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Towards Hydrocitizenship :

Towards Hydrocitizenship : Connecting communities with and through responses to interdependent, multiple water issues. 22 February 2016 Bournemouth University Ozlem Edizel, Middlesex University. Connected Communities : Communities, Cultures , Environments and Sustainability.

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Towards Hydrocitizenship :

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  1. Towards Hydrocitizenship: Connecting communities with and through responses to interdependent, multiple water issues 22 February 2016 Bournemouth University Ozlem Edizel, Middlesex University

  2. Connected Communities: Communities, Cultures, Environments and Sustainability Re-envisioning and reconnecting communities through arts and humanities centred interdisciplinary research Hydro- Citizenship

  3. Case studies • Lee Valley [inc. LVRPA, Olympic Park] • Bradford-Shipley [canals, Saltaire] • Bristol [estuary, docks] • Borth, mid-Wales [coast]

  4. Outline • Moving towards sustainability • Mapping the Territory • Emerging Themes • Theory, Methods, Practice • Community & Stakeholder Engagement • Strategy & Plan

  5. Responding to environmental change Moving towards sustainability • The project seeks to reveal interconnected water issues (climate change, flooding, drought, water quality, biodiversity, SUDS, recreation etc.) at the community level… • seeks to co-work with groups and (re)connected communities to address these concerns in creative and progressive ways… Hydro Citizenship… • Rights • Responsibilities • Risks • Resilience

  6. Emerging Themes • Urbanisation - social (demographic, ethnic) and land-use change, new communities, boat-dwellers, gentrification, densification, environmental impacts;visitor economy, carrying capacity, place-making • Boundaries & liminalities - water spaces delimit territories, private is increasingly made ‘public’ (again), changingindividual and community responsibilities with consequences for ecological citizenship/rights • Water quality/pollution– LV ‘drain’, run-off/storm surge, flood/risk, urbanisation effects and responses (SuDS, environmental interventions, behaviour change, location decisions), citizen ‘science’ and data • Urban/Water heritage– buildings/infrastructure re-use, what is valued/who values and interprets ‘heritage’ – ‘natural’, cultural, intangible, • Ecosystems services knowledge and education– new waterside residents (environmental education - schools, new settlers/migrants), water recycling/ re-use (e.g. ‘black and grey’ water), swimming… • Multicultural/Intercultural (water) environment – ‘eurocentric’ design, landscaping, perception and values placed on ‘restorative nature’, park amenities - unrepresentative of catchment communities/ethnic group needs/preferences

  7. Methods & Practice • Governance and stakeholder mapping • Walking and static interviews LV Map walk reports; route maps with wetlands groups (London Wildlife Trust, Thames Water, LB Waltham Forestetc) /rangers, birders, anglers, local communities and (non)-users; guided walks/surveys • Secondary data textual analysisarchive of community consultation documents and social media data (from platforms: official/non-official Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram accounts re. these hydro sites) • Cultural mapping/GIS participation workshops with local communities regarding access, use, safety, perceptions/values around Lee River/Canal – Hackney Wick/Fish Island – and the significance (or not) of these wetland reserves/relations with water – Wetlands • Collaborative community engagement events/festivals(e.g. Hackney Wick CC Festival 2014&15, Love the Lea (Walthamstow Marshes), 2015&16, Hidden (New)River 2016 6. Creative installations – art/citizen science: Active Energy Turbine @ Three Mills (May 2016), Water Sediment sampling, Wetlands Exhibition spring 2017

  8. Ecosystems framework (Church & Fish, 2014)

  9. CONSTITUENTS OF WELL-BEING CULTURAL ECOSYTEM SERVICES 1.Diversity 2.Spiritual & religious values 3.Knowledge systems 4.Educational values 5.Inspiration 6.Aesthetic values 8.Social relations 9.Sense of place 10.Cultural heritage values 11.Recreation and ecotourism Cultural Ecosystem Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services (derived from Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) and adapted by Plieninger, et al. (2013)Assessing, mapping, and quantifying cultural ecosystem services at community level, Land Use Policy Themes • Use:sense of place, activities, recreation • Aesthetics:aesthetic values, spiritual values, inspiration • Cultural Use:recreation, social relations, cultural heritage values, knowledge systems • Problems:accessibility, safety, unpleasant • Community Cohesion:diversity, engagement

  10. Hackney Wick& Fish IslandConnected Communities Festival 26-28 June 2015

  11. CYCLING THE OLYMPIC PARK/LOWER LEE VALLEY 26 mile round trip Bike ride of the Historic South of the Park and Beyond World Water Day 22 March 2015 You have to be extra careful when cycling on the towpath since it is too narrow. They need to enlarge the path to make it more enjoyable for all users I lived and worked in London for 60 years but never knew this place [Trinity Buoy Wharf] existed…

  12. Love the Lea Festival 23 August 2015

  13. Walthamstow Wetlands & Woodberry Wetland Reserve

  14. Citizenship ...modes & pillars Complex socio-hydrological relations

  15. Gifting hydrocitizenship? Imagining hydrocitizenship?

  16. New & Displaced hydrocitizens?

  17. Water & Sediment Quality Water/Sediment quality testing, mapping of land-use, sources of pollution, environmental impacts and community engagement (site catchments); planned touring exhibition and visualisation of results, (materials, data, sources) and maps

  18. Community & Stakeholder Engagement • Social Capital relates to our ability to engage within social structures and the benefits derived from that engagement. • By engaging we create connections, relationships and mutual benefits which bind us together - co-create norms, shared values and obligations that shape our cooperation and action (Portes ,1998; Ford, 1999). • Process is cumulative (Putnam,1993).

  19. Engagement: Key Community Partners • Lee Valley Regional Park AuthorityRecreation facilities, Marina • London Legacy DevelopmentCorporation (LLDC) Legacy zones • Hackney Wick & Fish IslandCultural Interest Group(social enterprise co.) 30+ members – umbrella group:arts/ cultural, community, schools; attended by LLDC Arts and Community staff and local ward Councillors • Wetlands: Walthamstow and Woodberry Reserves/oirs– joint project: Thames Water (landholder, reservoirs), LBs Waltham Forest, Hackney; London Wildlife Trust (LWT) – nature reserve/ environmental education operator; WW community engagement, Manor House Development Trust, Manor House PACT (Big Lottery 2014-16) and residents groups • River Catchment PartnershipsLove the Lea/Thames 21 (Lower/ London Lea); Herts & Mdx Wildlife Trusts (Middle Lea), Groundwork Trust (Upper Lea)

  20. Engagement- Communities • Hackney Wick & Fish Island(wards, neighbourhoods, conservation areas) • Wetlands: Walthamstow Wetlands & Woodberry Wetland Reserve Sub-projects • Active EnergyTurbine ‘sub-project’ - ‘Citizens Science’ arts project originating in Bow neighbourhood (Pensioners group) to be installed at Three Mills Islandwith Love the Lea/T21, LLDC, other partners and local residents/schools groups • Water/Sediment quality testing, mapping of land-use, sources, impacts and community engagement (site catchments), exhibition and visualisation of results, maps etc. • SuDS projects – various neighbourhood sites in LBs Haringey & Hackney (New River, with Love the Lea/T21)

  21. Strategy & Plan

  22. Any Questions? www.leevalley.org

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