As part of the JUSTNature project, practitioners working for six city administrations and one city-owned company were supported by a research team to consider not only the potential positive environmental impacts of local greening interventions, but also their justice implications. Embedded in “city practice labs”, local project teams worked to engage participants throughout the design, implementation and management of these interventions. As part of the supporting research team, we introduced the concept of collaborative governance to encourage each local project team to raise their ambitions – beyond passive forms of participation that focus on information-giving or target the usual suspects, toward more inclusive eforts to reach and engage vulnerable and minority groups and consider power distribution. This was both a challenging and rewarding experience, and the pages of this handbook document the fruits of our eforts.
The handbook is intended for municipal staff or supporting research teams to learn from our experience when embarking on similar endeavours.
