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Aude is PhD student at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL. Her research project Gardens of Things aims to address the environmental and educational challenges facing urban dwellers through the integration of IoT devices into urban green spaces to sense flora and fauna, support local food production and the better management of urban gardens, and encourage digital literacy amongst citizens through platforms to interact with their natural surroundings. After graduating from ETH Zurich, Aude consolidated her passion for the natural world, human health, cities science, and electronics engineering.
The COVID-19 pandemic severely upended cultural and creative production, consumption, and interactions in cities. Open green spaces, parks, forests, and gardens—green infrastructure—were instead utilized by citizens as a substitute for stimulating social interactions, sustainable tourism, and green growth. (1) The purpose of this research is to understand whether the availability of green infrastructure relates to the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor (CCCM) benchmarking project developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission performance. Does new evidence suggest revising the CCCM conceptual framework and related urban policies, especially in relation to the EU Green Deal? (2) Data from OpenStreetMap was used to count the amount of green infrastructure in 184 European Cities covered by the CCM and was then correlated with the sub-indices of the CCCM. (3) We found a moderately positive correlation of green infrastructure with the cultural vibrancy of a city and a weak positive correlation with the enabling environment of a city. (4) In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU Green Deal and several other policy initiatives aimed at urban greening, we recommend that the CCCM include an Urban Nature sub-index as one of the performance indicators of the CCCM. An Urban Nature sub-index will broaden the goal of the CCCM by providing policymakers with a better understanding of actions and strategies to allow culture to contribute to social inclusion and green growth strategies in cities.
Vishal Kumar; Aude Vuilliomenet. Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities? Sustainability 2021, 13, 8052 .
AMA StyleVishal Kumar, Aude Vuilliomenet. Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities? Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):8052.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVishal Kumar; Aude Vuilliomenet. 2021. "Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities?" Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8052.