The potential of school green areas to improve urban green connectivity and multifunctionality

Iojă, Cristian; Grădinaru, Simona R.; Onose, Diana Andreea; Vânău, Gabriel Ovidiu; Tudor, Alina Constantina

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“…The areas with low scores in the Human dimension in Bucharest are consistent with those identified by Grădinaru, Iojă, Onose, Gavrilidis, Pătru-Stupariu, Kienast and Hersperger [31] as being prone to experience land abandonment, and by Iojă, et al [63] as having low accessibility to public green areas. In the Swiss study area, the low scores resulted mainly from the fact that recreation areas are located further away from the settlements.…”

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Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

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Abstract:The evaluation of spatial planning results, or outcomes, has been rather neglected by scholars and practitioners. The causes of this neglect are linked to the characteristics of the planning systems in use or difficulties in quantifying results. To advance the state of the art of outcome evaluation, this paper focuses on assessing the implementation of national spatial planning objectives in urban landscapes, through the use of an evaluation framework that makes use of spatially explicit information. The framework is built on four dimensions which reflect the main domains of spatial planning: efficient built-up development, conservation of agricultural land, landscape preservation, and human perception. Indicators capable of capturing landscape changes in both time and space are used to verify degree of conformance between adopted objectives and actual development patterns. We make use of spatially explicit data and assess whether and where landscape changes occurred, by integrating the framework into a multi-criteria analysis. In the present study, the framework is tested in two study areas in Switzerland and Romania, and the results are interpreted from the perspective of spatial planning approaches in the two countries. The efficiency and utility of the framework is demonstrated by its ability to provide valuable information facilitating improvement in the performance of planning processes, such as identifying where the implementation of objectives is less effective, and the domains of spatial planning that are affected. Our findings highlight that the distance between objectives and outcomes can be attributed to differences in countries' spatial planning approaches, particularly regarding landscape preservation and management. Our study provides valuable insights for the integration of time series of spatial data into the evaluation procedure.Key words: planning evaluation; spatial planning objectives; urban landscape; spatial multi-criteria analysis; romania; switzerland. Highlights:Preprints ( Peer-reviewed version available at Sustainability 2017, 9, 1279; doi:10.3390/su9081279 2• We propose a framework to verify conformance between planning intentions and outcomes • Planning objectives are partially reflected in land change patterns• The distance between intentions and outcomes is attributed to national planning approaches• Results show the efficiency and utility of the framework in a case study analysis

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Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

Grădinaru¹,

Iojă²,

Pătru-Stupariu³

et al. 2017

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“…The areas with low scores in the Quality of life dimension in Bucharest are consistent with those identified by Grădinaru, Iojă, Onose, Gavrilidis, Pătru-Stupariu, Kienast and Hersperger [29] as being prone to experience land abandonment, and by Iojă, et al [68] as having low accessibility to public green areas. In particular, the occurrence of urban derelict land has affected many Romanian cities, driven by institutional changes, urban planning decisions and land speculation [69].…”

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Are Spatial Planning Objectives Reflected in the Evolution of Urban Landscape Patterns? A Framework for the Evaluation of Spatial Planning Outcomes

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Abstract:The evaluation of spatial planning results, or outcomes, has been rather neglected by scholars and practitioners. The causes of this neglect are linked to the characteristics of the planning systems in use or difficulties in quantifying results. To advance the state of the art of outcome evaluation, this paper focuses on assessing the implementation of national spatial planning objectives in urban landscapes through the use of an evaluation framework, which makes use of spatially explicit information. The framework is built around four dimensions, which reflect the main domains of spatial planning: efficient built-up development, conservation of agricultural land, landscape preservation and human perception. Indicators that are capable of capturing landscape changes in both time and space are used to verify the degree of conformance between adopted objectives and actual development patterns. We make use of spatially explicit data, as well as assess whether and where landscape changes occurred, by integrating the framework into a multi-criteria analysis. In the present study, the framework is tested in two study areas located in Switzerland and Romania, while the results are interpreted from the perspective of spatial planning approaches in the two countries. The efficiency and utility of the framework are demonstrated by the ability to provide valuable information that facilitates improvement in the performance of planning processes, such as identifying where the implementation of objectives is less effective, and the domains of affected spatial planning. Our findings indicate that the distance between objectives and outcomes can be attributed to differences in countries' spatial planning approaches, which should also be placed into the wider economic, institutional and legislative context. Our study provides valuable insights for the integration of time series of spatial data into the evaluation procedure.Keywords: planning evaluation; conformance; urban landscape; spatial multi-criteria analysis; Romania; Switzerland The distance between intentions and outcomes is attributed to the planning strategies, along with the overall planning tradition, economic conditions and the legislative context.

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“…There are other categories of green infrastructure categories, but many http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.044 1470-160X/© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. of them are not considered in the planning process in some east European countries, such as green roofs, vertical gardens (Alexandri and Jones, 2008), arable lands, vacant land (European Environment Agency, 2011) and greenhouses (Iojȃ et al, 2014a) or permeable pavements (Scholz and Grabowiecki, 2007). Even so, UGS is the main component of urban green infrastructure.…”

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Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities’ sustainability goals? Romania as a case study

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The potential of school green areas to improve urban green connectivity and multifunctionality

Cited by 101 publications

References 54 publications

Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

Are Spatial Planning Objectives Reflected in the Evolution of Urban Landscape Patterns? A Framework for the Evaluation of Spatial Planning Outcomes

Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities’ sustainability goals? Romania as a case study

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