Throughout our lab project on urban green spaces we have struggled to bring the topic back to global relevance. Our preliminary work showed that most of the literature surrounding green spaces is situated in the northern hemisphere in high-income countries. This makes sense considering urban green spaces seem to be a concern for cities that […]
Conclusions On Urban Green Spaces Project
Being almost done with my group project for ENVS 220, Urban Green Spaces and Development in Portland, I have learned a lot about conducting situated research with limited resources. First, I am pretty proud of the work my whole team put in to put this project together, and I think it turned out pretty well. […]
Methodology and Green Spaces in Portland
For our project on urban green spaces in Portland, it was a struggle to define exactly what focus question we would be testing and the best possible methodologies for research. Despite being advised to not let “the tail wag the dog” and let our methodologies define our research, it was hard not to. We have […]
Understand Urban Greenspace
When researching urban green spaces it is important to keep an eye on the bigger picture and ask how this may benefit different models of cities. Portland is unique in its proximity and attachment to nature, so it is interesting to read studies on how green spaces are perceived in other cities. A study from 2010 […]
Beginning Thoughts and Questions
This week in ENVS 220, we were preparing to ask the big framing questions for our next group project for which we chose to explore Portland environmental organizations and attempt to explore an issue that is related to one of the organizations. We chose to address the topic of green spaces versus grey spaces in […]
Defining a Framing Question – Urban Greenspaces
This past week in lab, we explored several possible topics to study in our situated projects. One of the biggest problems our lab teams collectively faced was how to frame our topic with a huge, global question. It was easy enough to bring the problem outside of Portland, but it was a challenge to address […]