Green Fingers for Climate-Resilient Cities – Connecting Processes of Landscape Planning and Designing with Co-Creation

Authors

Henrik Schultz, Osnabrueck University of Applied SciencesFollow
Hubertus von Dressler, Osnabrück University of Applied SciencesFollow
Lea Nikolaus, Osnabrück University of Applied SciencesFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/yc1s-3046

Publication Date

August 2022

Abstract

Taking the transdisciplinary research study “Green fingers for a climate resilient city”, funded by the German Ministry of education and research (BMBF), as an example, this paper follows the hypothesis that processes of landscape planning and designing multifunctional green spaces and processes of co-creation need to be combined to stimulate climate resilient city transformation. The findings are that efforts to combine these processes benefit from making complex climate-resilient city planning accessible for people of different professional backgrounds. The paper showcases how storytelling (Schmidt 2019), mapping (Langner 2009) and guided walks (Schultz 2019) are means to mutually engage with, perceive and understand multifunctional green spaces, inspire ownership, and build capacity for the city’s climate-resilient transformation.

Recommended Citation

Schultz, Henrik; von Dressler, Hubertus; and Nikolaus, Lea (2022) "Green Fingers for Climate-Resilient Cities – Connecting Processes of Landscape Planning and Designing with Co-Creation," Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/yc1s-3046
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol7/iss1/21