Understanding collaborative governance of biodiversity-inclusive urban planning: Methodological approach and benchmarking results for urban nature plans in 10 European cities

Urban Ecosystems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 28(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025

Язык: Английский

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From neoliberal urban green space production and consumption to urban greening as part of a degrowth agenda

Cities, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 159, С. 105739 - 105739

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 99(4), С. 1458 - 1480

Опубликована: Март 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

Язык: Английский

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The Human–Nature Relationship as a Tangible Target for Pro-Environmental Behaviour—Guidance from Interpersonal Relationships

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(16), С. 12175 - 12175

Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2023

Major environmental institutions around the globe are realising that failing human–nature relationship is a root cause of issues. Despite this shift in thinking, there more work to be done highlight as tangible target for pro-environmental behaviour. This review argues importance targeting relationships. It emphasises nature connectedness, with its robust links behaviour, useful operationalisation such Following recent references policy documents, paper draws on theories interpersonal relationships illustrate how they can inform efforts repair relationship. Parallels between connectedness research and highlighted. The potential new routes closer relationship—including meaningful (e.g., intimate) engagement nature, cultural support relationships, fostering trust recognising reciprocity nature—are noted. concludes seen an extension provides pathway sustainable future, suggests explicit relationship-focused thinking guide both research.

Язык: Английский

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

Urban forestry & urban greening, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 94, С. 128276 - 128276

Опубликована: Март 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.

Язык: Английский

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The good, the bad, and the unseen: wild mammal encounters influence wildlife preferences of residents across socio-demographic gradients

Ecology and Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 29(3)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

As natural habitats decline and wildlife adapts to increasing anthropogenic disturbance, it is crucial understand human-wildlife relationships in residential areas. However, relevant studies are limited mostly focused on single cities. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated people's preferences for seeing wild mammals areas by conducting analyzing an online survey distributed across Germany (n = 2997 participants). Our results revealed that preferred species (squirrels, hedgehogs, hares, roe deer) were frequently encountered, whereas unpreferred those encountered (rats, martens), as well rarely (wild boar, coypus, raccoons). We also found a moderately positive correlation between the number of encounters with them being humans. Finally, some socio-demographic variables, particularly gender, garden access, urbanity, significantly related human preferences. Based our results, propose tailoring management promote attributes biodiversity ambassadors, while addressing ways mitigate negative perceptions associated species.

Язык: Английский

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Managing climate-change refugia to prevent extinctions

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 39(9), С. 800 - 808

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

HighlightsClimate-change refugia can support biodiversity by maintaining buffered conditions despite climate change and are a critical tool for the unfolding extinction crisis.Despite their capacity to protect biodiversity, climate-change will be increasingly vulnerable impacts of multiple interacting stressors may hence require management.Effective protection under facilitated managing or newly establishing on basis factors processes that create them.Using four clear steps, appropriate actions maintain refugia, ranging from minimal management more extensive restoration efforts, determined.Identifying reduce extinctions contribute landscapes holistically managed conservation change.AbstractEarth is facing simultaneous crises. Climate-change – areas relatively help address both these problems components when surrounding landscape no longer can. However, this often severe other stressors. Thus, need consider complex multidimensional nature refugia. We outline an approach understand refugia-promoting evaluate refugial determine suitable actions. Our framework applies as tools facilitate resistance in modern planning. Such refugia-focused change.

Язык: Английский

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Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey

Landscape and Urban Planning, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 257, С. 105299 - 105299

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity Conservation in Human‐Dominated Landscapes: Toward Collaborative Management of Blue–Green Systems

Conservation Letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Maintaining ecological connectivity is crucial for biodiversity, yet effectively managing interconnected areas through actor collaboration challenging. This study examines social–ecological fit in aquatic “blue” and terrestrial “green” areas, encompassing natural semi‐natural elements, human‐dominated landscapes. Combining species distribution models analyses focused on declining amphibians survey data actors’ area management within we create a spatially explicit network that analyze using models. Results highlight diverse dependencies shaping interactions. Strong observed blue‐rural‐green whereas blue‐urban‐green lack collaboration, with minor rivers urban‐green spaces at the network's core plagued by misfit. Strengthening these essential to prevent further degradation. Incorporating perspective covering blue green guides targeted interventions fosters effective conservation policy practice.

Язык: Английский

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Tree Community at the GOS of 45 Banjarsari Monument and the GOS of TMP, Surakarta, Central Java

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 1438(1), С. 012062 - 012062

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Abstract Green Open Space (GOS) has many roles in ecosystem services urban environments. Banjarsari Monument and TMP (Taman Makam Pahlawan) are part of green open spaces Surakarta, which have different environmental conditions functions. The difference the composition types, individuals, infrastructure is an interesting thing to know about each these spaces. Data was collected at GOS Monjari July 2024. Vegetation analysis carried out determine number, type, circumference, height trees poles. Furthermore, calculation Relative Density (RD), Frequency (RF), Dominance (RD) find Important Value Index, addition that Evenness Diversity Index also calculated. research shows there 311 individuals consisting 27 types poles 738 41 TMP.

Язык: Английский

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