[Research Paper] Co‐Production Boundaries of Nature‐Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor

URBiNAT Scientific Partners  Beatriz Caitana and Gonçalo Canto Moniz from the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal, are the authors of a publication on Co‐Production Boundaries of Nature‐Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration: The Case of a Healthy Corridor.

The article is published in the Open Access Journal “Urban Planning,  Vol 9 (2024): Co-Production in the Urban Setting: Fostering Definitional and Conceptual Clarity Through Comparative Research”.

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.

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