Knowledge gaps and future research needs for assessing the non-market benefits of Nature-Based Solutions and Nature-Based Solution-like strategies

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 841, С. 156636 - 156636

Опубликована: Июнь 11, 2022

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can be defined as solutions based on natural processes that meet societal challenges and simultaneously provide human well-being biodiversity benefits. These are envisioned to contribute operationalizing sustainable development strategies, especially in the context of adaptation climate change (e.g. flood risk reduction). In order quantify NBS performance, ease their uptake advocate for them alternatives "business-as-usual" infrastructures, a comprehensive, holistic valuation multiple benefits (multiple advantages disadvantages) is needed. This entails quantifying non-market people nature addition determining (direct) cost-benefit risk-reduction measure. Despite importance given assessment non-tangible literature, systematic data collection these dimensions seems missing. study reviews publications used stated preference methods assess NBS-like strategies. Its aim highlight any biases or knowledge gaps this kind evaluation. Our results show increased recreation well-being, enhanced biodiversity) still suffers from lack common framing. some steps being taken enabling interconnected benefit assessments, unexploited opportunities concerning integrated predominate. Moreover, research to-date appears case-to-case approach, thus shared method does not emerge present potentially delaying NBS. We argue future could minimize missed by focusing systematically applying assessments. Methods surveys may help ensure approaches taken, well contributing replicability application when upscaling • Review studies using Current literature relates "non-NBS-specific" methods. Replicability up-scaling prioritized. Integration often considered Future should focus replicable quantification.

Язык: Английский

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Pedestrian-level gust wind flow and comfort around a building array–Influencing assessment on the pocket park

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 83, С. 103953 - 103953

Опубликована: Май 18, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Covid-19 and outdoor recreation – Lessons learned? Introduction to the special issue on “Outdoor recreation and Covid-19: Its effects on people, parks and landscapes”

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 41, С. 100583 - 100583

Опубликована: Ноя. 25, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Cities in the times of COVID-19: Trends, impacts, and challenges for urban sustainability and resilience

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 432, С. 139735 - 139735

Опубликована: Ноя. 15, 2023

Since the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak, understanding its impacts on cities has received much attention in science and policy circles. This paper systematically reviews literature interface pandemic urban sustainability. The objective is to portray brought by outbreak environments within sustainability framework detect trends challenges for future research. follows a methodology that integrates both bibliometric systematic review approaches. first approach relies analysis provide an overview landscape main this nexus. second presents content deepens work outlining emerged five different key topics role resilient planning discussed as integrative concept face diverse construction sustainable post-pandemic scenario. Likewise, study deliberates research related planning, social equity, healthy environments, mobility, circular economy. serves guide researchers planners understand emerging

Язык: Английский

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Climate Adaptation Measures for Enhancing Urban Resilience

Buildings, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(9), С. 2163 - 2163

Опубликована: Авг. 25, 2023

Climate change threatens urban areas globally. Enhancing resilience is crucial, yet the comprehensive clustering of practical climate adaptation measures for use in construction industry decision-making notably absent. This study investigates and categorizes various measures, justifying each through a lens risk management, asset previous scientific work. It takes advantage innovative digital platform Netobra, which offers an ecosystem industry, to provide real-world, implications these measures. Informed by Urban Resilience Evaluation System, ISO 31000 (risk management), 55000 (asset sets out demonstrate value bolstering improving industry. Moreover, integrates hotspot detection mechanism at high impacts, using multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA)—analytic hierarchy process (AHP) mapping on Netobra. These identified hotspots corresponding will further be incorporated into Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) process, providing valuable insights mitigation strategies development. Through its in-depth analysis, aims contribute understanding how diverse can practically applied sectors, thereby enhancing effective management.

Язык: Английский

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Use of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Adaptation

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(9), С. 7243 - 7243

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2023

The concept of nature-based solutions (NbS) has been endorsed by multiple international organizations as one the priority approaches to address climate-related challenges. These are versatile, and can simultaneously challenges such climate impacts, public health, inequality, biodiversity crisis, being uniquely suited for urban adaptation. NbS particularly relevant in developing world, where strategies should be self-reliant possible, reducing need technological processes that require expensive complex maintenance. also promote political, societal, cultural, ultimately, systems change. purpose this paper is present a literature review on use adaptation, identifying main opportunities, challenges, and, most specifically, knowledge gaps, which addressed subsequent research. identifies four types gaps adaptation: future uncertainty, lack site-specific technical design criteria, governance strategies, effectiveness assessment evaluation. To overcome local governments’ limitations, specific implementation structures considered, centered transfer within transdisciplinary participatory framework. developed partnership with planning entities, seeking consolidate these policies support social resilience institutional capacity. Therefore, adaptation initiated pilot projects urgency implementation, while allowing practices time adjust, building capacity at level, filling through effectiveness. climate-resilience tree species adequate was identified gap NbS.

Язык: Английский

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What are the lessons from COVID-19 for creating healthy, sustainable, resilient future cities?

npj Urban Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 3(1)

Опубликована: Июнь 2, 2023

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives and the economy, reminding global community of devastating health economic impacts uncontrolled infectious disease. It affected how where people live, work, shop, play, exposed our cities’ vulnerabilities, leading to calls for a lens be applied in designing, approving, evaluating city plans. Socioeconomic, spatial inequities have been amplified, particularly those living inadequate or poorly designed housing, neighbourhoods, cities. Hence, mayors committed ‘build back better’ with all daily amenities within 15-min walking cycling trip. Designed well, these cities potential healthier, more sustainable, equitable, resilient. Yet their delivery requires rethink planning. Drawing on lessons from pandemic, we argue that reduce risk future pandemics, must mitigate climate change, limit urban expansion, use nature-based solutions protect natural habitats biodiversity. We then explore healthy, resilient 15-minute could planned emissions ensure are event crises. Given higher density housing underpins success cities, also examine create stock, through well-implemented health-supportive apartment design standards. Finally, achieve this, cross-sector leadership investment will vital.

Язык: Английский

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Estimating citizen's adaptive behavior for sustainable plastic waste management based on a choice experiment

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 422, С. 138617 - 138617

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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A systematic literature review of the smart city transformation process: The role and interaction of stakeholders and technology

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 101, С. 105112 - 105112

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2023

This study describes and analyses the developmental processes of cities that aim to transform into smart outlines core scenarios within which these take place. It concentrates on role interaction between stakeholders technology in city transformation process. Knowledge insight are scarce necessary, as they can contribute a possible acceleration increase effectiveness strategies. As result systematic literature review, this develops theoretical framework five stages generic iterative process with feedback. These (1) goal definition, (2) innovation, (3) strategy development, (4) plan implementation, (5) evaluation. Different developments outcomes four alternative for development: (a) spiralling up, (b) downward repetition, (c) corrective feedback, (d) upward Academics use insights general interpret, position, analyse specific projects processes. Practitioners inform their management, steering governance activities participate.

Язык: Английский

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What drives local climate change adaptation? A qualitative comparative analysis

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 145, С. 40 - 49

Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2023

Climate change impacts vary wildly across different geographical contexts and their effects are primarily felt on the local level, generating demand for solutions. The level plays a key role in adaptation to climate change. Nevertheless, most European countries has yet be integrated comprehensively into policy agendas. To further our understanding of this slow pace progress, we study 21 Swiss Alpine municipalities exposed variety natural hazards issues exacerbated by impacts. Building established research hazard management adaptation, expect four factors play decisive roles, either own or combination with each other: Past extreme events, risk exposure, perceived existing policies at superordinate levels. We test these expectations using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). find that significant past events high come close being necessary conditions measures. High its is also sufficient condition measures taken while absence no taken. Thus, importance perception exceeds expectation as it clearly been revealed important factor. Future should focus disentangling levels public investigate acceptance among actor groups decisions.

Язык: Английский

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