A transdisciplinary approach to recovering natural and cultural landscape and place identification: A case study of Can Moritz spring (Rubí, Spain)

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• dc.contributor.author Cervera, Marina
• dc.contributor.author Bell, Simon
• dc.contributor.author Muñoz, Francesc
• dc.contributor.author Mishra, Himansu S.
• dc.contributor.author Fleming, Lora E.
• dc.contributor.author Grellier, James
• dc.contributor.author Carrasco Turigas, Glòria
• dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
• dc.contributor.author Vert Roca, Cristina, 1991-
• dc.contributor.author Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-20T05:55:39Z
• dc.date.available 2022-05-20T05:55:39Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract The perception of the quality of green and blue spaces can be key in the relationship between a community and its local landscape (i.e., place identification). The lack of transdisciplinary training and social-specific education of landscape architects regarding the complexity of landscape as a participative cultural artefact limits reaching the general population. Bridging this gap of landscape and place identification and evaluation by a local community was the main objective of the present case study conducted at an abandoned spring and seasonal stream area in Rubí (Spain). The "Steinitz method" of landscape evaluation was used as a participatory method to activate community members to learn about and express their visual preferences regarding this neglected landscape. Bottom-up interventions applying an "urban acupuncture" approach in the area identified as the least attractive by the residents were co-designed and combined with a top-down restoration of a nearby, existing but derelict and hidden, spring. In addition, before and after planning and implementing the intervention, we conducted surveys about the community perception, sense of belonging and use of the space. We observed that the lack of awareness of the inhabitants about this spring was an obstacle preventing the community from embracing the potential for health and wellbeing presented by the spring and adjacent landscape. Following the work, the landscape saw increasing use, and the historic spring was brought back to life as a resource to help people to improve their health and wellbeing.
• dc.description.sponsorship The BlueHealth project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 666773. Mireia Gascon holds a Miguel Servet fellowship (Grant CP19/00183) funded by Acción Estratégica de Salud—Instituto de Salud Carlos III, co-funded by the European Social Fund “Investing in your future”. ISGlobal acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019–2023” Program (CEX2018-000806-S), and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program.
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• dc.identifier.citation Cervera M, Bell S, Muñoz F, Mishra HS, Fleming LE, Grellier J, Carrasco-Turigas G, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Vert C, Gascon M. A transdisciplinary approach to recovering natural and cultural landscape and place identification: A case study of Can Moritz spring (Rubí, Spain). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 10;18(4):1709. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041709
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041709
• dc.identifier.issn 1661-7827
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53185
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 10;18(4):1709
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/666773
• dc.rights © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.keyword Community engagement
• dc.subject.keyword Health and wellbeing
• dc.subject.keyword Heritage
• dc.subject.keyword Landscape architecture
• dc.subject.keyword Natural environments
• dc.subject.keyword Social participation
• dc.title A transdisciplinary approach to recovering natural and cultural landscape and place identification: A case study of Can Moritz spring (Rubí, Spain)
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