ABSTRACT
Socially inclusive greenspace planning based on innovative interpretations of the green infrastructure concept is a way to counteract the recent imbalanced and unfair development with focus on equity and balance in planning and participatory co-creation processes including the respective governance structures. Urban green infrastructure (UGI) undoubtedly offers a promising pathway to more urban sustainability. There is a growing sensitivity and understanding of the potential of UGI among urban policy-makers and urban planners and a strong interest at all levels of government including neighborhood initiatives, schools, municipal housing companies, local activists, and private investors. Public-private partnerships represent another inclusive approach in greening cities. A number of prerequisites support greening as a socially inclusive solution based upon and actively using the green infrastructure concept: recognition of socio-spatial inequalities; socially inclusive greenspace planning; trade-offs between ecological and social processes; greenspace planning; multi-actor governance; and political and economic context.
