Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters
To shed light on fair blue urbanism, we studied the demands, obstacles and opportunities as well as knowledge needs of various citizen groups living in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The perspectives were identified and explored by experts using an innovative ‘role chair’ method of opinion elicitation....
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| author | Timo Assmuth Daniela Hellgren Leena Kopperoinen Riikka Paloniemi Lasse Peltonen |
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| description | To shed light on fair blue urbanism, we studied the demands, obstacles and opportunities as well as knowledge needs of various citizen groups living in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The perspectives were identified and explored by experts using an innovative ‘role chair’ method of opinion elicitation. The responses, aggregated as clusters, highlight the multiple roles of urban blue infrastructures and demonstrate that they constitute important parts of cultural processes and environmental justice. Commonalities and differences found between clusters of age and ethnic groups, challenged groups and groups engaged in particular forms of water-related activity suggest paths to inclusive actions for fair use of ecosystem services. Important unrecognized knowledge needs were also discerned. We conclude that environmental justice within engagement with water areas involves wide diversity. Facilitating the recognition of such diversity by experts and then by authorities, stakeholders and citizens concerned through interactive group methods is key to fair blue urbanism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32295c2ec9cb48fcb45ff33b83b3555e2023-09-21T15:17:06ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development1946-31381946-31462017-09-019325327310.1080/19463138.2017.13704231370423Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area watersTimo Assmuth0Daniela Hellgren1Leena Kopperoinen2Riikka Paloniemi3Lasse Peltonen4Finnish Environment InstituteFinnish Environment InstituteFinnish Environment InstituteFinnish Environment InstituteUniversity of Eastern FinlandTo shed light on fair blue urbanism, we studied the demands, obstacles and opportunities as well as knowledge needs of various citizen groups living in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The perspectives were identified and explored by experts using an innovative ‘role chair’ method of opinion elicitation. The responses, aggregated as clusters, highlight the multiple roles of urban blue infrastructures and demonstrate that they constitute important parts of cultural processes and environmental justice. Commonalities and differences found between clusters of age and ethnic groups, challenged groups and groups engaged in particular forms of water-related activity suggest paths to inclusive actions for fair use of ecosystem services. Important unrecognized knowledge needs were also discerned. We conclude that environmental justice within engagement with water areas involves wide diversity. Facilitating the recognition of such diversity by experts and then by authorities, stakeholders and citizens concerned through interactive group methods is key to fair blue urbanism.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2017.1370423urbanwaterblue-green infrastructurerecognitionenvironmental justiceexpert opinion |
| spellingShingle | Timo Assmuth Daniela Hellgren Leena Kopperoinen Riikka Paloniemi Lasse Peltonen Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development urban water blue-green infrastructure recognition environmental justice expert opinion |
| title | Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters |
| title_full | Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters |
| title_fullStr | Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters |
| title_short | Fair blue urbanism: demands, obstacles, opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside Helsinki Metropolitan Area waters |
| title_sort | fair blue urbanism demands obstacles opportunities and knowledge needs for just recreation beside helsinki metropolitan area waters |
| topic | urban water blue-green infrastructure recognition environmental justice expert opinion |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2017.1370423 |
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