Impact of environment on people’s everyday experiences in Stockholm

Samuelsson, Karl; Giusti, Matteo; Peterson, Garry D.; Legeby, Ann; Brandt, S. Anders; Barthel, Stephan

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.11.009

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“…Obligatory stewardship projects during school hours can be implemented more broadly in a society compared to projects that are voluntary after school. Such obligatory policy may be a necessary step if urban civilisation will stay emotionally connected to the biosphere, while simultaneously fostering social health and pleasurable feedback cycles between children and nature (Chawla et al, 2014; Chawla, 2015; Carrus et al, 2015; Collado and Staats, 2016; Samuelsson et al, 2018). As the result herein is indicative, more research is needed in order to generalize whether such policy advice has the potential to function as a deep leverage point, by supporting much needed sustainability transitions of broad-based socio-cultural processes of self-concept change and social norm formation (Meadows, 2008; Westley et al, 2011; Abson et al, 2017; Görg et al, 2017).…”

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Fostering Children’s Connection to Nature Through Authentic Situations: The Case of Saving Salamanders at School

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The aim of this paper is to explore how children learn to form new relationships with nature. It draws on a longitudinal case study of children participating in a stewardship project involving the conservation of salamanders during the school day in Stockholm, Sweden. The qualitative method includes two waves of data collection: when a group of 10-year-old children participated in the project (2015) and 2 years after they participated (2017). We conducted 49 interviews with children as well as using participant observations and questionnaires. We found indications that children developed sympathy for salamanders and increased concern and care for nature, and that such relationships persisted 2 years after participation. Our rich qualitative data suggest that whole situations of sufficient unpredictability triggering free exploration of the area, direct sensory contact and significant experiences of interacting with a species were important for children’s development of affective relationships with the salamander species and with nature in an open-ended sense. Saving the lives of trapped animals enabled direct sensory interaction, feedback, increased understanding, and development of new skills for dynamically exploring further ways of saving species in an interactive process experienced as deeply meaningful, enjoyable and connecting. The behavioral setting instilled a sense of pride and commitment, and the high degree of responsibility given to the children while exploring the habitat during authentic situations enriched children’s enjoyment. The study has implications for the design of education programs that aim to connect children with nature and for a child-sensitive urban policy that supports authentic nature situations in close spatial proximity to preschools and schools.

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Fostering Children’s Connection to Nature Through Authentic Situations: The Case of Saving Salamanders at School

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“…In an online participatory GIS study looking at urban happiness, [14] found that participants reported more positive experiences in urban green spaces and more negative experiences in built-up areas with busy roads. As this study was online and relied on participants logging their experiences of urban spaces, experiences were limited to 1.75 data entries per participant.…”

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Shmapped: development of an app to record and promote the well-being benefits of noticing urban nature

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Richardson

Brindley

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Translational Behavioral Medicine

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Background: The majority of research to date on the links between wellbeing and green spaces comes from cross-sectional studies. Purpose: Shmapped is an app which allows for the collection of wellbeing and location data live in the field and acts as a novel dual data collection tool and wellbeing intervention which prompts users to notice the good things about their surroundings. Methods: We describe the process of developing Shmapped from storyboarding, budgeting and timescales, selecting a developer, drawing up data protection plans, collaborating with developers and end-user testers to ultimately publishing Shmapped. Results and Conclusions: The development process and end-user testing resulted in a highly functional app. Limitations and future uses of such novel dual data collection and intervention apps are discussed and recommendations made for prospective developers and researchers.

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“…For the development of categories of activities in public spaces, the existing sociotope methodology was used. The methodology of sociotope map was developed by Swedish urban planners and has been first of all developed and applied in Stockholm (Samuelsson et al, 2018), then in Goteborg (Ask, 2013), and elsewhere. The term "sociotope" derives and is an extension of the term "biotope," the sociotope is seen as a place of human activities, a distinct environment in its sociocultural context.…”

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Integrating Content Analysis Into Urban Research: Compatibility With Sociotope Method and Multimodal Graph

Zaleckis

Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė

Vitkuvienė

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The content analysis approach is well-established and acknowledged sociological research technique, although it is constantly evolving and its field of application is expanding. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the possibilities to use the content analysis method in urban studies. It includes the analysis of literature and the example of methodology design in the frame of case of the study of modernization of Lithuanian cities during the Soviet period. It can be concluded that the content analysis method is a flexible tool that can be integrated both with sociospatial (sociotope methodology) and spatial (Space Syntax, multimodal graph) research methods and reinforce social dimension in spatial analysis of cities.

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Impact of environment on people’s everyday experiences in Stockholm

Cited by 83 publications

References 42 publications

Fostering Children’s Connection to Nature Through Authentic Situations: The Case of Saving Salamanders at School

Fostering Children’s Connection to Nature Through Authentic Situations: The Case of Saving Salamanders at School

Shmapped: development of an app to record and promote the well-being benefits of noticing urban nature

Integrating Content Analysis Into Urban Research: Compatibility With Sociotope Method and Multimodal Graph

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