Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor

Co-production, rooted in public collaborative management (Ostrom, 1996) or science and technology (Jasanoff, 2013) evolution, has demonstrated its innovative and transformative character within participatory processes. However, there is little empirical evidence that scrutinises these contexts of in...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Caitana, Gonçalo Canto Moniz
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Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2024-03-01
Series:Urban Planning
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/7306
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description Co-production, rooted in public collaborative management (Ostrom, 1996) or science and technology (Jasanoff, 2013) evolution, has demonstrated its innovative and transformative character within participatory processes. However, there is little empirical evidence that scrutinises these contexts of interaction. Equality of partnership in many cases is used as a discursive rhetoric that seeks to prescribe co-production above any difficulty, uncertainty, conflict, or unwanted situation. As a starting point, our proposal considers co-production as a social practice, composed of multiple layers and different participatory processes, activities, and strategies. Grounded in co-production approaches, the study draws upon the ongoing evaluation findings of the European project URBiNAT, which focuses on inclusive urban regeneration through nature-based solutions. The qualitative methods of evaluation (interviews and participant observation), applied during the co-production activities in the city of Porto (Portugal), provide evidence of how the various stakeholders—elected politicians, citizens, technicians, and researchers—participate in the co-production dynamic. The boundaries of a multi-stakeholder process are revealed with the goal of implementing healthy corridors in peripheral neighbourhoods. The intended evaluation analysis lies in the techniques, the agents, the dynamics, the knowledge, and the degrees of co-production. This analysis will contribute to the lack of explicit consideration of the impacts of nature-based solutions in urban regeneration pathways, especially those related to the social fabric underlined in Dumitru et al. (2020).
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spelling doaj.art-4781d97a1d6f427fbf986516136fd9902024-03-28T10:01:00ZengCogitatioUrban Planning2183-76352024-03-019010.17645/up.73063533Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy CorridorBeatriz Caitana0Gonçalo Canto Moniz1Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal / Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, PortugalCentre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal / Department of Architecture, University of Coimbra, PortugalCo-production, rooted in public collaborative management (Ostrom, 1996) or science and technology (Jasanoff, 2013) evolution, has demonstrated its innovative and transformative character within participatory processes. However, there is little empirical evidence that scrutinises these contexts of interaction. Equality of partnership in many cases is used as a discursive rhetoric that seeks to prescribe co-production above any difficulty, uncertainty, conflict, or unwanted situation. As a starting point, our proposal considers co-production as a social practice, composed of multiple layers and different participatory processes, activities, and strategies. Grounded in co-production approaches, the study draws upon the ongoing evaluation findings of the European project URBiNAT, which focuses on inclusive urban regeneration through nature-based solutions. The qualitative methods of evaluation (interviews and participant observation), applied during the co-production activities in the city of Porto (Portugal), provide evidence of how the various stakeholders—elected politicians, citizens, technicians, and researchers—participate in the co-production dynamic. The boundaries of a multi-stakeholder process are revealed with the goal of implementing healthy corridors in peripheral neighbourhoods. The intended evaluation analysis lies in the techniques, the agents, the dynamics, the knowledge, and the degrees of co-production. This analysis will contribute to the lack of explicit consideration of the impacts of nature-based solutions in urban regeneration pathways, especially those related to the social fabric underlined in Dumitru et al. (2020).https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/7306co-productionhealthy corridorsnature-based solutionsperipheral neighbourhoodsportugalurban regeneration
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co-production
healthy corridors
nature-based solutions
peripheral neighbourhoods
portugal
urban regeneration
title Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor
title_full Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor
title_fullStr Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor
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title_short Co-Production Boundaries of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor
title_sort co production boundaries of nature based solutions for urban regeneration the case of a healthy corridor
topic co-production
healthy corridors
nature-based solutions
peripheral neighbourhoods
portugal
urban regeneration
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