Co-creating a shared platform for climate resilience : inclusive approaches to community engagement in urban greening decisions in Rotterdam / Janna Michael [and 5 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michael, Janna, ,1985- author.

Naghibi, Maryam, author.

Janssen, Céline, author.

Horgan, Donagh, author.

Esteban, Theresa Audrey O., author.

Althuis, Jonas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects--Netherlands--Rotterdam--Case studies.

City planning.

Community-based research--Netherlands--Rotterdam--Case studies.

Community-based research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2026.

Summary:

Climate change poses intractable challenges to urban neighborhoods, requiring explicit community participation in mitigation. This case reports on the “Mapping for Climate Resilience; a Collaborative Approach”—an interdisciplinary research collaboration in Rotterdam South, the Netherlands—an area often described as deprived where an abundance of research has been conducted with little or no feedback loop back to citizens. A key objective was to illuminate lived experiences of climate adaptation by combining qualitative insights with existing quantitative data. What emerged in the first stage of the research was Platform Zuid, a shared digital space where climate data and neighborhood narratives coexist.Informed by workshops, dialogues, and participatory mapping, the platform integrates environmental datasets with local perspectives, centers local perspectives and residents’ experiences. The case addresses two key methodological challenges in inclusive urban climate resilience research. First, participation fatigue from repeated research without visible outcomes, eroding trust and discouraging further engagement. Second, the limitations of conventional environmental datasets, which emphasize environmental indicators while overlooking narrative knowledge that reflects residents lived experiences and expertise. In response, the project team developed the shared platform, a boundary object enabling both residents and professional stakeholders to access, visualize, and share information in an equitable way. The platform also functions as a repository for collective sense-making across various stakeholders with different expertise. The case challenges top-down governance by foregrounding community knowledge as essential for just urban transformations. The platform opens the door for mapping as social practice, to support tools for amplifying under-represented voices in environmental decision-making.

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ISBN:

9781036252359

OCLC:

1594889345

Publisher Number:

T302900