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Developing green infrastructure ‘thinking’: devising and applying an interactive group-based methodology for practitioners
Date Issued
2015-06-24
Date Available
2019-05-01T09:39:37Z
Abstract
Recent years have witnessed a wave of interest in the concept of green infrastructure (GI) as a means of applying an ecosystem approach to spatial planning practice; however, more limited attention has been paid to decision-making processes or tools to enhance GI within spatial plans and guidance. We address this deficit by reporting on the development and application of an interactive group-based methodology to enhance GI ‘thinking’ and interdisciplinary collaboration, drawing on the literature on the sociology of interactions. Our findings suggest that a game-based approach to GI problem-solving was successful in breaking down professional barriers by creating an informal learning arena, providing an enabling opportunity for participants to solve problems in an iterative, non-linear style to develop principles for action with transferability to ongoing plan formation. This style of problem-solving was characterised by shifting norms and routines of interaction, leading to problem re-framing and a search for alternative solutions.
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Irish Environmental Protection Agency’s STRIVE Research Programme
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Volume
59
Issue
5
Start Page
843
End Page
865
Copyright (Published Version)
© 2015 University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0964-0568
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