PUBLICATIONS — May 15, 2023 [Research Paper] Automation of Indicator Development in Green Space Health Research The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing monodisciplinary origins. Now in a multidisciplinary environment on its way to a truly interdisciplinary field, there is a need for a common understanding, precision in green space indicators, and coherent assessment of the complexity of daily living environments.
BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS — April 20, 2023 [Research Paper] Preferred reporting items in green space health research. Guiding principles for an interdisciplinary field The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing monodisciplinary origins. Now in a multidisciplinary environment on its way to a truly interdisciplinary field, there is a need for a common understanding, precision in green space indicators, and coherent assessment of the complexity of daily living environments.
PUBLICATIONS — March 9, 2023 [Research Paper 🇫🇷] Urban gardening: the challenge of soil quality for communities The desire to reorganise the territorial aspects of food production and the strong societal demand for urban gardens are currently bringing renewed attention to the issues of land use.
NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup — March 2, 2023 [Høje-Taastrup 🇩🇰] Cards & Reflection Method for Citizen Involvement A Design Thinking Method for easy and effective involvement of citizens in city planning processes developed and tested with Høje Taastrup Municipality in Denmark.
NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Nantes — March 1, 2023 [Research Paper 🇫🇷] Nature-based solutions in a neighbourhood of large social housing estates In the context of the renovation of large housing estates, NBS are proposed to transform open spaces. Philippe Bodénan and Béatrice Béchet have studied these new methods of spatial design in the Nantes Nord district.
PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 16, 2022 [Research Paper 🇧🇬] Findings of URBiNAT’s Frontrunner City Sofia presented at several international conferences Associate professors Milena Tasheva-Petrova and Elena Dimitrova, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Sofia, Bulgaria, presented findings from URBiNAT in a number of international conferences.
PUBLICATIONS, Nantes — November 17, 2022 [Research Paper 🇫🇷] Allotment gardens: Psychosocial benefits and conflictual community aspects In this qualitative study carried out in France (Nantes), 28 people with a plot in an allotment garden were questioned through semi-directive interviews about the psychosocial impact of this type of space.
BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup — November 10, 2022 [Høje-Taastrup 🇩🇰] Booklet co-produced by citizens and local stakeholders involved in selecting NBS and co-creating a Healthy Corridor Booklet co-produced by citizens and local stakeholders involved in selecting NBS and co-creating a Healthy Corridor in the town of Høje-Taastrup in the greater Copenhagen region.
CONFERENCE, PUBLICATIONS — October 13, 2022 [Research Paper] Two URBiNAT Papers in Proceedings of DoCoMoMo 2022 URBiNAT consortium members in Porto have published paper in the journal of Docomomo international, the non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement