Kauppila, Ilona Olga Ottilia (2023) Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Urban Trees as an Adaptation Strategy against Urban Heat - Case Study Leeuwarden. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Trees as a Nature-based solution (NBS) have been shown to be an effective adaptation strategy against Urban Heat Island effect. The EU is increasingly using NBS to address the climate change impacts, but practical implementation on a municipality level has remained relatively unclear and slow. While previous studies have identified barriers and enablers, research on specific types of NBS, especially in smaller cities, is limited. The city of Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, faces challenges in adapting to extreme heat and therefore plans to use greening strategies. This paper aims to explore, what are the barriers and enablers to uptake and implement urban trees as an adaptation strategy to urban heating in the case of Leeuwarden. The research methodology involves reviewing previous literature on the topic, analysing relevant EU policies and conducting semi-structured key informant interviews. The main barriers experienced in Leeuwarden were the limited space, inadequate integration into infrastructure planning, lack of collaboration and finance, and environmental challenges. Enablers were identified to be political will and citizen engagement, knowledge, strategies, collaboration and experiments. EU policies were considered to be encouraging. The results highlight the importance of knowledge sharing, co-design and collaboration in order to implement trees in a manner that is feasible on a long term. Future research could focus on comparative analysis between local and EU policies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Huiskes, M.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 10:04 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/293 |
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