Nature-based solutions for resilient and thriving cities: Opportunities and challenges for planning future cities

N Frantzeskaki, IH Mahmoud, E Morello - Nature-based Solutions for …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter explains the importance for nature-based solutions as resilience infrastructure
of cities. It sets the scene for the challenges and opportunities presented by a city-wide …

[HTML][HTML] The opportunities and challenges to co-designing policy options for tree health with policy makers, researchers and land managers

B Ambrose-Oji, J Urquhart, G Hemery, G Petrokofsky… - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
We describe experiences between 2018 and 2021 co-designing tree health policy options
linked with the UK's evolving land use policy post EU-Exit within the Future Farming and …

[HTML][HTML] Embedding co-production of nature-based solutions in urban governance: Emerging co-production capacities in three European cities

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki, D Kindlon… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to understand how co-production can become embedded as a
collaborative governance practice by which city governments plan, deliver and steward …

Stakeholders' involvement in the planning of nature-based solutions: A network analysis approach

CG Mitincu, MR Niţă, CA Hossu, IC Iojă… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental planning is considered an important process to positively encourage the
inclusion of nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban areas. The success of their …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning carbon-smart and just urban green infrastructure

J Lampinen, O García-Antúnez, AS Olafsson… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
To address the inter-connected climate and biodiversity crises, it is crucial to understand
how multifunctional urban green infrastructure (UGI) is perceived to contribute to carbon …

Biophilic cities and health

S Milliken, B Kotzen, S Walimbe, C Coutts… - Cities & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Biophilic design emerged at the beginning of the twenty-first century as an integral part of
restorative environmental design, an approach that seeks to reestablish positive …

Strategies for mainstreaming nature-based solutions in urban governance capacities in ten European cities

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki, MJ Collier… - npj Urban …, 2023 - nature.com
This paper explores the institutional mainstreaming of nature-based solutions (NBS) to
advance a process-based understanding about how to strategically develop the governance …

Exploring the role of public participation in delivering inclusive, quality, and resilient green infrastructure for climate adaptation in the UK

J Jones, A Russo - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) is crucial for socio-ecological systems that tackle
urbanisation challenges. Participatory approaches involve the public in local environmental …

City information models (CIMs) as precursors for urban digital twins (UDTs): a case study of lancaster

P Cureton, E Hartley - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 - frontiersin.org
City Information Models (CIMs) present several research challenges and are arguably pre-
cursors for a roadmap to the transition to Urban or City Digital Twins (UDTs/CDTs) and …

From instrumentalization to commoning: A critical review of participation in urban nature-based solutions

D Remme, H Haarstad - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are becoming a widely recognized approach to urban
sustainability. Most of the literature and policy handbooks on the topic emphasize the …