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  • Analysis of pandemic outdoor recreation and green infrastructure in Nordic cities to enhance urban resilience
    (2022-10-03) Fagerholm, Nora; Samuelsson, Karl; Eilola, Salla; Giusti, Matteo; Hasanzadeh, Kamyar; Kajosaari, Anna; Koch, Daniel; Korpilo, Silviya; Kyttä, Marketta; Legeby, Ann; Liu, Yu; Præstholm, Søren; Raymond, Christopher; Rinne, Tiina; Olafsson, Anton Stahl; Barthel, Stephan
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    Recent empirical research has confirmed the importance of green infrastructure and outdoor recreation to urban people’s well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, only a few studies provide cross-city analyses. We analyse outdoor recreation behaviour across four Nordic cities ranging from metropolitan areas to a middle-sized city. We collected map-based survey data from residents (n = 469–4992) in spring 2020 and spatially analyse green infrastructure near mapped outdoor recreation sites and respondents’ places of residence. Our statistical examination reveals how the interplay among access to green infrastructure across cities and at respondents’ residential location, together with respondents’ socio-demographic profiles and lockdown policies or pandemic restrictions, affects outdoor recreation behaviour. The results highlight that for pandemic resilience, the history of Nordic spatial planning is important. To support well-being in exceptional situations as well as in the long term, green infrastructure planning should prioritise nature wedges in and close to cities and support small-scale green infrastructure.
  • Bridge over troubled water: Managing compatibility and conflicts among thought collectives in sustainability science
    (2022-01) Soininen, Niko; Raymond, Christopher; Tuomisto, Hanna; Ruotsalainen, Laura; Thorén, Henrik; Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana; Stojanovic, Milutin; Lehtinen, Sanna; Mazac, Rachel; Lamuela Orta, Carlos; Korpelainen, Noora-Helena; Vainio, Annukka; Toivanen, Reetta; McPhearson, Timon; Nagatsu, Michiru
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    Sustainability transformations call forth new forms and systems of knowledge across society. However, few tools and processes exist for promoting dialogue among different interests and normative stances in knowledge co-creation. In this article, we build on the notion of thought collectives to argue that understanding and moderating normative tensions are necessary if sustainability science is to provide successful solutions. Drawing on an analysis of the normative tensions between rival high-tech and low-tech thought collectives in the mobility and food production sectors, we discuss three strategic approaches: applying common evaluative frameworks, building contextual convergence and embracing complexity. We argue that these strategies indicate a need to distinguish different kinds of reflexivity in managing tensions among thought collectives. As a practical conclusion, we establish sets of reflexive questions to help sustainability scientists deploy the knowledge management strategies discussed.
  • Harnessing sensing systems towards urban sustainability transformation
    (2021-12-15) Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Switalski, Michal; Fagerholm, Nora; Korpilo, Silviya; Juhola, Sirkku; Kyttä, Marketta; Käyhkö, Niina; McPhearson, Timon; Nollert, Markus; Rinne, Tiina; Soininen, Niko; Toivonen, Tuuli; Räsänen, Aleksi; Willberg, Elias; Raymond, Christopher
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    Recent years have seen a massive development of geospatial sensing systems informing the use of space. However, rarely do these sensing systems inform transformation towards urban sustainability. Drawing on four global urban case examples, we conceptualize how passive and active sensing systems should be harnessed to secure an inclusive, sustainable and resilient urban transformation. We derive principles for stakeholders highlighting the need for an iterative dialogue along a sensing loop, new modes of governance enabling direct feeding of sensed information, an account for data biases in the sensing processes and a commitment to high ethical standards, including open access data sharing.
  • Rethinking tourism conflict potential within and between groups using participatory mapping
    (2020-11) Lechner, Alex; Verbrugge, Laura; Chelliah, Alvin; Ang, Michelle Li Ern; Raymond, Christopher
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    Tourism on small tropical islands in the Global South is a balancing act between development to improve local livelihoods and the conservation of fragile coastal and coral ecosystems. The objective of our study is to develop a series of new spatial metrics to support sustainable development through assessing the direction and magnitude of tourism development support and conflict between groups. We surveyed 317 individuals out of an estimated total population of 3300 using public participation GIS (PPGIS) on Tioman Island, Malaysia. Here we present a first example of how nuances in conflict can be articulated spatially across different levels of attitude toward tourism development within and between different segments of the population. Our results suggest that treating a population as homogeneous risks missing place specific development conflicts between segments of the population and locations of agreement where development can be managed sustainably with the support of the community.