Opportunities and Challenges for the Creation and Governance of Productive Landscapes in Urban Transformations: The Case of Klosterøya Urban Fruit Forest Park
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Urban Transformations
1.2. Urban Sustainability and Productive Landscapes
2. Theoretical Framework
2.1. The Combined Governance and Management Model
2.2. New Co-Governance Approaches to Landscape Design and Management of Productive UOS
2.3. Objective
3. Methodology
3.1. Case Study
3.1.1. Case Study Selection
3.1.2. Case Study Description
3.1.3. The Landscape Design Process of Klosterøya UOS
3.2. Data Collection Methods
3.2.1. Document Analysis
- Municipal plans for the development in Klosterøya East;
- Feasibility study for Klosterøya East that the design team produced in 2018;
- Landscape design drawings coproduced by the design team during a series of meetings and time frames;
- Minutes from meetings;
- Other documents published in relation to the specific urban development.
3.2.2. Interviews
3.3. Data Analysis
4. Results: Opportunities and Challenges in the Landscape Design Process
4.1. Feasibility Phase: The Green Model
4.1.1. Opportunities for Ecological Landscape Design through UA
4.1.2. Opportunities for Learning and Social Interaction
4.2. Phase 1: The Blue Model
4.2.1. Opportunities for Enhanced Biodiversity
4.2.2. Opportunities for Circularities (Water and Waste)
4.2.3. Opportunities for Test Beds: Edible Rain Gardens
4.2.4. Challenges: Technical Knowledge
4.2.5. Challenges: Environmental Policy and Urban Surface Water Management
4.3. Phase 2: The Blue-green Model
4.3.1. Opportunities for Systematic Landscape Design
4.3.2. Challenges: Financial Resources
4.3.3. Challenges: Contaminated Soil
4.4. Synthesis of Findings
5. Discussion
5.1. Bottom-Up Ecological Landscape Design
5.2. Significance of Environmental Issues in the Landscape Design Process
5.3. Significance of Learning Institutions for the Long-Term Management of UOS
6. Further Research
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tomprou, M.O. Opportunities and Challenges for the Creation and Governance of Productive Landscapes in Urban Transformations: The Case of Klosterøya Urban Fruit Forest Park. Sustainability 2023, 15, 2864. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042864
Tomprou MO. Opportunities and Challenges for the Creation and Governance of Productive Landscapes in Urban Transformations: The Case of Klosterøya Urban Fruit Forest Park. Sustainability. 2023; 15(4):2864. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042864
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomprou, Maria Olga. 2023. "Opportunities and Challenges for the Creation and Governance of Productive Landscapes in Urban Transformations: The Case of Klosterøya Urban Fruit Forest Park" Sustainability 15, no. 4: 2864. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042864