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88 Start with the park Higher aspirations If you want to achieve great green spaces, you need high aspirations. Good examples can inspire and motivate. In 1883, planners in Minneapolis were forwardthinking enough to establish a board...‘to secure the necessary land for such a grand system of parks and boulevards as the natural situation offers...which, when secure and located as they can now be at a comparatively small expense, will, in the near future, add many millions to the real estate value of our city.’ Lois McMaster Bujold, A civil campaign, 1999 Learning from green space management in other countries In 2004, CABE Space published Is the grass greener? Learning from international innovations in urban green space management. 11 cities with a good reputation for well-managed parks and gardens were examined. The research identified the key lessons for park managers in England: • Strong and continued political leadership and commitment to green space quality • A strategic view of green space management that is integrated with other public services and priorities • An effective and well-developed process of community engagement and involvement in green space management • Adequate and reliable resources, with long-term and secure funding from independent sources • A general focus on quality rather than quantity • Strong and effective lobbying by green space advocates to demonstrate the value of green space and ensure that resources are not diverted elsewhere • Well-trained and committed staff who operate in a stable organisational environment • Efficient management structures that devolve management responsibility to the appropriate levels • Good collaborative partnerships with a range of public and private stakeholders • Co-ordinated and integrated responsibility • Dedicated management models that have some degree of political and financial independence • Effective monitoring of outcomes that feeds back into decision-making.
Delivering better green spaces 89 Examples of the work of CABE Space and CABE in raising aspirations The Dutch study tour organised by CABE and the Housing Corporation was joined by architect Gerard Maccreanor. Here he shows delegates the integration of social housing into mixed-use projects in Rotterdam The Southey Owlerton Area Regeneration Board formed a partnership with CABE and Transform South Yorkshire, which jointly sponsors a design panel of four CABE enablers. The enablers’ role is to help local groups and council officers to brief, appoint and manage designers, consultants and developers for the demonstration projects across the area. This has increased design knowledge and raised expectations Through a comprehensive information-gathering, community involvement and data analysis process, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council laid the groundwork for its green space strategy. The enabling work of CABE Space raised the political strategy’s profile, clarifying both its links with national policy and its essential role in implementing the Community Strategy. The green space strategy has helped to gain funding and is feeding directly into the local development framework. Wakefield has now formed a strategic unit to carry out further research and analysis work on the district’s green spaces
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