Reimagining Community Sports Fields for the Future

In a recent article, CSMRE faculty affiliate, Brian McCullough, teamed with colleagues to develop a framework aimed at better leveraging community sports fields. They suggest (1) identifying and mapping the network of users; (2) pinpointing the ways to communicate well within that network; (3) identifying the factors that influence decisions made by each group; and (4) finding ways to optimize the returns and trade-offs. The authors note that “findings should promote and catalyze dialogue between diverse stakeholders to assist with making the complex decisions for these important public spaces.”

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Straw, C. M., McCullough, B. P., Segars, C., Daher, B., & Patterson, M. S. (2021). Reimagining Sustainable Community Sports Fields of the Future: a Framework for Convergent Science-Stakeholder Decision-Making. Circular Economy and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00115-z