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How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities
Since many cities lack botanical gardens, we introduced the concept of Ancillary Botanic Gardens (ABG), which builds on the premise that organizations can expand informal botanical learning by adding a secondary function to their institutional green spaces. This study guides the application of the A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37730728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41398-6 |
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author | Melhem, M. Forrest, A. Abunnasr, Y. Abi Ali, R. Talhouk, S. N. |
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description | Since many cities lack botanical gardens, we introduced the concept of Ancillary Botanic Gardens (ABG), which builds on the premise that organizations can expand informal botanical learning by adding a secondary function to their institutional green spaces. This study guides the application of the ABG concept in various spatial and functional contexts by offering practical and interpretive tools to organizations who are less used to working with nature but are interested in mitigating urban residents’ detachment from nature. Online maps of 220 botanic gardens were reviewed to define types of plant collections and produce an exhaustive list of physical botanic garden elements. The collected information was developed into an ABG field checklist that was tested on three case studies in Lebanon and then used to develop guidelines for ABG establishment. The guidelines and checklist are meant to empower and guide organizations interested in establishing an ABG. |
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spelling | pubmed-105115172023-09-22 How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities Melhem, M. Forrest, A. Abunnasr, Y. Abi Ali, R. Talhouk, S. N. Sci Rep Article Since many cities lack botanical gardens, we introduced the concept of Ancillary Botanic Gardens (ABG), which builds on the premise that organizations can expand informal botanical learning by adding a secondary function to their institutional green spaces. This study guides the application of the ABG concept in various spatial and functional contexts by offering practical and interpretive tools to organizations who are less used to working with nature but are interested in mitigating urban residents’ detachment from nature. Online maps of 220 botanic gardens were reviewed to define types of plant collections and produce an exhaustive list of physical botanic garden elements. The collected information was developed into an ABG field checklist that was tested on three case studies in Lebanon and then used to develop guidelines for ABG establishment. The guidelines and checklist are meant to empower and guide organizations interested in establishing an ABG. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10511517/ /pubmed/37730728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41398-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Melhem, M. Forrest, A. Abunnasr, Y. Abi Ali, R. Talhouk, S. N. How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title | How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title_full | How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title_fullStr | How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title_full_unstemmed | How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title_short | How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
title_sort | how to transform urban institutional green spaces into ancillary botanic gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37730728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41398-6 |
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