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    Co-Creating Change: Seedbed Interventions as Catalysts for Equitable Urban Planning—The Case of Umeå


    Gäckle, Julia, Chebotareva, Mariia, Plüschke‐Altof, Bianka, Meul, Jannis, Väänänen, IIkka, Utkarsh, Sherya, Timpe, Axel, Lohrberg, Frank, Suutari, Taru, Maaherra Lövheim, Eva and MacIntyre, Tadhg (2025) Co-Creating Change: Seedbed Interventions as Catalysts for Equitable Urban Planning—The Case of Umeå. Urban Planning, 10: 9118. pp. 1-24. ISSN 2183-7635

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    Abstract

    The ongoing urbanisation and densification at the intersection with increasing environmental and health crises demand a holistic, equitable, and inclusive approach to urban planning, which has also been highlighted in the EU Green Deal’s inclusive approach to sustainable urban planning aligned with the UN SDGs’ “Leave No One Behind.” This article introduces the seedbed intervention as a novel, community-driven, co-creative approach to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that addresses gaps in equitable and inclusive urban planning frameworks. On the case of Umeå (Sweden), the article introduces the seedbed intervention approach and demonstrates how the approach facilitates the development of locally appropriate and sustainable NbS. The results show that the seedbed intervention approach improved the alignment between local needs and NbS design, connected diverse user groups, and catalysed curiosity, interest, and participation among citizens with the help of applying art-based methods. By demonstrating the practical application of a seedbed intervention, this research contributes to the development of scalable frameworks for more equitable and inclusive urban planning.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: art-based methods; co-creation; equitable cities; inclusivity; Nature-based Solutions; SDG 11; seedbed intervention; sustainable planning; urban green spaces;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 19585
    Identification Number: 10.17645/up.i394
    Depositing User: Tadhg Mac Intyre
    Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2025 13:56
    Journal or Publication Title: Urban Planning
    Publisher: Cogitatio Press
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19585
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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