I work with the processes, roles and use of urban open spaces that keep them relevant and valued. In doing so, I have a special interest in the concepts of Public Strategic Management, Nature-based Solutions and Nature-based Thinking.
Links to some of our current or recent projects:
CONEXUS - https://www.conexusnbs.com
NATURO: https://www.livingcc.se/naturo
NordGreen - https://nordregioprojects.org/nordgreen/
ParkLIV! - http://www.livingcities.se/parkliv.html
I contribute to a number of courses within the Landscape Architecture, Landscape Engeneering and the new Forest & Landscape program.
I frequently supervise students at all levels.
I run the bi-annul PhD course "Researching Landscape Governance". Next time will be in May 2025.
During my career, I have studied and promoted the role of urban green spaces, and especially the role of urban trees. I have a special interest in public management of urban open spaces for the benefit of both man (human health and well-being) and nature (biodiversity).
The term ‘Management’ is a combination of Planning and Maintenance, denoted as 'Strategic Management'. In strategic management, policy making, tactical provision and operational activities are all included and equally considered.
I have a social-ecological-organisational focus on my research, in studying how public straegtic management of green (or open) spaces can support users and/or natures needs and preferences. The purpose of my research is to develop management solutions of urban open spaces, with a strategic management mindset which reduces resources, and increses use.
I have a M.Sc. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1990), and a PhD in Landscape Planning also from the University of Copenhagen (1996).
I worked for the Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute as researcher, senior consultant and senior researcher (1996 – 2003), and at University of Copenhagen, as professor in Urban Greening & Park Management (2003 – 2008). In late 2008 I left academia to become Head of Department and later Business Unit Director at NIRAS Consultants (2008 – 2011), after which I became Business Developer for HedeDanmark, the largest landscaping company in Scandinavia (2011 – 2015). During 2014 I was interim CEO at a Swedish landscaping company (Väla Mark & Trädgård) when acquired by HedeDanmark. In February 2015, I returned to academia as a researcher and research coordinator at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). In January 2016, I was appointed as full professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (15% position), as well as at SLU at Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management.
I was Honorary Professor at University of Copenhagen 2009-2019.
I co-founded (with Cecil Konijnendijk) the scientific journal Urban Forestry and Urban Greening , published by Elsevier since 2002.
During my career, I have produced more than 400 publications, including peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, edited proceedings and books, scientific and professional articles, and conference papers.
I have been involved in a range of international networking and project activities. He initiated and coordinated the COST Action on Urban Forests & Trees (funded by the European Union), and participated in the twinning cooperation for sustainable forestry between Denmark and Malaysia. He has advised the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on urban and peri-urban forestry issues, and has served as project evaluator in e.g. Sweden, Norway, Finland, USA, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. Lately, larger EU finansed projects (e.g. Green Surge and CONEXUS) and the Driving Urban Transition project, NATURO have formed central parts of my academic network and focus.
In 2019 I became International Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, and in 2020 Member of the Royal Fysiografic Society in Lund, Sweden, Academy for Natural Sciences, Medicin and Techniqe.
I regulary supervise BSc, MSC and PhD students within the (urban) landscape governance and management fields.
Selected
Randrup, T.B. (2024) Act in harmony with nature - Think in terms of process. In T. Olsson (ed) Future directions of urban parks. What, where and how? SLU Movium. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.71nkaii5tf
Adhikari, U., I. Broekhuizen, V. Pons, Z. Sun, J. Deak Sjöman, T. B. Randrup, M. Viklander & G.-T. Blecken (2024) Comparing the hydrological performance of blue green infrastructure design strategies in urban/semi-urban catchments for stormwater management. Water Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.346
Aagaard Hagemann, F., Å.O. Sang & T.B. Randrup (2024) Young People’s Participation in Urban Landscape Planning and Transformation: A Scoping Review of Interactive Approaches. Socio-Ecological Practice Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-024-00200-1
Randrup, T.B., H. Fors, Å.O. Sang, B. Persson, J. Björstad, E. Shepherdson & H. Nolmark (2024) ParkLIV – Engaging non-users in green space management. Local Environment. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2024.2353046
Sun, Z., J. Deak Sjöman, G. Blecken & T.B. Randrup (2024) Decision Support Tools of Sustainability Assessment for Urban Stormwater Management – a review of their roles in governance and management. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141646
Sunding, A., T.B. Randrup, Å.O. Sang, H. Nordh & K. Nilsson (2024) Descriptions of the relationship between human health and green infrastructure in six Nordic comprehensive plans. Cities. Volume 146, 104746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104746
Sunding, A. & T.B. Randrup (2024) Integrating health perspectives in municipal green space planning and management. In Borges, L.A., L. Rohrer & K. Nilsson (eds.) Green and healthy Nordic cities: How to plan, design, and manage health-promoting urban green space. Nordregio. DOI http://doi.org/10.6027/R2024:11403-2503
Mercado, G., T. Wild, J.H. Garcia, M.D. Baptista , M. van Lierop, O. Bina, A. Inch, Å. Ode Sang, A. Buijs, C. Dobbs, A. Vásquez, A. van der Jagt, F. Salbitano, R. Falanga, J.D. Amaya-Espinel, M. Pereira & T.B. Randrup (2023) Supporting Nature-based Solutions via Nature-based thinking, across European and Latin American cities. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01920-6
van der Jagt, A., A. Buijs, C. Dobbs, M. van Lierop, S. Pauleit, T.B. Randrup, A. Skiba & T. Wild (2023) With the Process comes the Progress: A Systematic Review to Support Governance Assessment of Uban Nature-based Solutions. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 128067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128067
Kyttä, M., T. Randrup, A. Sunding, S. Rossi, E. Harsia, J. Palomäki & A. Kajosaari (2023) Prioritizing participatory planning solutions: Developing place-based priority categories based on public participation GIS data. Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 239, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104868.
Randrup, T.B., M. Jansson, J.D. Sjöman, K. Van Meerbeek, G. Matteucci, M-R. Fleisch, D.W. Shanafelt, A. Bernasconi & E. Coleman (2023) Planning, Designing and Managing Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests for Biocities – Introducing a Strategic and Adaptive Management Approach. In Scarascia-Mugnozza & Boeri (eds.) Transforming Biocities. European Forest Institute (EFI). Transforming Biocities pp 85–107.
Randrup, T.B. & M. Jansson (2023) Integrated and Long-Term Approaches to Urban Landscape Development. The Option of Combined Governance and Management. In: Bishop, K., & Corkery, L. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109563
Hansen, R., M. Buizer, A. Buijs, S. Pauleit, T. Mattijssen, H. Fors, A. van der Jagt, N. Kabisch, M. Cook, T. Delshammar, T. B. Randrup, S. Erlwein, K. Vierikko, H. Nieminen, J. Langemeyer, C.S. Texereau, A.C. Luz, M. Nastran, A.S. Olafsson, M.S. Møller, D. Haase, W. Rolf, B. Ambrose-Oji, C. Branquinho, G. Havik, J. Kronenberg & C. Konijnendijk (2022) Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities, European Planning Studies, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
van der Jagt, A., A. Buijs, C. Dobbs, M. van Lierop, S. Pauleit, T.B. Randrup & T. Wild. (2022) An action framework for the participatory assessment of naturebased solutions in cities. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01772-6
Esperon-Rodriguez, M., P.D. Rymer, S.A. Power, D.N. Barton, P. Cariñanos, C. Dobbs, A.A. Eleuterio, F.J. Escobedo, R. Hauer, M. Hermy, A. Jahani, J.C. Onyekwelu, J. Östberg, D. Pataki, T.B. Randrup, T. Rasmussen, L.A. Roman, A. Russo, C. Shackleton, I. Solfjeld, N.S. Van Doorn, M.J. Wells, B. Wiström, P. Yan, J. Yang & M.G. Tjoelker (2022) Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate. Plants, People, Planet.
Sjöman, J.D., G. Mercado, A. Kristoffersson & T.B. Randrup (2022) Sustainable Smart Park Management– A Smarter Approach to Urban Green Space management? Journal of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. 48(2):60-73
Klobucar, B., N. Sang & T.B. Randrup (2021) Comparing Ground and Remotely Sesed Measurements of Urban Tree Canopy in Private Residenses. Trees, Forests and people. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100114
Randrup, T.B., A. Sunding, J. Svännel, M. Jansson & Å. Ode Sang (2021) Urban open space management in the Nordic Countries. Identification of current challenges based on manager's perceptions. Cities. https://doi.org/10.106/j.cities.2021.103225
Hagemann, F.Aa., Randrup, T.B. & Å.O. Sang (2020) Challenges to Implementing the Urban Ecosystem Service Concept in Green Infrastructure Planning: A View from Practitioners in Swedish Municipalities. Socio-Ecological Practise Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-020-00054-3
Jansson, M. & T.B. Randrup (2020) Urban Open Space Governance and Management. Routledge, London & New York. 224 pages. ISBN 9780367173036
Randrup, T.B., A. Buijs, C. Konijnendijk & T. Wild (2020) Moving beyond the Nature-based Solutions discourse: Introducing Nature-based Thinking. Urban Ecosystems. https://doi:org/10.1007/s11252-020-00964-w
Chan, C.-S., Joi Si, F., & Randrup, T.B. (2020). A longitudinal investigation of urban park management in Hong Kong: A managerial perspective. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. doi: 10.18666/JPRA-2020-9611
Qiao, X., K-H. Liao & T.B. Randrup (2020) Sustainable stormwater management: A qualitative case study of the Sponge Cities initiative in China. Sustainable Cities and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101963
Fongar, C., T.B. Randrup, B. Wiström & I. Solfjeld (2019) Public Urban Green Space Management in Norwegian Municipalities: A Managers’ Perspective on Place Keeping. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126438
Barton D.N., Obst C., Day B., Caparrós A., Dadvand P., Fenichel E., Havinga I., Hein L., McPhearson T., Randrup T., Zulian G. (2019). Discussion paper 10: Recreation services from ecosystems. Paper submitted to the Expert Meeting on Advancing the Measurement of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Accounting, New York, 22-24 January 2019 and subsequently revised. Version of 25 March 2019. Available at: https://seea.un.org/events/expert-meeting-advancing-measurement-ecosystem-services-ecosystem-accounting
Fongar, C., G. Tveit, T.B. Randrup & I. Solfjeld (2019) Does perceived green space quality matter? Linking Norwegian adult perspectives on perceived quality to motivation and frequency of visits. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. doi:10.3390/ijerph16132327
Qiao, X., L. Liu, A. Kristoffersson & T.B. Randrup (2019) Governance factors of sustainable stormwater management: A study of case cities in China and Sweden Journal of Environmental Management. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.07.020
Jansson, M., N. Vogel, H. Fors & T.B. Randrup (2018) The governance of landscape management: new approaches to urban open space development, Landscape Research, DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2018.1536199
Chan, C-S., M.M. Marafa, C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch & T.B. Randrup (2018) Starting Conditions for the Green Branding of a City. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.05.006
Qiao, X., A. Kristoffersson & T.B. Randrup (2018) Challenges to implementing sustainable stormwater management from a governance perspective: A literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.049
Östberg, J., B. Wiström & T.B. Randrup (2018) The state and use of urban tree inventories in Swedish municipalities – results from a national survey. Urban Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0732-3
Lafortezza, R., Chen, J., Konijnendijk van den Bosch, C. & T.B. Randrup (2017). Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Landscapes and Cities. Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.038
Randrup, T.B., J. Östberg & B. Wiström (2017) Swedish Green Space Management - the Managers Perspective. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 28, December 2017, Pages 103-109 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.10.001
Lindholst, C., T.B. Randrup, A. Kristoffersson, M.B. Hansen & B. Persson (2017) Evaluating the complexities of contracting outcomes in urban services: The case of green space maintenance in Denmark and Sweden. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 0(0) 1-22. DOI: 10.1177/2399654417733992
Pauleit S., T. Zölch, R. Hansen, T.B. Randrup & C.C. Konijnendijk (2017) Nature-based Solutions and Climate Change – Four Shades of Green. In: Kabisch, N., A. Bonn, H. Korn, & J. Stadler (eds.) “Nature‐based Solutions to Climate Change in Urban Areas ‐ Linkages of science, society and policy”. Springer Verlag, Berlin. Doi. 10.1007/978-3-319-56091-5
Bretzer, Y.N., B. Persson & T.B. Randrup (2016) Is public procurement efficiency conditioned by market types? A critical test in park and road sectors in Sweden. International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 29 Iss 5 pp. 488 – 501.
Leiren, M.D., A.C. Lindholst, I. Solfjeld & T.B. Randrup (2016) Capability versus efficiency: contracting out park and road services in Norway", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 29 Iss 5 pp. 474 – 487
Toftager, M., O. Ekholm, J. Schipperjin, U.K. Stigsdotter, P. Bentsen, M. Grønbæk, T.B. Randrup & F. Kamper-Jørgensen (2011) Distance to Green Space and Physical Activity: A Danish National Representative Survey. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 8(6):741 – 749
Bentsen, P., F.S. Jensen, E. Mygind & T. B. Randrup (2010) The extent and dissemination of udeskole in Danish schools. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 9(3):235-243
Schipperijn, J., U.K Stigsdotter, T.B. Randrup & J. Troelsen (2010) Influences on the use of urban green space - a case study in Odense, Denmark. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 9(1):25-32
Schipperijn, J., O. Ekholm, U.K. Stigsdotter, M. Toftager, P. Bentsen, F. Kamper-Jørgensen & T.B. Randrup (2010) Factors influencing the use of green space: Results from a Danish national representative survey. Landscape and Urban Planning, 95:130-137
Stigsdotter, U.K., O. Ekholm, J. Schipperijn, M. Toftager, F. Kamper-Jørgensen & T.B. Randrup (2010) Health promoting outdoor environments - Associations between green space, and health, health-related quality of life and stress based on a Danish national representative survey. Scand J Public Health, June 2010; 38(4):411-417
Konijnendijk, C.C., R.M. Ricard, A. Kenney & T.B. Randrup (2006) Defining urban forestry – A comparative perspective of North America and Europe. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 4(3-4):93-103
Konijnendijk, C.C., K. Nilsson, T.B. Randrup & J. Schipperijn (2005) (eds.) Urban Forests and Trees. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg. 520 pp.
Randrup, T.B. (2005) Development of a Danish Model for Plant Appraisal. Journal of Arboriculture, 31(3):113-121