Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature

Published: March 25, 2025

In an increasingly urbanized world, urban biodiversity is people's primary contact with nature. However, as cities expand and densify, green blue spaces their are under pressure, risking declines in liveability. This Review discusses the benefits of multiple challenges it faces, identifies opportunities pathways towards developing sustainable, biodiverse for both humans The substantial biological richness that areas can harbour helps to mitigate environmental pressures, address adapt climate change, human health well-being. challenged by competition space, pressures declining engagement residents Understanding underlying mechanisms informs efforts create maintain high-quality blue–green infrastructure. Biodiversity-sensitive socially inclusive governance planning key biodiverse, cities. Urban policies should move cross-sectional approaches coordinate sectors such health, education, design. Developing shared environments nature contributes global conservation offers solutions social faced underpins ecosystem services cities, but faces from activities, nature, inadequate systems. provided biodiversity, its promotion conservation.

Language: Английский

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Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 99(4), P. 1458 - 1480

Published: March 21, 2024

ABSTRACT Accelerating urbanisation and associated lifestyle changes result in loss of biodiversity diminished wellbeing people through fewer direct interactions experiences with nature. In this review, we propose the notion urban wilding (the promotion autonomous ecological processes that are independent historical land‐use conditions, minimal human maintenance planting interventions) investigate its propensity to improve people–nature connections cities. Through a large interdisciplinary synthesis, explore mechanisms which can promote cities, attitudes relations city dwellers towards wild spaces, discuss integration into fabric cities governance. We show favouring assembly spontaneity by reducing interventions, functional limiting practices, plant diversity provide resources for numerous organisms at habitat scales. These could reverse biotic homogenisation, but further studies needed understand effects on invasive species their consequences. From socio‐ecological perspective, spontaneous vegetation modulated successional stages, grassland woodland stages preferred, dense shrubby disliked. Wild spaces diversify physical nature, enrich multi‐sensory, affective cognitive nature However, some aspects cause anxiety, feeling unsafe, perception abandonment. negative be mitigated subtle design interventions. While has long been thought as ornamental instrumental help develop relational intrinsic values Wildness singular aesthetics should combined cultural norms, resident uses functions plan spatial configurations promoting human–non‐human cohabitation. For socially just adapted needs residents, implementation backed inclusive governance opening up discussion forums residents workers. Scientists support these collaborating actors experiment new

Language: Английский

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Biodiverse residential development: A review of New Zealand policies and strategies for urban biodiversity

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 94, P. 128276 - 128276

Published: March 3, 2024

Urban residential development is expanding globally to accommodate increasing housing demand, greatly impacting biodiversity and human wellbeing. Enhanced sustainability of these developments requires an integrated approach conserving, supporting, restoring through the built environment understanding implications policies, regulations, guidelines. This paper details a review current New Zealand strategies, planning documents, design guidelines that inform urban at national, regional, local levels. Three major gaps in considerations opportunities for improvement were identified. Firstly, policies strategies tend protect significant indigenous habitats, but interventions required improve or retain are not explicitly considered. Secondly, there need with explicit outcomes. Thirdly, existing documents do account monitoring management could be amended include biodiversity-related We conclude related inadequate fail recognise encourage enhancement any meaningful way. Holistic strategic ecosystem-based approaches enhance wellbeing ensure continues thrive cities enrich lives residents.

Language: Английский

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Regenerative stakeholder framework in tourism

Tourism Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 80(2), P. 433 - 455

Published: July 23, 2024

Purpose This research endeavours to achieve two primary objectives within the context of regenerative tourism (RT). Firstly, study aims explore trends and conceptual structure RT, mapping its scope through a bibliometric analysis. Building upon knowledge garnered from initial exploration, second aim is establish stakeholder framework for tourism, grounded in biodiversity. Design/methodology/approach Data Web Science (WoS) Scopus were collected analysis this research. The merged database found total 42 publications. Findings Based on Biblioshiny, six indicators identified (e.g. annual publications, most cited studies, productive countries, journals thematic map). Furthermore, authors' keyword was conducted using VOSviewer software package, revealing four clusters, namely, stakeholders, ecotourism, circular economy climate change. Research limitations/implications research's restricted WoS 21 February 2024. Future could broaden RT perspectives different databases. Practical implications offers developed based theory. Originality/value advances awareness Earth's current needs literature stakeholders by establishing biodiversity-based stakeholders' which both human non-human can coexist.

Language: Английский

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Identifying priority urban green areas for biodiversity conservation and equitable recreational accessibility using spatial prioritization

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 259, P. 105356 - 105356

Published: March 14, 2025

Language: Английский

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Vegetation regulations and upkeeping influence avifauna diversity within residential developments of Mexico City

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(3)

Published: March 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: A Methodological Framework for an Inclusive Ecological Transition Pathway. Insights from the PHOENIX H2020 Project

World sustainability series, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 335 - 357

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Nature-based solutions as more-than-human art: Co-evolutionary and co-creative design approaches

Nature-Based Solutions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 100081 - 100081

Published: July 23, 2023

Language: Английский

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Architectural Multispecies Building Design: Concepts, Challenges, and Design Process

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(21), P. 15480 - 15480

Published: Oct. 31, 2023

This perspective paper explores the concept of multispecies design in architecture, focusing on building scale. Historically, architects have prioritized human needs, neglecting nature’s integration urban settings, leading to environmental and social challenges. To address these issues, a new approach that promotes ecological knowledge into architectural has evolved. aims map existing concepts, challenges, gaps this novel approach, scale process suggests roadmap for its implementation. analyzes literature current practices. analysis is complemented by findings from an studio highlighted real-world challenges not readily apparent literature. By promoting paradigm, research only underscores transformative but also positions as essential strategy combatting declining biodiversity escalating climate change.

Language: Английский

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A Review of Existing Ecological Design Frameworks Enabling Biodiversity Inclusive Design

Urban Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(4), P. 95 - 95

Published: Dec. 16, 2022

Built environment practitioners currently seek options and opportunities to respond the biodiversity emergency. Biodiversity Inclusive Design (BID) is an approach design that seeks foster functional ecological systems, enable species’ persistence within built (re) connect people with nature. BID can support designers’ quest toward positivity. However, projects prioritise are sparse limited ad hoc initiatives by individual champions rather than being standard practice. Frameworks providing a structured process achieve positivity already exist, but they be difficult find, compare navigate. Responding calls further develop concept of Design, we systematically analyse 15 frameworks compatible BID. We explore how existing position as client. For each framework, uncover underlying rules, ideas, beliefs, principles proposed structure process. Through thematic analysis, identify re-emerging concepts themes underpinning Nested complementary frameworks, conclude positioning set parallel processes specifically biodiversitys’ perspectives (needs, preferences) interact socio-ecological system give voice planning Our paper formalises practice identifies three core dimensions action nine principles.

Language: Английский

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