Meredith Whitten
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1825664 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Meredith Whitten |
| PRENOMES | Meredith |
| SOBRENOME | Whitten |
| ASSINATURA | WHITTEN M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Department of Geography and Environment London School of Economics and Political Science London UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2738-0838 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
David Nichols and Robert Freestone, Community Green
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks
Parks are important urban infrastructures that contribute a broad range of health, environmental, social, and economic benefits. Despite this, UK parks' status as non-statutory services makes them particularly vulnerable to local authority budget cuts. This paper focuses on parks in English cities as these were particularly affected by severe cuts to local government budgets 2010-2019. This period of austerity affected parks provision in various …
Green infrastructure as panacea , deus ex machina , or both
The concept of ‘green infrastructure’ gained prominence within urban planning as decision-makers attempted to create more sustainable and multi-functional places. However, as the concept gained traction its advocates engaged in a process of terminological exploration which led to divergencies in praxis. The result has been an ongoing debate regarding what green infrastructure ‘is’ and whether alternative terms are better placed to address contemp…
Planning past parks
Green-space planning has become a prominent feature in metropolitan sustainability policies, reflecting growing awareness of the multifunctional benefits of extensive typologies of urban green spaces. Yet this article will argue that the existing approach to green-space planning is rooted in traditional ways of thinking about green space’s form and function that originated nearly two centuries ago. Calling on empirical research conducted in Londo…
Access to Nature in a Post Covid-19 World
Covid-19 changed the way many people viewed and interacted with the natural environment. In the UK, a series of national lockdowns limited the number of places that individuals could use to support their mental and physical health. Parks, gardens, canals and other "green infrastructure" (GI) resources remained open and were repositioned as "essential infrastructure" supporting well-being. However, the quality, functionality and location of GI in …
De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks
Parks are important urban infrastructures that contribute a broad range of health, environmental, social, and economic benefits. Despite this, UK parks' status as non-statutory services makes them particularly vulnerable to local authority budget cuts. This paper focuses on parks in English cities as these were particularly affected by severe cuts to local government budgets 2010-2019. This period of austerity affected parks provision in various …
Access to Nature in a Post Covid-19 World
Covid-19 changed the way many people viewed and interacted with the natural environment. In the UK, a series of national lockdowns limited the number of places that individuals could use to support their mental and physical health. Parks, gardens, canals and other "green infrastructure" (GI) resources remained open and were repositioned as "essential infrastructure" supporting well-being. However, the quality, functionality and location of GI in …
Planning past parks
Green-space planning has become a prominent feature in metropolitan sustainability policies, reflecting growing awareness of the multifunctional benefits of extensive typologies of urban green spaces. Yet this article will argue that the existing approach to green-space planning is rooted in traditional ways of thinking about green space’s form and function that originated nearly two centuries ago. Calling on empirical research conducted in Londo…
Green infrastructure as panacea , deus ex machina , or both
The concept of ‘green infrastructure’ gained prominence within urban planning as decision-makers attempted to create more sustainable and multi-functional places. However, as the concept gained traction its advocates engaged in a process of terminological exploration which led to divergencies in praxis. The result has been an ongoing debate regarding what green infrastructure ‘is’ and whether alternative terms are better placed to address contemp…
David Nichols and Robert Freestone, Community Green
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks
Parks are important urban infrastructures that contribute a broad range of health, environmental, social, and economic benefits. Despite this, UK parks' status as non-statutory services makes them particularly vulnerable to local authority budget cuts. This paper focuses on parks in English cities as these were particularly affected by severe cuts to local government budgets 2010-2019. This period of austerity affected parks provision in various …
Political science (4 obras) · Urban Green Space and Health (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 obras) · Austerity (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · Environmental planning (2 obras) · Geography (2 obras) · Green infrastructure (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras)