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There is growing recognition that Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) (parklands, swales, ponds and green roofs, etc.) can reduce flood-risk and also benefit public health and improve environmental quality (air/water quality, biodiversity, etc.). Community engagement is critical to getting BGI implementation ‘right’ and producing more sustainable solutions, yet understandings of approaches differ and remain difficult to harmonize or resolve. A review of the extant literature shows that many guidelines frame communities in the passive 'recipient' mode, and remain quiet about the power relations framing and conditioning engagement. The paper then proposes a set of generic template principles for the development of community engagement frameworks to facilitate and encourage greater community co-production of BGI, with the hope that this could then improve public preferences, accountability, efficacy and sustainability.
Glyn Everett; Olalekan Adekola; Jessica Lamond. Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template. URBAN DESIGN International 2021, 1 -17.
AMA StyleGlyn Everett, Olalekan Adekola, Jessica Lamond. Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template. URBAN DESIGN International. 2021; ():1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGlyn Everett; Olalekan Adekola; Jessica Lamond. 2021. "Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template." URBAN DESIGN International , no. : 1-17.
Provision of data and information for disaster risk reduction is increasingly important to enable resilience. However, the focus of provision in many African countries is limited to national scale risk assessment and meteorological data. The research aimed to consider the perspectives on availability and access to information of different local urban actors that require reliable and specific information to make informed decisions. The research used workshop discussions and questionnaires to collect views from stakeholders in flood risk management in Nigerian cities about their current access to information and requirements. The results confirmed that stakeholders and communities agree in recognising the importance of climate information. Findings identified issues surrounding communication between agencies, government and technical experts. The role of the media and business in filling the vacuum left by state provision of information was further highlighted, demonstrating the potential for Private Public Partnerships in supporting adaptation and response to flooding. However, significant differences in access between sub-groups were also revealed such that some marginalised groups may be excluded from information. It follows that climate services, data and information provision need to be collaboratively designed in order to be more inclusive, meet user requirements and build community capacity.
Jessica Lamond; Olalekan Adekola; Ibidun Adelekan; Bassey Eze; Fanan Ujoh. Information for Adaptation and Response to Flooding, Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives in Nigeria. Climate 2019, 7, 46 .
AMA StyleJessica Lamond, Olalekan Adekola, Ibidun Adelekan, Bassey Eze, Fanan Ujoh. Information for Adaptation and Response to Flooding, Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives in Nigeria. Climate. 2019; 7 (4):46.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica Lamond; Olalekan Adekola; Ibidun Adelekan; Bassey Eze; Fanan Ujoh. 2019. "Information for Adaptation and Response to Flooding, Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives in Nigeria." Climate 7, no. 4: 46.