Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on case studies in three major European cities, we propose and then exemplify six possible pathways to increase environmental justice: greening the neighborhood, diversifying values and practices, empowering people, bridging across communities, linking to institutions, and scaling of inclusive discourses and practices. Despite the diversity of environmental justice outcomes across cases, our results consistently show that Mosaic Governance particularly contributes to recognition justice through diversifying NBS practices in alignment with community values and aspirations. The results demonstrate the importance of a wider framing of justice in the development of NBS, sensitive to social, cultural, economic and political inequities as well understanding potential pathways to enhance not only environmental justice, but also social justice at large. Especially in marginalised communities, Mosaic Governance holds much potential to advance social justice by enabling empowering, bridging, and linking pathways across diverse communities and NBS practices.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 104799 |
| Tidsskrift | Cities |
| Vol/bind | 147 |
| Antal sider | 12 |
| ISSN | 0264-2751 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
By its very nature, Mosaic Governance is a linking activity. Indeed, for many initiatives, developing linkages with institutions that have access to financial, human, and political resources is crucial to fund activities, negotiate use-rights for publicly owned land or obtain permits and other formal rights. Linking can be supported by providing resources for local initiatives, developing and funding knowledge platforms, and initiating projects to link local groups with external partners and experts. In Ronna, newly arrived immigrants were linked up to local farmers who agreed to provide occasional support. For Partnership, in Urbanplanen, linking is an explicit aim in their collaborations with local initiatives, related to their ambitions for economic empowerment. They actively link residents to municipal or social housing resources, often with a green profile. In addition, they support active citizens in their search for funding from private foundations. Much of this interaction occurs at the local level, although youth involved with FRAK are also frequently involved in high-profile events at the city level. In Overvecht, likewise, some initiatives have developed strong links with institutional actors, such as environmental NGOs, the Salvation Army, local businesses and welfare associations.
Funding Information:
VIVA-PLAN (grant number 2018-00175 ) was funded by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS).
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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