TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Hisschemöller, Matthijs A1 - Kireyeu, Viktar A1 - Freude, Tara A1 - Guerin, Florian A1 - Likhacheva, Olga A1 - Pierantoni, Ilenia A1 - Sopina, Ana A1 - Wirth, Timo von A1 - Bojanic Obad Scitaroci, Bojana A1 - Mancebo, Francois A1 - Sargolini, Massimo A1 - Shkaruba, Anton T1 - Conflicting perspectives on urban landscape quality in six urban regions in Europe and their implications for urban transitions N2 - The European Landscape Convention urges countries to involve stakeholders including citizens in the governance of ordinary (urban) landscapes. This paper studies conflicting stakeholder perspectives on urban landscape quality in the context of urban sustainability transitions in six European urban regions in the Netherlands, Italy, France, Croatia, Belarus and the Russian Federation. Repertory grid technique helped to identify the dimensions through which persons evaluate urban landscape quality. Ninety-three (93) interviewees elicited 1400 bipolar constructs, such as "Edible green - Concrete" or "Community, group - Loneliness". They then selected two constructs they consider most relevant in the context of urban sustainability transitions, and ranked all pictures on a 10-points scale. The rankings were analyzed using Multiple Correspondence Analysis. We find that, in spite of the many social and cultural differences between the regions, stakeholders largely agree on the preferred direction of urban transitions; more green and blue spots where people can meet and undertake joint (leisure) activities. The main conflict is between, on the one hand, a preference for organized development and beautification and, on the other hand, naturalness (permeability of soil) and organic development. The paper considers several challenges for transition governance. T2 - Cities VL - 131 Y1 - 2022 UN - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-80663 U6 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104021 DO - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104021 ER -