Urban Open Space Governance and Management

Märit Jansson is a landscape architect and associate professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden. She specialises in landscape management and planning for people and their well-being, especially concerning children’s perspectives and uses of outdoor environments and aspects of inclusion and participation.Thomas B. Randrup is a professor in UOS management and head of the Governance and Management Theme Group at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, SLU, Sweden. He focuses on the concepts of strategic management and nature-based solutions. He was co-founding editor in chief of the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of BoxesForeword by EditorsList of AcronymsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsPART I Framing Urban Open Space Governance and Management Introduction: Urban open space governance and management - the long-term perspectiveThomas B. Randrup & Märit Jansson Defining urban open space governance and managementMärit Jansson, Nina Vogel, Hanna Fors, Nicola Dempsey, Arjen Buijs & Thomas B. Randrup Urban open spaces and the urban matrix: elements, form and functionsDagmar Haase, Stefan Pauleit & Thomas B. Randrup Organisational development of urban open space managementBengt Persson, Peter Neal, Anna Steidle & Thomas B. RandrupPART II Understanding Relations and Values User-oriented urban open space governance and managementMärit Jansson, Hanna Fors, Elin Pritzel Sundevall, Anna Bengtsson, Inger Lerstrup, Patrick Hurley, Mattias Qviström & Thomas B. Randrup Ethical dimensions in urban open space governance and managementNina Vogel, Finn Arler, Natalie Gulsrud & Märit Jansson Participation in urban open space governance and managementHanna Fors, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Helena Mellqvist & Märit Jansson Urban open space valuation for policy-making and managementDavid N. Barton, Natalie Gulsrud, Nadja Kabisch & Thomas B. RandrupPART III Practising Urban Open Space Governance and Management Managing the maintenance of urban open spacesThomas B. Randrup, Andrej Christian Lindholst & Nicola Dempsey Digital systems and tools to support urban open space governance and managementJessica Svännel, Åsa Ode Sang, Neil Sang, Johanna Deak Sjöman & Märit Jansson Strategic management of urban open spacesThomas B. Randrup & Märit Jansson Urban open space governance and management today and in the futureThomas B. Randrup, Elizabeth Shelley & Märit Jansson Index