Edinburgh Knowledge Environment Partnership 21 June Place-making and place-keeping of open spaces MP4 Harry Smith Heriot-Watt University

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1 Edinburgh Knowledge Environment Partnership 21 June 2012 Place-making and place-keeping of open spaces MP4 Harry Smith Heriot-Watt University

2 HafenCity, Hamburg Firth Park, Sheffield Temalekplats playground, Malmö MP4 Project Aims ( ) Funded by EU Interreg IVB North Sea Region Demonstrate how positive socio-economic impacts of open space improvements can be maintained in long term Provide solutions for maintenance & management needs Mainstream best practice in place-keeping across North Sea Region Embed place-keeping innovations into policy Develop shared agenda for long-term open space improvement

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4 Place-making Creation of high-quality places that people want to visit, experience and enjoy Implies a people-centred approach Health and wellbeing Sense of belonging and attachment Welcoming and inclusive places HafenCity, Hamburg; River Don, Sheffield; Hailes Quarry Park, Edinburgh.

5 Place-keeping What happens after high quality places have been created Retaining, maintaining and enhancing the qualities and benefits through LTM Long-term management of places to ensure that the social, environmental and economic quality and benefits can be enjoyed by future generations E.g. trees in park growing to maturity (increased biodiversity/ aesthetic value/ interest) Woesten, West Flanders; Leuven, Flemish Brabant; Manor & Castle, Sheffield.

6 Place-making and place-keeping a. A process leading to a product? b. A process influenced by the type of product required? c. A two-way relationship between process and product where place-keeping is considered at the beginning?

7 MP4 Activites 1. Assessment of current practice Case studies Literature review 2. Demonstration pilot projects Assess partnership and agreements Evaluate process and product Identify ways to improve, share good practice 3. Information sharing, influencing Outputs knowledge transfer Changing practice and policy Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland; Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany; Aarhus, Denmark.

8 Policy Gothenburg Strategic Park Programme 5 strategies for the landscape of Göteborg: 1. Identify and enhance the characteristics 2. Make sure that green areas are accessible and within reach 3. Make sure every place is taken care of (=place keeping) 4. Make places and spaces available for the residents to use 5. Create diversified environments

9 Governance & engagement Shared space in Barger-Compascuum, NL Town Council Residents (Comm. Group) Project team Project group Reflection group (centre group) Communicatio n Design Implementation

10 Partnerships Ripples in the Pond, Firth Park, Sheffield Joint partnership project between Friends of Firth Park and Parks & Countryside Service Friends Group highly involved in consultation, securing funding, design development, tendering Ownership/Empowerment Identity local identity & site history fed into design Design innovative and adventurous, bespoke to the site Sustainability ongoing maintenance and community use

11 Funding/ finance From BIDs to NIDs, Hamburg Business Improvement Districts Joint financing of public realm improvements via obligatory levy Additional to public provision Landowners in Germany; businesses in UK Neighbourhood (Housing) Improvement Districts Legislated for in Hamburg in 2007 Pilot project in Steilshoop

12 Evaluation Sociotope mapping, Gothenburg Lövgärdet and Eriksbo: two deprived 1960s/70s housing estates with underused adjacent nature areas Identified high priority areas through sociotope map and park plan

13 Challenges Policy: How can we improve the current policy framework for placekeeping? Governance: What can and should the role of government, business and communities be in the place-keeping of open space? Partnerships: How can long-lasting partnerships be formed that ensure access to resources and deliver place-keeping that meets the needs of different stakeholders? Funding/finance: How can the economic benefits of open spaces be harnessed to secure funding of place-keeping? Evaluation: How can barriers be overcome to ensure more widespread evaluation of open space that contributes to it its long-term management? Design: How can open space be designed to facilitate long-term management?

14 Temalekplats playground, Malmö