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 …

Stakeholder participation in the planning and design of nature-based solutions. Insights from CLEVER cities project in Hamburg

A Arlati, A Rödl, S Kanjaria-Christian, J Knieling - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cities are essential players in responding to the present complex environmental and social
challenges, such as climate change. The nature-based solution (NbS) concept is identified …

Co-creation pathways to inform shared governance of urban living labs in practice: Lessons from three European projects

IH Mahmoud, E Morello, D Ludlow… - Frontiers in sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over recent decades Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have become a common space for co-
creation processes' experimentation, whereby new approaches for sustainable urban …

[PDF][PDF] Co-creation pathway for urban nature-based solutions: testing a shared-governance approach in three cities and nine action labs

I Mahmoud, E Morello - Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Nature-based solutions (NBS) implementation in urban contexts has proven outcoming
multiple benefits to reverse the current trend of natural resources' degradation adversely …

Multi-level perspective on sustainability transition towards nature-based solutions and co-creation in urban planning of Belgrade, Serbia

A Mitić-Radulović, K Lalović - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, nature-based solutions have been increasingly promoted as a climate
change adaptation instrument, strongly advocated to be co-created. Achieving clear …

Setting the social monitoring framework for nature-based solutions impact: Methodological approach and pre-greening measurements in the case study from CLEVER …

IH Mahmoud, E Morello, C Vona, M Benciolini… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are currently being deployed in many European Commission
Horizon 2020 projects in reaction to the increasing number of environmental threats, such as …

H2020 projects and EU research needs for nature-based adaptation solutions

MJ Al Sayah, PA Versini, D Schertzer - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the documentation produced by 21 Horizon 2020 (H2020) projects
for the use of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for climate change adaptation (NBaS) …

How do nature-based solutions' color tones influence People's emotional reaction? An assessment via virtual and augmented reality in a participatory process

BEA Piga, G Stancato, N Rainisio, M Boffi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simulations of urban transformations are an effective tool for engaging citizens and
enhancing their understanding of urban design outcomes. Citizens' involvement can …

Localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Through Co-creation of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Towards an Assessment Framework for Local …

IH Mahmoud, E Morello, D Rizzi, B Wilk - The Palgrave encyclopedia of …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter discusses the role of co-creation processes related to Nature-Based Solutions
(NBS) in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It investigates the …

[HTML][HTML] Raising standards for stakeholder engagement in Nature-based Solutions: Navigating the why, when, who and how

A Ibrahim, K Marshall, E Carmen, KL Blackstock… - … Science & Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
Working with people is inherent to Nature-Based Solutions (NbS). The International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) …