Résumé
A green revolution is sweeping through the streets of Polish cities, linked to the rapid awakening of citizens’ environmental awareness and to city managers’ solutions forced by global trends often linked to climate change mitigation. The blue-green infrastructure needed to ensure the quality of life of city dwellers is an important topic in practice, science and policy.
The presentation is divided into groups of issues:
• Citizen/community initiatives: presentation of selected grassroots initiatives of local urban citizens focusing on the protection of green areas or, for example, initiatives for mapping trees in the city, replacing impervious surfaces with green ones, creating community gardens, urban farms or the use of participatory budgets. The impact of COVID-19 on residents’ growing awareness of the role of green spaces in supporting a good quality of life will also be referred to. Furthermore, the use of social media in the creation and management of citizens’ initiatives will be discussed, as well as the role of journalists and the change in the attitude of decision-makers in public policies towards public participation, e.g.the change in awareness of all parties in investment processes.
• Academic-educational: initiatives of universities where new courses are opening up for students in the first and second degree and postgraduate studies in UF. Webinars, educational projects, etc. run by associations or foundations promoting the role of UF in cities will be discussed.
• Administrative: the fluctuation of the law on the protection of trees and shrubs in 2016–2017, which has resulted in losses to urban trees that are difficult to estimate (felling without a permit was allowed periodically). The role of the State Forests PGL LP, which has issued a special ordinance on the role of forests in urban and peri-urban areas (allowing a change from economic to pro-social functions), will be highlighted. Establishing Urban Greenery Boards – dedicated entities for greenery management in many cities – will be discussed.
• Technological: implementation projects and technological solutions implemented in Polish cities for UF using state-of-the-art IT solutions and Geoinformatics systems (e.g. GIS, aerial and satellite remote sensing, LiDAR, IoT sensors, etc.).
The presentation is divided into groups of issues:
• Citizen/community initiatives: presentation of selected grassroots initiatives of local urban citizens focusing on the protection of green areas or, for example, initiatives for mapping trees in the city, replacing impervious surfaces with green ones, creating community gardens, urban farms or the use of participatory budgets. The impact of COVID-19 on residents’ growing awareness of the role of green spaces in supporting a good quality of life will also be referred to. Furthermore, the use of social media in the creation and management of citizens’ initiatives will be discussed, as well as the role of journalists and the change in the attitude of decision-makers in public policies towards public participation, e.g.the change in awareness of all parties in investment processes.
• Academic-educational: initiatives of universities where new courses are opening up for students in the first and second degree and postgraduate studies in UF. Webinars, educational projects, etc. run by associations or foundations promoting the role of UF in cities will be discussed.
• Administrative: the fluctuation of the law on the protection of trees and shrubs in 2016–2017, which has resulted in losses to urban trees that are difficult to estimate (felling without a permit was allowed periodically). The role of the State Forests PGL LP, which has issued a special ordinance on the role of forests in urban and peri-urban areas (allowing a change from economic to pro-social functions), will be highlighted. Establishing Urban Greenery Boards – dedicated entities for greenery management in many cities – will be discussed.
• Technological: implementation projects and technological solutions implemented in Polish cities for UF using state-of-the-art IT solutions and Geoinformatics systems (e.g. GIS, aerial and satellite remote sensing, LiDAR, IoT sensors, etc.).
| langue originale | Anglais |
|---|---|
| titre | 25th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF2023) |
| Sous-titre | Urban Forests as nature-based solutions. Book of abstracts. Krakow, 24-26 May 2023 |
| rédacteurs en chef | Rik De Vreese, Agata Czaplarska |
| Editeur | European Forest Institute |
| Pages | 27 |
| ISBN (Electronique) | 978-83-62168-31-6 |
| ISBN (imprimé) | 978-83-62168-30-9 |
| état | Publié - 23 mai 2023 |