Community Governance of Green Urban Infrastructure: Lessons from the Australian Context

ABSTRACT

Community governance is an approach to green urban infrastructure that prioritises the community's role in the visioning, decision-making and managing process. Its success also relies on trusted partnerships. Building on a 5-year research project, this article focuses on selected Australian examples of community-led green infrastructure governance which have been delivering community benefits over several decades, particularly green corridors and trails. Common good outcomes and successes in sustainability and resilience capacity are emerging as features of this approach. Lessons from successes in community-led governance of urban green infrastructure in Australia are discussed and analysed in the context of international and local examples.

摘要

社区治理是一种绿色城市基础设施的方法，它将社区在愿景、决策和管理过程中的作用放在首位。它的成功也依赖于可信的伙伴关系。在一个为期5年的研究项目的基础上，本文重点介绍了澳大利亚以社区为主导的绿色基础设施治理的一些例子，这些例子在过去几十年中一直在为社区带来好处，特别是绿色走廊和小径。这种方法的特点是在可持续性和复原能力方面取得了共同的良好成果和成功。在国际和地方案例的背景下，讨论和分析了澳大利亚社区主导的城市绿色基础设施治理中的成功经验。

KEYWORDS:

• Community governance
• green infrastructure
• sustainability: resilience
• social capital
• dynamic governing

Disclosure Statement

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