Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review

X Fang, J Li, Q Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban nature is critical to addressing sustainability challenges. Three concepts capture the
core of this field: Urban Ecosystem Services (UES, benefits humans derived from urban …

Green infrastructure planning principles: An integrated literature review

R Monteiro, JC Ferreira, P Antunes - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas,
including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a …

[HTML][HTML] What are Nature-based solutions (NBS)? Setting core ideas for concept clarification

B Sowińska-Świerkosz, J García - Nature-Based Solutions, 2022 - Elsevier
Although nature-based solutions (NBS) have been promoted as a key tool for solving
diverse environmental and societal problems, the concept and its practical applications …

[HTML][HTML] Nexus between nature-based solutions, ecosystem services and urban challenges

JB Almenar, T Elliot, B Rugani, B Philippe, TN Gutierrez… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are increasingly promoted to support sustainable and
resilient urban planning. However, design and planning urban NBS targeted at the needs of …

[HTML][HTML] Building urban resilience with nature-based solutions: How can urban planning contribute?

J Bush, A Doyon - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Cities face increasing environmental, social and economic challenges that together threaten
the resilience of urban areas and the residents who live and work there. These challenges …

Planning nature-based solutions: Principles, steps, and insights

C Albert, M Brillinger, P Guerrero, S Gottwald, J Henze… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Nature-based solutions (NBS) find increasing attention as actions to address societal
challenges through harnessing ecological processes, yet knowledge gaps exist regarding …

Global mapping of urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

S Goodwin, M Olazabal, AJ Castro, U Pascual - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Many cities around the world are experimenting with nature-based solutions (NbS) to
address the interconnected climate-, biodiversity-and society-related challenges they are …

Nature-based solutions in the urban context: Terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services

JAC Castellar, LA Popartan, J Pueyo-Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable
development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban …

[HTML][HTML] What's behind the barriers? Uncovering structural conditions working against urban nature-based solutions

H Dorst, A van der Jagt, H Toxopeus, L Tozer… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are a promising and innovative approach to address multiple
sustainability challenges faced by cities. Yet, NBS are not integrated into mainstream urban …

[HTML][HTML] Cultivating sustainable and healthy cities: A systematic literature review of the outcomes of urban and peri-urban agriculture

N Rao, S Patil, C Singh, P Roy, C Pryor… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite considerable interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in recent decades,
its contributions to urban sustainability and human wellbeing remain contested. This …