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| Title | Promoting Green Transformations Through Smart Engagement: An Assessment Of 100 Citizen-Led Urban Greening Projects |
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| ID_Doc | 43431 |
| Authors | Oikonomaki E.; Papadaki I.; Kakderi C. |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | Land, 13, 4 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land13040556 |
| Abstract | In the face of challenges like heatwaves, flooding, other extreme events, as well as increasing pollution and declining quality of life in cities, there is a growing demand for the preservation and expansion of urban green spaces, often driven by citizen-led transformations. This paper examines 100 urban greening projects initiated or supported by citizens globally, categorizing them according to the type of greenery, the stakeholders involved, the mode of implementation, and the use of smart technologies incorporated. We notice variations in green endeavors based on the stakeholders orchestrating them; most of the entirely citizen-led initiatives being aimed at the creation of urban farms and food growing, demonstrating the pressing need to secure food and self-determination in communities. More than half of the assessed initiatives that managed to scale up and multiply had public authorities providing a framework or a type of support for their development or an NGO or other organization providing expertise and mobilizing citizens at various stages. In terms of technological use, we mostly found that websites and social media platforms ease participatory endeavors and knowledge sharing of best practices, accelerating scaling efforts, while there is low integration of more advanced digital technologies, which, if used, could enable real-time monitoring of green spaces, inform evidence-based decision-making, and streamline processes in scaling up green initiatives. © 2024 by the authors. |
| Author Keywords | civic action; climate change; green city; green transition; smart city planning; smart technologies; urban greening initiatives; urban transformation |
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