Green for All

Coventry City Council has been awarded nearly £1 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for their ‘Green for All’ project. This exciting initiative aims to transform understanding of Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) in the city, especially for green-deprived areas. To do this, the 2.5-year project is partnering with a range of organisations from across the city – including the University of Warwick.

What is Green and Blue Infrastructure?

GBI is typically understood as networks of natural spaces such as parks, streams, street trees, and ponds that provide wide-ranging social-ecological benefits. GBI has witnessed growing interest to help overcome a range of challenges cities experience. This includes adapting to and mitigating against climate change, improving human health and wellbeing, alongside providing habitat for biodiversity. Coventry, however, is classified as one of the most green-deprived cities in the UK, with existing GBI unequally distributed across the city.

Warwick’s Role

The University of Warwick has been allocated nearly £100,000 to lead the social mapping element of the project. We will develop a radical map of GBI, incorporating spatial and non-spatial data such as emotions, perceptions, and governance structures. This seeks to co-produce understandings about GBI, especially with underrepresented groups and those from the most green-deprived areas.

The project has four objectives: