scholarly journals Green spaces as an indicator of urban sustainability in the Arctic cities: Case of Nadym

Polar Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 100672
Author(s):  
V. Kuklina ◽  
O. Sizov ◽  
R. Fedorov
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The Arctic

scholarly journals Measuring Progress toward Urban Sustainability: Do Global Measures Work for Arctic Cities?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Berman ◽  
Robert W. Orttung
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Underlying Basis ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

The International Organization for Standardization recently responded to a growing global interest in cities by developing an index for measuring urban sustainability (ISO 37120). We address how well this standard applies to Arctic cities, and potential modifications that might improve its performance. After briefly discussing the goals of sustainability indicators, we examine the extent to which Arctic cities’ remote location, cold and changing climate, and thin, largely resource-based economies may create different sustainability challenges. We then critically examine the content of ISO 37120 and the context in which it was created. We place the index within a broader discussion of urban sustainability indicators and examine the extent to which it really addresses sustainability. We then analyze how well the ISO 37120 accounts for the characteristic features of Arctic cities that produce unique sustainability challenges. Our findings show that only half of ISO 37120′s 128 indicators actually measure future-oriented concerns. We suggest that, while the ISO 37120 may be a useful starting point in quantifying Arctic urban sustainability, the index should only be used as a foundation for a more in-depth analysis. To better represent Arctic cities, the ISO 37120 would need to include indicators that situate cities within their regional contexts, addressing both remoteness and the underlying basis of the Arctic city economy. The index should also measure the role of Indigenous populations, and chart the extent to which cities are working to increase levels of sustainability.

Urban sustainability in the Arctic: measuring progress in circumpolar cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 902-904
Author(s):  
Andrey Babenko ◽  
Tatyana Kolesnikova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
The Arctic

scholarly journals Green spaces – a key resources for urban sustainability. The GreenKeys approach for developing green spaces

Urbani izziv ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Smaniotto Costa ◽  
Juliane Mathey ◽  
Ina Šuklje Erjavec
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Key Resources

Varieties of green: On aesthetic contestations over urban sustainability pathways in a Copenhagen community garden

2020 ◽  
pp. 251484862090280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Laage-Thomsen ◽  
Anders Blok
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Community Garden ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
The City

Alongside kindred civic-driven and place-based urban greening initiatives, studies document an upsurge over the last decade in urban gardening and alternative food initiatives across a range of Euro-American settings. Meanwhile, historical and cultural inquiries into urban design, planning and politics suggest that the place and role of ‘nature’ in the city is now undergoing significant shifts. In this article, we deploy a case study of a civic-driven permaculture garden in Copenhagen in order to suggest a novel analytical grid of the imaginative and material domain of public aesthetic norms shaping current-day tensions over interventions in and valuations of the fabric of multiform green-spaces in the city. Reading across existing literatures, we model this domain along two structuring axes – of ‘orderliness’ versus ‘wildness’ and ‘pastoral nature’ versus city-nature ‘imbrication’ – and illustrate the usefulness of the resulting grid for making sense of internal debates and external criticisms in the Copenhagen permaculture gardening case. By assisting us in explaining how and why this garden struggled to carve out a legitimate space in a city otherwise committed to urban nature, we argue that attention to variable urban-green aesthetic commitments helps recast questions of urban sustainability politics in important ways.

scholarly journals Perspective Trends in the Design of Multifunctional Residential Units (MRUs) in the Russian Arctic: A discussion of potentials and challenges to their implementation

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 01036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya Dunichkin ◽  
Clarice Bleil de Souza ◽  
Konstantin Bogachev ◽  
Anna Korobeynikova ◽  
Natalia Shchekaturova
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Transport Networks ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
Design Construction

Intensive development is carried out in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) with complex modernization of transport networks and infrastructure of various types through the design, construction of Multifunctional Residential Unit (MRU) and the reconstruction of existing terminals and stations. The problem of developing new and reconstructing existing infrastructure in the Arctic has not only socio-economic, technological and planning components but fundamentally any development needs to account for extreme climatic conditions which affect urban conception and operation. This paper focuses on discussing important features of MRU developments. It shows examples of two case studies of MRU settlements considering the challenges involved in their design, further expanding the discussion in relation to the inclusion of green spaces in these settlements as well as in relation to safety and protection of pedestrians, moving between different buildings in ‘enclosed’ roads.

scholarly journals Identifying urban food trees in campus green spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 918 (1) ◽  
pp. 012022
Author(s):  
A B Rangkuti ◽  
A Susilowati ◽  
M M Harahap ◽  
A H Iswanto
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Food System ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Ecological Services ◽  
The University

Abstract The environmental impact of food is one of the drivers of cities’ growing interest in the developed food system in urban areas, one of which is campus green space. Green spaces (GS) on campus accompany native trees, landscaping, and water features for nurturing wildlife and people in the surrounding campus. In addition, GS can provide food sources such as fruit, alternative food, seeds, and nuts. This study aims to identify food trees in 120 hectares of the University Sumatera Utara campus area through field inventory methods. Our research showed that 49 species belong to 18 families and 1536 individuals USU campus produce beneficial food for people surrounding campus, either fruit, nuts, and alternative food. Thus, we conclude that the university’s green space can support the urban area’s vision as food providers and ecological services for achieving urban sustainability. Furthermore, gathering and gleaning from green space provides opportunities for inhabitants to maintain urban resources and deeply interact with nature.

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