Understanding transformative capacity to boost urban climate adaptation: A Semi-Systematic Literature Review DOI Creative Commons
Ana R. Sousa, Sara Santos Cruz, Isabel Breda-Vázquez

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AMBIO, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 53(2), P. 276 - 291

Published: Nov. 13, 2023

Abstract Transformative capacity (TC) is key for addressing climate change impacts. It refers to urban areas’ ability profound and intentional address current challenges move towards a more desirable resilient state. However, its varied applications across disciplines can lead misunderstandings implementation challenges. Thus, this Semi-Systematic Literature Review (SSLR) on TC within studies from 2016 2022 aims overview synthesise literature gaps inform ongoing debates, intersecting it with climate-related research. The results show an increasing interest in two fields of knowledge: resilience transformative review found as catalyst actions, promoting sustainable pathways, enhancing resilience, driving fundamental changes adaptation. Finally, the prevailing concern concept’s fragmentation, excessive research governance features, lack joint about innovation.

Language: Английский

Unravelling blue landscape fragmentation effects on ecosystem services in urban agglomerations DOI
Sonali Kundu, Narendra Kumar Rana, Susanta Mahato

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Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 102, P. 105192 - 105192

Published: Jan. 10, 2024

Language: Английский

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Heterogeneity in the subjective well-being impact of access to urban green space DOI
Farahnaz Sharifi, Christian Nygaard, Wendy Stone

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Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 74, P. 103244 - 103244

Published: Aug. 11, 2021

Language: Английский

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Mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities: A systematic literature review and a proposal for facilitating urban transitions DOI Creative Commons
Clare Adams, Niki Frantzeskaki, Magnus Moglia

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Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 130, P. 106661 - 106661

Published: April 20, 2023

Nature-based solutions are gaining prominence in urban sustainability discourses, especially climate adaptation, efforts to increase resilience, and as a means of promoting range social, environmental, economic benefits. There however barriers inertia that slow the adoption such solutions, term commonly used for overcoming factors is mainstreaming. The mainstreaming relation nature-based ambiguous, it entangled within or conflated with other similar concepts also describe change processes. This lack clarity cause potential misdirection planning towards more resilient cities. Therefore, this article expands deepens understanding cities by proposing (re)conceptualisation Our explores context multi-level governance, unpack where can unfold across levels, focuses on knowledge drivers, how activities shaped. These dimensions important unpacking happen what informs activities, facilitating effective policy-making, wider solutions. We report systematic literature review synthesis 147 articles, which proposes new framework definition identifying five mechanisms four roles explain processes mobilise adds language academic policy debate needed operationalising processes, thereby transform practices.

Language: Английский

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Post-fifth assessment report urban climate planning: Lessons from 278 urban climate action plans released from 2015 to 2022 DOI
Prince Dacosta Aboagye, Ayyoob Sharifi

Urban Climate, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 49, P. 101550 - 101550

Published: May 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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An integrated process for planning, delivery, and stewardship of urban nature-based solutions: The Connecting Nature Framework DOI Creative Commons
Marcus Collier, Niki Frantzeskaki, Stuart Connop

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Nature-Based Solutions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3, P. 100060 - 100060

Published: March 30, 2023

Mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities has grown scale and magnitude recent times but is still considered to be the main challenge for transitioning our their communities more climate resilient liveable: environmentally, economically, socially.Furthermore, taking next level, scaling them out all urban contexts achieve a greater impact, proving slow often conflicts with other initiatives such as energy generation, mobility transport initiatives, infilling combat sprawl.So, task neither easy nor straightforward; there are many barriers this novel transition, especially when it comes collaborative approaches implementing diverse within city authorities themselves.This paper reports on new process that systematically co-produced captured framework planning emerged during Connecting Nature project.The Framework three-stage, iterative involves seven key activity areas mainstreaming solutions: technical solutions, governance, financing business models, enterprises, co-production, reflexive monitoring, impact assessment.The tested applied designed address overcome implementation of via co-created, iterative, reflective approach.The guided by proposed already yielded promising results some project, though further usage its adoption needed explore potential different Global South.The concludes suggestions how may realised.

Language: Английский

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Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: a Comprehensive Overview of the National Forest City Action in China DOI Creative Commons
Cheng Wang,

Jiali Jin,

Clive Davies

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Current Forestry Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 119 - 132

Published: Jan. 25, 2024

Abstract Purpose of Review In tandem with China’s rapid urbanisation and economic growth, some negative impacts on the eco-environment human wellbeing have arisen, such as urban heat island effect, air pollution lack recreational spaces. To address degradation improve residents’ quality life simultaneously, central government launched National Forest City action in 2004, which essentially promotes forests nature-based solutions (UF-NBS) contributes to achieving sustainable development goals. Whilst this key national has been implemented for about two decades, it received limited scholarly attention within beyond China. This paper is very first summarise comprehensively action, focusing its rationale, evaluation management. Recent Findings By establishing cost-effective various environmental social issues, integrates novel knowledge best practices accumulated Europe North America into traditional ideology, pertinent human-nature relationship landscape design, further adapts renovates these country’s unique socioeconomic context. It highlights multi-functionality underpinned by a set performance indicators covering both qualitative quantitative aspects City’s planning, construction, management review. Additionally, reflects dynamic interaction science-policy-practice continuum hinged field experiments, transfer, public engagement, policy agenda greening actions. Challenges, unbalanced geographical distribution KPIs ecological integrity functionality forests, should be addressed refining scaling-up action. Summary UF-NBS pathway urbanisation, serving demonstrative exemplar other developing developed countries that may wish avoid their dependence pathways. sheds light how implement effective NBS addresses global societal challenges.

Language: Английский

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Actors mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities: A case study of Melbourne’s change agents and pathways for urban sustainability transformations DOI Creative Commons
Clare Adams, Niki Frantzeskaki, Magnus Moglia

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Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 155, P. 103723 - 103723

Published: March 16, 2024

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are implemented across multiple cities worldwide and feature as promising in local global agendas. As that can deal with interlinked urban challenges, NBS being taken up by different geographies considered to be mainstreaming. The process, referred mainstreaming, how this achieved needs better understood, which is identified a research gap. In paper, we examine the roles actors undertake contribute mainstreaming of cities. aim understand actors, especially those within governments, assume process mobilise implement novel innovative strategic for This topic explored case study metropolitan Melbourne region Australia, where forest strategies gaining traction governments addressing resilience concerns. We present (re)shaping, building, and/or transformation institutions attain climate ecologically resilient main contribution paper pathways framework illustrates sustainability norms move through facilitated – champion, advocate, realise transformative discourses actions politics practices. Our key findings framed success factors agencies underpinning transformation, are: commitment longevity, capacity, collaborative mindset, on-ground delivery.

Language: Английский

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Accelerating Pathways to Net Zero: Governance Strategies from Transition Studies and the Transition Accelerator DOI
Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft

Current Climate Change Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8(4), P. 104 - 114

Published: Aug. 20, 2022

Language: Английский

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Bridging the old and the new in sustainability transitions: The role of transition intermediaries in facilitating urban experimentation DOI Creative Commons
Franziska Ehnert

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 417, P. 138084 - 138084

Published: July 12, 2023

As experimentation with niche innovations confronts the old new, intermediaries are important to bridge innovative niches and established regimes. While there is a broad literature on foster urban sustainability transitions, limited understanding of acting as facilitators translators. Previous studies transition in adopt scaling-centric focus, which rests assumption that novelty emerges within impacts regimes through processes scaling-up. By contrast, this study shifts towards reconfiguration perspective move beyond niche-regime dichotomy provide more fine-grained conception how in-between regimes, well within-regime dynamics. This build dialogue between transitions. It shed light ambigious heterogenous nature regime actors: they do not only reproduce path dependencies, but can also facilitate creation. implies shift from meso-towards micro-level analysis, reveals variety their interactions. The provides an empirical exploration local by analysing transdisciplinary research project "Dresden – City Future: Empowering Citizens, Transforming Cities!". qualitative case follows explorative approach, insights intermediaries' activities could be anticipated during initial design. interaction shows importance recognising dialectic change below above. acted visionaries, knowledge brokers advocates change, guides facilitators, creating shared institutional infrastructure coordinating local-level activities. (dis)empowering dynamics underlie power struggles confronted with. These findings for governance strategies strengthen position intermediaries. They suggest work should no longer hidden informal recognised essential part governance. A both fostered interfaces bring about reconfiguration.

Language: Английский

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Nature-based solutions experiences: A systematic literature review for public policies DOI Creative Commons
Geraldo Lavigne de Lemos,

Andrieza de Aquino Eslabão,

Jonathas Santos

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Nature-Based Solutions, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5, P. 100121 - 100121

Published: April 1, 2024

This paper made a systematic literature review about Nature-based Solutions and public policies worldwide, considering the Web of Science database. The study proposal is to enable others NbS for climate change. Based on PRISMA PICO methodology, 55 final documents were analyzed. papers mostly addressed locations in northern hemisphere, adopted different methodologies mainly related Sustainable Development Goal 11 13. approach object those commonly infrastructure-related or ecosystem-based, representing 63,7 % papers. present found that there no preferred policy. policy must be performed specificities, adaptation intended, change effects addressed. proved gives wide range opportunities face challenges, with affordable solutions.

Language: Английский

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