Search the EPA Research Database
Project Search Result
Project Code [COALESCE/2022/1701]
This information is correct as of today and is updated from time to time by the EPA to reflect changes in the management of the project. Please check back regularly for updates.
Project title
Green Space Engage
Primary Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Project Abstract
The �new normal� of remote working presents an opportunity for enhanced urban health and wellbeing by localising work, services and recreation in walkable neighbourhoods. However, this pandemic-transformed context also poses a challenge for urban planning and design as the increased demand for public green spaces during the pandemic outlasts the crisis. Pre-pandemic research conducted by this project�s AHSS PI, and subsequently substantiated by others, suggests that there is divergence between the aspirations of green space users and how such spaces are planned, designed and managed. Yet there remains a knowledge deficit on how to address this issue. This results in the persistence of green space interventions that are unresponsive to changed/changing user desires. This knowledge gap risks impeding the advancement of public health through effective green space planning and design. As such, it hampers the realisation of SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and National Strategic Outcome 7 (Enhance Amenities & Heritage). This project directly tackles this problem by harnessing and integrating a range of AHSS and STEM research approaches to produce an innovative knowledge co-creation methodology that addresses the societal challenge of �health, demographic change and wellbeing�. Grounded in a novel theoretical approach, a unique coalescence of computer science (STEM) and planning/design (AHSS) methods will be mobilised with local communities and key decision makers to co-create new knowledge on green space perceptions. This integrative approach will open new lines of research at the interface of public health, planning, geography and landscape architecture. This new knowledge will also inform the co-production of planning, design and management guidance for public urban green spaces in response to evolving patterns of living that have intensified and diversified the demands placed on such spaces as local anchors for maintaining and enhancing health and wellbeing.
Grant Approved
�216,542.50
Research Theme
Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/03/2025