Project title: Contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice
Project number: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1543
Contract no.: TE 43/2020
Funding body: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Budget: 431.900 RON
Period: 2020-2022
Research team:
Diana Andreea Onose– Project Coordinator
Athanasios Alexandru Gavrilidis – Post-doctoral researcher
Simona-Raluca Grădinaru– Post-doctoral researcher
Ana-Maria Popa – PhD student
Andreea-Raluca Slave – PhD student
Sumary
Sustainable urbanization and environmental justice represent key topics in international documents like the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Habitat Agenda and 7th Environmental Action Programme of the European Union. Small urban green infrastructures could have an important role in building sustainable and inclusive cities but the subject is still little approached in scientific studies because of the difficulties it poses, like the scale of analysis and the complex challenges these infrastructures face. The aim of the project is to analyze the contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice using complex spatial and statistical analysis, remote sensing and sociological and expert evaluation. The project is structured in 4 objectives starting with establishing the conceptual framework for assessing the contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice (O1), continuing with the assessment of the spatial (O2) and functional (O3) contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice and developing a methodological framework for assessing their contribution (O4). The originality of the project resides in the approach of small urban green infrastructure which can be a valuable tool for creating compact green cities and on the focus of different social categories (in terms of age or social status) in order to provide inclusive planning and design options. The deliverables of the project include 4 ISI articles (cumulated impact factor over 8), 6 presentations at international conferences, 2 presentation at national conferences, case studies spatial databases publicly available through webGIS applications. Both project leader and members of the research team have good track of publications in the field of Urban, regional and rural studies.
Aim
The main objective of the project is to assess the contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice filling the gap regarding their capacity to compensate for large green spaces which are hard to include in urban compact development. This represents a significant contribution since there is only little research both regarding the quantification of the multifunctionality of small urban green infrastructure and the equity of its access and use at urban level.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the project are:
(1) Establishing a Conceptual framework for assessing the contribution of small UGI in achieving environmental justice;
(2) Assessing the Spatial contribution of small UGI in achieving environmental justice;
(3)Assessing the Functional contribution of small UGI in achieving environmental justice;
(4) Developing a methodological framework for assessing the contribution of small UGI in achieving environmental justice.
Main results
ISI Articles
Popa, A.M., Iojă, I.C., Niță, M.R., Onose, D.A. (2022) Urban sustainability assessment of Romanian cities in Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 17 (2), p.373-385, IF 1.347
Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Șandric I.C., Dosiadis, E.A., Petropoulos, G.P., Gavrilidis A.A. Faka A. (2022), Using GEOBIA and vegetation indices to assess small urban green areas in two climatic regions, Remote Sensing 14, IF 5.349
Grădinaru S.R., Onose D.A., Oliveira E., Slave A.R., Popa A.M., Gavrilidis A.A. (2021), Equity in urban greening: Evidence from strategic planning in Romania, Landscape and Urban Planning, IF 8.119 (accepted)
Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R. (2022) Planning small for winning big: Small urban green space distribution patterns in an expanding city, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, IF 5.766 (under review)
Gavrilidis A.A., Onose D.A., Popa A.M., Zakerhaghighi K., Akbarian Z., Grădinaru S.R., Slave A.R. (2022) Small public urban green spaces provisioning of cultural ecosystem services: Perspectives from different cultural backgrounds, Ecosystem Services, IF 6.91 (under review)
Onose D.A., Iojă I.C., Artmann M., Popa A.M., Mitincu C.G., Gavrilidis A.A. (2021) Green for Grey: Interaction with green amenities in elder care facilities from Romania (prepared for resubmission)
Slave A.R., Grădinaru S.R., Onose D.A., Albert C., Esmail, B.A., Popa A.M., Hossu C.A. (2022), Trends in the role of strategic urban plans in mainstreaming quality green spaces, (in preparation)
BDI Articles
Onose D.A., Iojă, I.C., Slave A.R., Grădinaru S.R., Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M. (2021) Can church gardens represent a valuable recreation alternative in cities? In Schrenk M., Popovich V.V., Zeile P., Elisei P., Beyer, C., Ryser J., Stoglehner G., RealCorp 2021 Proceedings
Book Chapter
Dosiadis E.A., Petropoulos G.P., Popa A.M., Șandric I.C., Onose D.A., Srivastava P., Faka A. (2022, accepted) Using PlanetScop imagery and GEOBIA to map urban green spaces in Srivastava, P.K., Kumar, A., Saikia, P, Nautiyal, S. & Kumar Mal R.(eds), Earth Observation in Urban Monitoring: Techniques and Challenges, Elsevier
Policy Brief
Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R., Popa A.M., Slave A.R. (2022), Echitate în planificarea spațiilor verzi urbane în Rapoartele CCMESI (2)
Conferences
2022
Onose, D.A. (2022), GIS for participatory planning of urban nature in Bucharest, Workshop Making Urban Nature Count, 8-10 Septembrie 2022, București, România
Onose, D.A., Gradinaru, S.R., Ioja, I.C., Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M. (2022), Equitable use of urban green infrastructure. Insights for the co-design of urban parks, IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress: Making the future, learning from the past, 11-15 Iulie 2022, Varșovia, Polonia (online)
Popa, A.M., Onose, D.A., Slave, A.R., Grădinaru, S.R., Gavrilidis, A.A. (2022), Planning and designing small urban green areas using PPGIS, 5th International Conference on “Changing Cities”, 20-25 Iunie 2022, Corfu Island, Grecia
Grădinaru, S.R., Onose, D.A., Slave, A.R., Popa, A.M., Gavrilidis, A.A. (2022), Equitable planning of urban green infrastructure: the role of strategic planning in Romanian cities, Dresden Nexus Conference, 23-25 Mai 2022, Dresden, Germania (online)
Dosiadis, E., Triantakonstantis, D., Popa, A.M., Detsikas, S.E., Șandric, I.C., Petropoulos, G.P., Onose D.A., Chalkias, C. (2022), A GEOBIA-based approach for mapping Urban Green Spaces using PlanetScope imagery: the case of Athens, EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May 2022, Viena, Austria
2021
Gavrilidis A.A., Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R., Popa A.M., Slave A.R (2021) Experimental assessment of urban green features influences over urban microclimate, The 2nd International Conference: Geographical Sciences and Future of Earth, November 12, Bucharest, Romania
Onose D.A., Popa A.M., Grădinaru S.R., Gavrilidis A.A. (2021) Potential of small urban green spaces of providing nature experience for children, IOER Annual Conference 2021: Space Transformation, September 21-24, Dresden, Germany
Onose D.A., Iojă, I.C., Slave A.R., Grădinaru S.R., Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M. (2021) Can church gardens represent a valuable recreation alternative in cities?, 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society – RealCorp 2021, September 7-10, Vienna, Austria
Gavrilidis A.A., Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R., Popa A.M., Slave A.R. (2021) Identifying key determinants for the dispersal patterns of small urban green spaces, 34th International Geographical Congress. Geography: Bridging the Continents, August 16-20, Istambul, Turkey
Onose D.A., Gavrilidis A.A., Grădinaru S.R., Vânău G.O., Popa A.M., Slave A.R. (2021) Methodological frameworks for assessing the equity in planning urban parks, The 3rd World Conference of the Society for Urban Ecology, July 7-9, Poznan, Poland
Popa A.M., Gradinaru S.R., Onose D.A., Gavrilidis A.A., Slave A.R. (2021) Green Equity in international planning documents, International Syposium Present Environment and Sustainable Development (PESD), June 18-19, Iași
Onose D.A, Ioja I.C., Popa A.M. (2021) Assessing the ecosystem services and disservices provided by green spaces in care facilities for elderly people, Ecosystem Services Science, Policy and Practice in the face of Global Changes (ESP Europea), June 7-10, Tartu, Estonia
2020
Gavrilidis A.A., Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R., Popa A.M., Slave A.R. (2020), Management challenges of small urban green spaces – a 10 year literature review, International Symposium Present Environment and Sustainable Development, November 21, Iași, Romania
Onose D.A., Iojă I.C., Slave A.R., Grădinaru S.R., Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M., (2020) Assessing the use of collective residential gardens in cities, The 2nd International Conference on Re-shaping Territories, Environment and Societies: New Challenges for Geography, November 20, Bucharest, Romania
Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Gavrilidis A.A., Grădinaru S.R., Slave R.A. (2020) Potential contribution of small green infrastructure in improving quality of life at urban level, International Geographical Conference Dimitrie Cantemir, 40th Edition, October 24, Iasi, Romania
Web GIS Applications
Application for collecting data regarding the problems of small green spaces
Application for data visualization
Reports
Final Scientific Report 2020 – 2022 Română
Scientific Report 2022 Română