Touching the soil: Urban interventions for sustainable transition. A real case analysis of citizen soil science in Meidling, Vienna.

Title (eng)
Touching the soil: Urban interventions for sustainable transition. A real case analysis of citizen soil science in Meidling, Vienna.
Author
Fenja Freiin Grote
Advisor
Christine Rottenbacher
Advisor
Maciej Pietrzykowski
Description (eng)
This thesis explores the transformative potential of Citizen Science in Soil (CSS) for fostering a liveable sustainable urban future. Rooted in care and environmental ethics and aiming to contribute to Socio-ecological Transformation (SET), the study employs a situational grounded analysis approach. Deep literature research helps to identify important factors and provides fundamental knowledge about the subject of investigation. Through a real-world case study of a public soil testing project conducted in Meidling, Vienna, utilizing the Open Soil Atlas (OSA) methods, the research analyses the societal impact of CSS. The final situational map visualises the outcomes of the study in context to the SET. Therein the most important factors of the case study and its interrelations are represented. The study finds that CSS has a direct impact on citizens in the four categories of excitement and curiosity, education, engagement, empowerment. With this it serves as an adaptable experimental intervention, that can serve as a tool to foster exchange, raise awareness and catalyse positive change.
Keywords (eng)
Citizen Soil ScienceSocio-ecological TransitionGreen UrbanismCitizen EngagementResilience
Type (eng)
Master theses
Language
[eng]
Persistent identifier
https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5254
Date created
2024
License
All rights reserved