Long-Term Urban Park Ecological Restoration: A Case Study of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. DiCicco
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Prospect Park

Participatory Mapping Approaches to Coordinate the Emergency Response of Spontaneous Volunteers After Hurricane Sandy

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Wridt ◽  
John E. Seley ◽  
Scott Fisher ◽  
Bryce DuBois
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Participatory Mapping ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
New Evidence

This article demonstrates the potential of participatory mapping approaches to coordinate spontaneous volunteers and assist government agencies and humanitarian organizations in emergency contexts. The research focuses on one case study of a volunteer mapping project in the Rockaways in New York City to help communicate the needs reported by community members to outsiders after Hurricane Sandy. The map proved to be helpful in the coordination of relief efforts by volunteers and in understanding the variety of groups involved in emergency response. However, the map could not be sustained for long-term community recovery. The research offers new evidence of the potential contributions of spontaneous volunteers that can be leveraged, replicated and improved upon for future disaster planning and response. It also highlights the importance of volunteered geographic information in ensuring that emergency response is guided by the needs reported by citizens themselves, even if they do not have access to technology.

From the Ground Up: Why Urban Ecological Restoration Needs Environmental Justice

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette Palamar
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Community Gardening ◽  
Restoration Practices ◽  
Urban Restoration

While increasing urbanization intensifies the need for ecological restoration in densely populated areas, projects implemented in urban settings are often beset with conflicts stemming from a mismatch between traditional restoration practices and social realities. As ecological restoration practitioners seek to protect and remediate urban ecosystems, I contend that the broad set of principles developed by the environmental justice movement can provide an excellent conceptual framework for integrating social ecologies into restoration plans. Successful integration is constrained, however, by a number of challenges both within the Principles of Environmental Justice and ecological restoration theory and practice. Using a case study of New York City's Green Guerillas community gardening program, I show how the principles can begin to be operationalized to provide an effective grounding methodology for the design, development, and implementation of urban restoration projects.

Revisiting the End of Public Space: Assembling the Public in an Urban Park

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Madden
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development

A case study of the renovation of New York City's Bryant Park, this article revisits the end of public space thesis. the renovated park signifies not the end of public space but the new ends to which public space is oriented. in Bryant Park, a new logic of urban publicity was assembled and built into the landscape. the social and technical means by which this transformation was achieved are analyzed. New public spaces of this sort promulgate a conception of the public that is decoupled from discourses of democratization, citizenship, and self–development and connected ever more firmly to consumption, commerce, and social surveillance. If such places do not herald the end of public space, they do represent “publicity without democracy.”

Challenges to born-digital institutional archiving: the case of a New York art museum

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-250
Author(s):  
Anthony Cocciolo
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
File Storage ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Digital Record

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the challenges to born-digital institutional archiving using a New York Archive Museum (NYAM) as a case. Design/methodology/approach – The digital record-keeping practices at NYAM were studied using three data sources: focus groups with staff, totaling 81 individuals, or approximately one-third of all staff; analysis of network file storage; and analysis of digital records in archival storage, or specifically removable media in acid-free archive boxes. Findings – This case study indicates that the greatest challenges to born-digital institutional archiving are not necessarily technological but social and cultural. Or rather, the challenge is getting individuals to transfer material to a digital archive so that it can undergo the technological transformations needed to ensure its long-term availability. However, transfer is impeded by a variety of factors which can be addressed through education, infrastructure development and proactive appraisal for permanent retention. Practical implications – This paper highlights the challenges to born-digital institutional archiving, yet notes that these challenges can be overcome by following a multi-pronged approach. Originality/Value – This paper outlines the challenges to born-digital institutional archiving, which is not often discussed in the literature outside of the context of higher education.

Participatory Mapping Approaches to Coordinate the Emergency Response of Spontaneous Volunteers after Hurricane Sandy

2016 ◽  
pp. 1361-1378
Author(s):  
Pamela Wridt ◽  
John E. Seley ◽  
Scott Fisher ◽  
Bryce DuBois
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Participatory Mapping ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
New Evidence

This article demonstrates the potential of participatory mapping approaches to coordinate spontaneous volunteers and assist government agencies and humanitarian organizations in emergency contexts. The research focuses on one case study of a volunteer mapping project in the Rockaways in New York City to help communicate the needs reported by community members to outsiders after Hurricane Sandy. The map proved to be helpful in the coordination of relief efforts by volunteers and in understanding the variety of groups involved in emergency response. However, the map could not be sustained for long-term community recovery. The research offers new evidence of the potential contributions of spontaneous volunteers that can be leveraged, replicated and improved upon for future disaster planning and response. It also highlights the importance of volunteered geographic information in ensuring that emergency response is guided by the needs reported by citizens themselves, even if they do not have access to technology.

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