Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
55, P. 101160 - 101160
Published: March 8, 2022
This
article
introduces
a
special
issue
on
the
contribution
of
social
science
to
addressing
transformations
sustainability.
Articles
underline
importance
embracing
theoretically
rooted,
empirically
informed,
and
collaboratively
generated
knowledge
address
sustainability
challenges
transformative
change.
Emphasis
is
placed
role
sciences
in
elaborating
politicisation
pluralisation
transformation
processes
outcomes,
helping
situate,
frame,
reflect
generate
societal
action,
while
acknowledging
complexity
different
contexts.
Ecosystem Services,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
66, P. 101610 - 101610
Published: March 7, 2024
In
an
increasingly
urbanized
world,
the
concepts
of
ecosystem
services
and
nature-based
solutions
can
help
tackle
grand
challenges.
However,
ambiguity
in
their
definitions
relationship
between
two
complicates
comprehensive
research
efforts
as
well
effective
application
policy
planning
urban
systems.
This
paper
presents
a
framework
to
clarify
explicitly
relate
concepts,
enhancing
applicability
management
Within
framework,
addressing
challenges
serves
starting
point
for
development
implementation
solutions.
Nature-based
alter
flows
that
are
produced
by
altering
performance
or
changing
how
people
engage
with
ecosystem.
results
both
changes
target
services,
non-targeted
leading
benefits.
Using
illustrative
case
studies,
we
show
be
applied
expected
increase
intensity
cities
across
world:
stormwater
heat
stress.
Moreover,
highlight
key
topics
will
benefit
from
more
integrated
use
services.
The
helps
emphasize
co-benefits,
used
make
co-benefits
multifunctionality
explicit
decision-making
processes.
The Lancet Planetary Health,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(4), P. e234 - e241
Published: April 1, 2024
Cities
are
the
main
hubs
of
human
activity
and
engines
economic
growth.
In
pursuit
such
growth,
cities
transgressing
their
local
environmental
boundaries.
Ongoing
urbanisation
increasingly
contributes
to
pressure
on
planetary
boundaries
negatively
affects
health.
a
telecoupled
world,
externalise
impacts
by
shifting
production
many
other
functions
away
from
At
same
time,
urban
inhabitants
people
who
follow
lifestyles
but
live
outside
disconnected
nature.
This
Viewpoint
highlights
role
degrowth
in
keeping
an
planet
within
suggests
areas
for
further
research
policy.
Degrowth
calls
meaningfully
connecting
with
ensuring
everyone
receives
fair
share
ecological
capacity.
lower
use
existing
resources,
political
power
asymmetries,
moves
beyond
pricing
interventions.
addresses
three
key
aspects
that
connect
boundaries:
reducing
consumption,
nature,
including
nature
(to
more
substantial
extent)
design
what
is
used
consumed
cities.
A
radical
transformation
necessary
stay
safe
operating
space
humanity.
Ecology and Society,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
26(2)
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Andersson,
E.,
S.
Borgström,
D.
Haase,
J.
Langemeyer,
A.
Mascarenhas,
T.
McPhearson,
M.
Wolff,
E.
Łaszkiewicz,
Kronenberg,
N.
Barton,
and
P.
Herreros-Cantis.
2021.
A
context-sensitive
systems
approach
for
understanding
enabling
ecosystem
service
realization
in
cities.
Ecology
Society
26(2):35.
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12411-260235
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
55, P. 101160 - 101160
Published: March 8, 2022
This
article
introduces
a
special
issue
on
the
contribution
of
social
science
to
addressing
transformations
sustainability.
Articles
underline
importance
embracing
theoretically
rooted,
empirically
informed,
and
collaboratively
generated
knowledge
address
sustainability
challenges
transformative
change.
Emphasis
is
placed
role
sciences
in
elaborating
politicisation
pluralisation
transformation
processes
outcomes,
helping
situate,
frame,
reflect
generate
societal
action,
while
acknowledging
complexity
different
contexts.
