Book contents
- The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship
- The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Emergence of Landscape Stewardship in Practice, Policy and Research
- Part I Foundations of Landscape Stewardship
- Part II Landscape Stewardship on the Ground
- 6 Organising Adaptive and Collaborative Landscape Stewardship on Farmland
- Case 5 Arbratatouille – A Participative Project Updating Agroforestry Techniques
- 7 Forest Landscape Stewardship for Functional Green Infrastructures in Europe's West and East
- Case 6 Wild Birds in Traditional Orchards – Testing Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation
- 8 The Future of the Past
- Case 7 The Whole Village Project – Saxon Village Restoration in Rural Romania
- 9 Landscape Stewardship in Wind Energy Conflicts
- Case 8 The Simmern Solidarity Pact – Reconciling Income Imbalances Between Villages
- 10 Synergies Between Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Landscape Stewardship
- Case 9 Bun Tschlin – Linking Identity, Community and Landscape
- 11 Managed, Mended, Supported
- Case 10 Landowners on Læsø – A Cooperative Approach to Landscape Management
- 12 Stewardship in Urban Landscapes
- Case 11 Urban Green Infrastructure in Vienna – Nature-Based Solutions to Enhancing Quality of Life
- 13 Landscape Stewardship and Hunting, Angling and Gathering Wild Products
- Case 12 ØsterGRO Rooftop Farm – Community Supported Agriculture in the Middle of Copenhagen
- 14 Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Stewardship
- Case 13 The Firth of Clyde Marine Spatial Plan – Synergies and Trade-Offs in a Diverse Coastal Environment
- 15 Landscape Stewardship for Rangelands
- Case 14 Herding Schools in France – Supporting Traditional Landscape Management Techniques in Modern Times
- Part III Visions Towards Landscape Stewardship
- Index
- References
12 - Stewardship in Urban Landscapes
from Part II - Landscape Stewardship on the Ground
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2017
Book contents
- The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship
- The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Emergence of Landscape Stewardship in Practice, Policy and Research
- Part I Foundations of Landscape Stewardship
- Part II Landscape Stewardship on the Ground
- 6 Organising Adaptive and Collaborative Landscape Stewardship on Farmland
- Case 5 Arbratatouille – A Participative Project Updating Agroforestry Techniques
- 7 Forest Landscape Stewardship for Functional Green Infrastructures in Europe's West and East
- Case 6 Wild Birds in Traditional Orchards – Testing Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation
- 8 The Future of the Past
- Case 7 The Whole Village Project – Saxon Village Restoration in Rural Romania
- 9 Landscape Stewardship in Wind Energy Conflicts
- Case 8 The Simmern Solidarity Pact – Reconciling Income Imbalances Between Villages
- 10 Synergies Between Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Landscape Stewardship
- Case 9 Bun Tschlin – Linking Identity, Community and Landscape
- 11 Managed, Mended, Supported
- Case 10 Landowners on Læsø – A Cooperative Approach to Landscape Management
- 12 Stewardship in Urban Landscapes
- Case 11 Urban Green Infrastructure in Vienna – Nature-Based Solutions to Enhancing Quality of Life
- 13 Landscape Stewardship and Hunting, Angling and Gathering Wild Products
- Case 12 ØsterGRO Rooftop Farm – Community Supported Agriculture in the Middle of Copenhagen
- 14 Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Stewardship
- Case 13 The Firth of Clyde Marine Spatial Plan – Synergies and Trade-Offs in a Diverse Coastal Environment
- 15 Landscape Stewardship for Rangelands
- Case 14 Herding Schools in France – Supporting Traditional Landscape Management Techniques in Modern Times
- Part III Visions Towards Landscape Stewardship
- Index
- References
Summary
Urban landscapes are highly heterogeneous and densely populated, and resources, responsibilities, rights and management capacities are distributed unequally among actors. People who want to engage in management of nearby spaces as stewards may not have the right to access those parts of the landscape, and they may lack the knowledge and skills needed to engage actively in hands-on management activities. Against this background, this chapter discusses a developing understanding of stewardship in urban landscapes grounded in literature and case studies on collaborations and civic mobilisation, their organisation and how they shape participation. Based on these explorations we argue that stewardship of urban landscapes needs to be understood as emerging from combinations of three components: i) The care, creativity and stewardship values connected to and present in local experiences and initiatives; 2) The combined knowledge and know-how held by different actors to steer activities towards a desire outcome; and 3) The agency, power and resources needed to negotiate and effect change. We suggest that landscape stewardship in cities often requires a collective effort in mobilising engagement, knowledge and funding in ways that generate legitimacy and political mandate and influence, without compromising the capacity to (co-) manage urban green and blue infrastructure.
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