Sammanfattning

Although the term ‘quality’ has a universal positive connotation and typically is framed by a focus on improvements, its application includes as well as excludes the access, values and world views of particular actors and interests. In this article, we highlight the relevance and implications of such ‘inherent politics’ through a case study of a widespread approach to operationalizing quality in urban green space management. We conclude that adoption of any quality model has both limiting and enabling implications for public participation and decision-making and that a critical stance is needed within both research and practice for the development of quality models that connect to values of broader societal relevance.

Nyckelord

management, politics, public service provision, quality, urban green space

Publicerad i

Planning Practice and Research
2015, Volym: 30, nummer: 4, sidor: 376-392

SLU författare

• Konijnendijk, Cecil

  • Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Københavns Universitet

• Fors, Hanna

  • Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

Göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara


UKÄ forskningsämne

Landskapsarkitetktur


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2015.1057943

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/67947