (i.e., that open accessible rather than restricted to certain users) case Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Participants highlighted two main strategies seed library: overcoming barriers supporting emergent practices. library helped overcome availability, cost, knowledge, while spontaneous initiatives from volunteers further mission library. argue these operationalize idea tool. This contributes an understanding one way can broaden its appeal by empowering provides starting point for novel organizational framework based ideas.

Language: Английский

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Savage Gardens: Balancing Maintenance, Aesthetics, and Ecosystem Services in the Biodiversity Crisis Era

Urban Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(4), P. 170 - 170

Published: Oct. 11, 2024

The escalating biodiversity crisis, coupled with the increasing frequency of droughts and anticipated water shortages due to climate change, necessitates a shift towards biodiversity-led landscape architecture, including domestic gardens. Traditionally viewed as high-maintenance spaces emphasising tidiness, gardens can significantly impact urban green infrastructure species richness. This paper explores concept ‘savage gardens’—untamed natural representing fourth nature approach, incorporating wild neglected areas. Despite potential challenges in public appreciation, it is argued that savage offer substantial benefits, such reduced maintenance, increased biodiversity, enhanced resilience change. By reframing perception ‘savage’ from biophobic reconnection nature, are proposed viable solution for balancing aesthetics, ecosystem services, landscapes, promoting more sustainable future face emergency.

Language: Английский

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How to increase nature connectedness? Effectiveness and mechanisms of a gratitude journal intervention

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Abstract Nature connectedness can promote pro‐environmental behaviour and psychological well‐being, but little is known about how nature be strengthened. Interventions that seek to enhance by promoting direct contact may impractical because urban areas often lack opportunities for interactions with in the daily lives of people. This study examines effects a gratitude journal exercise on connectedness, engagement wildlife gardening. Participants ( N = 114) were either asked write down three things relating they grateful over 14‐day period or assigned one two control groups (a traditional condition an activity list condition). Compared groups, there no significant differences any outcome variables during at 1‐week 3‐month follow‐ups. However, increases all those emerged independent group. Qualitative data analysis suggests promoted generating self‐knowledge as well positive emotions attitudes. Moreover, participants noted made them think new ways, presumably through answering survey questions connectedness. We suggest mere regularly reflecting one's relationship increase encourage people contemplate interconnectedness between themselves could viable strategy strengthen human–nature relationships, especially nature. The findings this inform future research concerned processes strengthening design interventions employ nature‐based exercises. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Ecological problems of creation and maintenance of lawns on public territories of the city of Orel

Published: Nov. 29, 2024

В монографии проведён сравнительный анализ соответствия газонов, существующих на общественных территориях г. Орла, нормативным требованиям, предъявляемым к декоративным газонам. Обсуждены несоответствия приёмов создания и содержания орловских газонов существующим нормам технологиям. Нарушение технологических нормативов снижает декоративные характеристики их возможность ослаблять негативные воздействия вредных экологических факторов городской среды здоровье населения. Приведён краткий обзор современных мировых тенденций в создании уходе за альтернативными видами декоративных городских территориях. Экосистемные услуги короткостриженых Орле могут быть значительно улучшены путём замены альтернативные виды – луговые, мавританские газоны из почвопокровных растений с обязательным изменением режимов стрижки травостоя. Преобразование низкокачественных позволит органично включить зелёную инфраструктуру города Орла Орловского района. Публикация адресована урбоэкологам, ландшафтным дизайнерам, растениеводам, градостроителям, занимающимся вопросами озеленения территорий, студентам соответствующих специальностей, руководителям подразделений, которые возложена задача активистам организаций. Список цитированной литературы содержит 444 библиографические ссылки. Из них более 360 снабжены гиперссылками WEB-источники информации, облегчат читателям получение дополнительных сведений по рассматриваемой проблеме, а также использованы для подготовки курсовых, дипломных диссертационных работ теме.

Language: Русский

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Mitigating human-wildlife impacts

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 223 - 238

Published: Dec. 26, 2024

Abstract Rapid anthropogenic changes to natural landscapes are increasing the frequency and severity of human-wildlife impacts (HWIs), which occur when behaviours wildlife humans result in recurring costs both. Here, we decompose HWI sequence into three key components (spatiotemporal overlap, direct costs, learning), subsequently use derive a typology associated human animal behaviours. We then map existing mitigation strategies aimed at reducing HWIs onto each component, illustrating their application using range examples case studies. conclude that fostering long-term co-existence rapidly changing world will be dependent upon our ability identify, understand, manage behavioural processes underlying instances HWI.

Language: Английский

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