
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Publication | Conference other |
Title | Commons-based governance in public space : user participation and inclusion |
Author | Parker, Peter ; Schmidt, Staffan |
Date | 2016 |
English abstract | |
Participatory forms of park governance have been seen as means of empowering users, improving adaptation to local needs and harnessing local resources. Participatory governance has however also been critiqued for benefiting only select groups. The situation is ambiguous with participation held to be both empowering in the sense of developing use-values in locally relevant ways and exclusionary in representing select interests. This research addresses the question of if and how a particular form of participatory governance, park commons, may be compatible with inclusive public space. To do so the research explores boundary work of user groups and public sector enabling in two park commons using a multiple case study approach. We find that park commons may be understood to contain a mix of different types of shared resources. The specific mix explains different expressions of user-generated boundaries and particularly the extent that these boundaries are permeable. The research also identifies several forms of public sector intervention that influence the ways boundaries are constructed. The findings indicate a potential for public managers to strategically enable commons as a means to increase civic engagement and potentially increase rather than diminish inclusiveness of parks. | |
Conference | |
Co-laborations : Sharing authorship and space in architectural and urban research (2016 : Lund, Sweden) | |
Publisher | Resarc |
Pages | 34 |
Page | 1-34 |
Language | eng (iso) |
Subject | urban commons public space inclusive space boundaries subtractabillity network effects Humanities/Social Sciences Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/2043/20741 Permalink to this page |
Link | http://resarc.se/... (external link to related web page) |
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