Designing for Urban Green Spaces: LIFT 09
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Designing for Urban Green Space
Elizabeth Goodman
University of California, Berkeley
School of Information
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A little about me
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Green space is not just a backdrop to sell computers
Intel Centrino advertisement
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Urban green space is not “natural”
San Francisco Historical Photo Collection - San Francisco Public Library
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Design is a form of politics
Library of Congress
What we want for green space can tell us a lot about what we want and fear for our cities.
What public visits the park? Whose community is in the garden?
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Urban green spaces are a technology
…for what end?
Air Trees Eco Boulevard
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The benefits of urban green space
Public health
Opportunity for physical exercise
Asthma mitigation
Psychological well-being
Environmental remediation
Storm runoff reduction
Pollution absorption
Wildlife protection
Street noise buffering
Neighborhood stability
Building social cohesion to address local concerns
Child education
Adult work training
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Designing for and with urban green space
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Growing expertise
Personal soil sensor linked to plant knowledge databaseEasyBloom
Soil sensor sends wireless watering remindersBotanicalls.com
Community website turns seasonal, local, personal experiences into adviceMyfolia.com
Easybloom Botanicalls folia
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Cultivating networks of production
Mapping free fruit on private property to advertise availabilityFallenfruit.org
Brokering agreements online to share urban land cultivationLandshare.net
Coordinating action to taking over street sights Guerillagardening.org
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Fertilizing action
Tracking continental climate change by volunteer “citizen scientists”JourneyNorth.org
Charismatic images for changing regional planning priorities“The 50 Million Dollar Photos”
Promoting accountableurban managementParkScan.org
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Framework: Networking green spaces
sharedgarden green
roof
yard
publicpark
database
sensing
charity city
regionalwatershed
foodgrowing
Road sidegardening
citizengroup
Parklands
sidewalkconversion
Worktraining
open API
interface
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Of distributed urban farming
Farmadelphia - Front Studio
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Of ecosystem intervention
PlantSF.com
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Of institutions and groups
City of Seattle Food Bank garden plot