Greening the city: An analysis of socio-spatial disparities through urban gardening practices in Lille and Lyon (France)

IF 7.9 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Amélie DESCHAMPS
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Over the past three decades, urban gardening initiatives have proliferated in cities. The community garden has emerged as a global model for participatory urban greening. To date, few studies have engaged on greening licenses. These schemes have emerged in French cities along community gardens to green the interstices of urban space, such as the feet of trees or holes in pavements. The role of urban gardening in reducing urban environmental injustice is debated in the literature. The cities of Lille and Lyon (France) were selected for study to investigate the geographical distribution of participatory greening initiatives according to the socio-economic profile of neighbourhoods. By comparing the location of community gardens and greening licenses, the role of institutional and associative frameworks in making these schemes accessible to the population was highlighted. A mixed methodology combining statistical and cartographic analysis with qualitative fieldwork was employed. The findings suggest an uneven distribution of greening initiatives in the two cities. The concentration of greening licenses in neighbourhoods with higher average incomes than those hosting community gardens highlights the barriers to participation faced by the most disadvantaged sections of the population. However, the concentration of community gardens managed by charities in these neighbourhoods emphasises the fact that one of the conditions for environmental justice is to support initiatives in working-class neighbourhoods with specific policies. Our results provide useful insights for policymakers on the types of support that should be implemented to ensure that participatory greening initiatives benefit as many people as possible and do not perpetuate urban social and environmental injustice.
城市绿化:里尔和里昂(法国)城市园艺实践的社会空间差异分析
在过去的三十年里,城市园艺活动在城市中激增。社区花园已经成为参与式城市绿化的全球模式。迄今为止,很少有研究涉及绿化许可证。这些方案已经出现在法国城市,沿着社区花园绿化城市空间的间隙,如树脚或人行道上的洞。城市园艺在减少城市环境不公正方面的作用在文献中有争议。根据社区的社会经济状况,研究人员选择了法国里尔和里昂两个城市作为研究对象,调查参与式绿化倡议的地理分布。通过比较社区花园和绿化许可证的位置,强调了机构和联合框架在使这些方案对人口开放方面的作用。采用了统计和制图分析与定性实地调查相结合的混合方法。研究结果表明,这两个城市的绿化活动分布不均。绿化许可证集中在平均收入高于拥有社区花园的社区,突显了最弱势群体在参与绿化方面面临的障碍。然而,由慈善机构管理的社区花园集中在这些社区,强调了这样一个事实,即环境正义的条件之一是用具体的政策支持工人阶级社区的倡议。我们的研究结果为政策制定者提供了有益的见解,即应该实施哪些类型的支持,以确保参与式绿化倡议使尽可能多的人受益,并且不会使城市社会和环境的不公正永久化。
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Landscape and Urban Planning
Landscape and Urban Planning 环境科学-生态学
CiteScore
15.20
自引率
6.60%
发文量
232
审稿时长
6 months
期刊介绍: Landscape and Urban Planning is an international journal that aims to enhance our understanding of landscapes and promote sustainable solutions for landscape change. The journal focuses on landscapes as complex social-ecological systems that encompass various spatial and temporal dimensions. These landscapes possess aesthetic, natural, and cultural qualities that are valued by individuals in different ways, leading to actions that alter the landscape. With increasing urbanization and the need for ecological and cultural sensitivity at various scales, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary to comprehend and align social and ecological values for landscape sustainability. The journal believes that combining landscape science with planning and design can yield positive outcomes for both people and nature.
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