Bioeconomy as a new promissory discourse neither challenges the paradigm of economic
growth, nor questions its embeddedness in capitalist (neo-) colonial patriarchal power …

Ongoing urban densification in Nordic regions raises sustainability trade-offs related to
compactness, land use and urban green space. In Norway, green spaces comprising both …

This article contributes to the understanding of the complexity of human-nature relationships.
Through hermeneutic analysis of more than 60 semi-structured in-depth interviews (2019 …

Participatory planning and planning for resilience figure as major trends in striving towards
urban sustainability. Yet, recent studies problematize citizen participation in planning for …

That green areas in rapidly urbanising landscapes are important for human well-being is
well established. Parks, woodlands, nature reserves, street trees and backyards provide …

The specificities of socialist planning and the deep socio-spatial transformations from the
early 1990s make former Soviet and Eastern Bloc cities relevant case studies in the …

People of colour are often closely connected to nature in countries of heritage, but a
disconnect occurs in the west. There is wide recognition in the environmental field and …

City parks have long been understood as contested spaces. But creeping privatisation and
commercialisation in an era of neoliberal austerity have heightened tensions between …

Against the backdrop of multiple crises within—and due to—the current industrial agri-food
system, food is a highly political issue. As calls for food sovereignty grow louder and the war …

The chapter provides an overview of the objectives, structure, content and results of this joint
volume. Starting from the paradox of well-known green space benefits on the one hand and …