Lessons for other cities on green space management

Anna Brdulak

Chapter 7 in Managing Urban Green Spaces for Resilience, 2026, pp 173-196 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter synthesises the findings from both case studies, identifying mechanisms that underpin resilient urban systems across diverse governance contexts. It distils three types of insights: thematic lessons from the nine categories, conditions and barriers to transferring solutions, and implications for urban policy and resilience theory. The chapter argues that resilience is a relational capability emerging from cooperation, learning and negotiation within the Public–Private–People (3P) nexus. Differences in emphasis between the two case studies – the stronger socio-political and participatory profile of Barcelona and the more institutionalised and technocratic profile of Singapore – are not analytical imbalances. They reflect the intrinsic features of each governance model and thereby support a more accurate comparative reconstruction of resilience processes. While Barcelona and Singapore follow different trajectories, both demonstrate that effective resilience requires integrating institutional stability, spatial coherence and adaptive practices. The chapter concludes with principles for translating good practices to other cities through context-sensitive adaptation.

Keywords: Comparative resilience; 3P nexus; Policy transfer; Adaptive capacity; Governance; Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781049407258
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