Governance for Urban Sustainability Transitions Bringing the Ecosystem Services Framework to urban planning practice

Governance for Urban Sustainability Transitions Bringing the Ecosystem Services Framework to urban planning practice Dr. Niki Frantzeskaki Associate Professor on Sustainability Transitions Governance DRIFT - Dutch Research Institute For Transitions, Faculty of Social Sciences Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands frantzeskaki@drift.eur.nl Presentation at URBES Final Conference Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Brussels, 14 January 2015

Urban Governance Ecosystem Services Framework 1. ES as supporting & add-on tool for urban planning ES as a supporting concept for plan and policy making explaining the importance of ecosystem protection ES as an structuring strategic tool to supplement existing planning frameworks 2. ES as diagnostic lens for urban governance & dynamics ES shows where co-benefits in policy programs can be searched ES to diagnose disintegration and policy blind-spots Knowledge co-production to elucidate governance dynamics 3. ES as a meta-translation tool of citizens perceptions ES to guide work on translating perceptions to profiles Nature perception profiles to complement criteria for maintaining and planning of urban green spaces in cities

How to mainstream ES in urban planning? - Frame for advocacy purposes: importance of biodiversity conservation - Add-on framework: complement rather than replace current planning tools ES fitness with existing planning paradigm? Frame for advocacy purposes (boundary integration) ES as supporting tool for urban planning

2. ES as diagnostic lens for urban governance & dynamics ES shows where co-benefits in policy programs can be searched ES to diagnose disintegration and policy blind-spots Knowledge co-production to elucidate governance dynamics current strategy of densification (may) limit opportunities for greening in the inner city; space for experimenting may be freed up in the periphery of the city need for planning guidelines about designation areas for greening need for new ways to engage with citizens and ensure participation in planning no strategy on how to scale-up greening pilots in other locations

Greening of the river banks Boompjeskade pilot location

Water retention (water strategy living with water ) Greenification (urban sustainability agenda goal)

2. ES as diagnostic lens for urban governance & dynamics ES shows where co-benefits in policy programs can be searched ES to diagnose disintegration and policy blind-spots Knowledge co-production to elucidate governance dynamics Increasing demand for housing space and the profit-interest of investors resulting from increasing population numbers Financial limitations within public authority Need to ensure participation with population groups

3. ES as a meta-translation tool of citizens perceptions Profiles of park users based on their nature-perception, rather than demographic data, visiting frequency, or proximity, can inform urban planning projects on priorities for conservation, restoration & development of urban green areas. love of nature recreation & connection social setting & relaxation

Policy-science: elucidates complexity and new meanings of tensions Policy-science-community: motives, urgency for action and blindspots of policy Why to co-produce knowledge? policy adaptive cycles have their own dynamics & windows for change not always in tune with science and community dynamics New ways to co-produce knowledge --- videos policy-science briefs

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Thank you! @NFrantzeskaki

Lets keep transitioning! Contact me for questions, feedback and for collaborating for urban sustainability transitions: frantzeskaki@drift.eur.nl Interested in finding out more? Buchel, S., and Frantzeskaki, N., (2015), Citizens voice, ecosystem s choice?, Ecosystem Services, Article in Press. Frantzeskaki, N., and Tilie, N., (2014), The dynamics of urban ecosystem governance in Rotterdam, The Nehterlands, AMBIO, 43:542 555 (DOI 10.1007/s13280-014-0512-0) Frantzeskaki, N., Wittmayer, J., and Loorbach, D., (2014), The role of partnerships in 'realizing' urban sustainability in Rotterdam's City Ports Area, the Netherlands, Journal of Cleaner Production, 65, 406-417. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.023) Nevens, F., Frantzeskaki, N., Loorbach, D., Gorissen, L., (2013), Urban Transition Labs: co-creating transformative action for sustainable cities, Journal of Cleaner Production, 50, 111-122. Haase, D., McPhearson, T., Frantzeskaki, N., and Kaczowroska, A., (2014), Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes: Practical Applications and Governance Implications the URBES approach, UGEC Viewpoint, No.10, March 2014, www.ugec.org

Interested in greening initiatives in cities and what they mean for urban environmental governance: theurbesproject.org Our OPEN ACCESS special issue in AMBIO: http://link.springer.com/journal/13280/43/4?wt_mc=alerts.to Cjournals Interested in transition initiatives in cities? Check our research project: www.acceleratingtransitions.eu Interested in transition management? Check out our MUSIC project and the transition mangement manual: http://www.drift.eur.nl/?p=2796 16

Rotterdam:Policy-Science Knowledge Co-Production In-person Interviews (2011-2012) (n=37), Transition Arenas (2013) (n=4)(p=20), Focus Groups (2013-2014) (n=3) (p=15), Validation interviews (2014) (n=5) Sustainability officers Urban Agriculture Initiatives Planning researchers Urban Planning officers Ecology officers Urban innovation NGOs Architecture consultants Environmental science and policy researchers Planners (implementation) Policy advisors Policy makers 37/ 15 People who make green infrastructure in the city (do-ers) 5 5 / 10 Ideas pollinators Science-policy brokers