A typology for urban Green Infrastructure to guide multifunctional planning of nature-based solutions

Nature-Based Solutions, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 2, С. 100041 - 100041

Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2022

Urban Green Infrastructure (GI) provides multiple benefits to city inhabitants and can be an important component in nature-based solutions (NBS), but the ecosystem services that underpin those are inconsistently quantified literature. There remain substantial knowledge gaps about level of service supported by less studied GI types, e.g. cemeteries, or less-studied services, noise mitigation. Decision-makers planners cities often face conflicting incomplete information on effectiveness GI, particularly their ability provide a suite co-benefits. Here, we describe feature-based typology which combines elements land cover, use both ecological social function. It is consistent with user requirements mapping, needs models conduct more detailed assessments guide NBS design. We evidence synthesis based published literature, scores each type deliver services. In multivariate analysis scores, main axis variation differentiates between constructed (or hybrid) types designed primarily for water flow management (delivering relatively few services) natural green trees, blue such as lakes sea, multi-functional set regulating The most this also score highest biodiversity. second element separates support very cultural highly enabling physical wellbeing interaction and, lesser extent, restoring capacities. Together multi-functionality matrix much needed assessment allow decision-makers make a-priori relative different part address urban challenges.

Язык: Английский

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Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature

Опубликована: Март 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.

Язык: Английский

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Regulating Urban Metabolism in Semi-Arid Regions: Classification and Valuation of Urban Open Spaces Ecosystem Services in Metropolitan Kano

Environmental Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101165 - 101165

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Citizen science enabled planning for species conservation in urban landscapes: the case of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in southern China

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 40(3)

Опубликована: Март 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Harnessing iNaturalist to quantify hotspots of urban biodiversity: the Los Angeles case study

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2023

Introduction A major goal for conservation planning is the prioritized protection and management of areas that harbor maximal biodiversity. However, such spatial prioritization often suffers from limited data availability, resulting in decisions driven by a handful iconic or endangered species, with uncertain benefits co-occurring taxa. We argue multi-species habitat preferences based on field observations should guide to optimize long-term persistence as many species possible. Methods Using suitability modeling techniques community-science platform iNaturalist, we provide strategy develop spatially explicit models enable better informed, place-based prioritization. Our case study Greater Los Angeles used Maxent Random Forests generate 1,200 terrestrial at least 25 occurrence records, drawn plants (45.5%), arthropods (27.45%), vertebrates (22.2%), fungi (3.2%), molluscs (1.3%), other taxonomic groups (< 0.3%). This further compared thinning bias file corrections account biases inherent iNaturalist dataset, jointly separately wildland urban sub-regions validated model performance using null “test” dataset occurrences were not train models. Results Mean all combined similar across settings, but mean Forest received highest median AUC ROC PRG scores evaluation. Taxonomic showed relatively modest differences their response urbanization gradient, while native non-native contrasting patterns most habitats both peaked near urban-wildland interface. Discussion framework entirely open-source software our code provided use. Given increasing availability biodiversity via platforms this can easily be applied regions. Quantifying large, representative subset locally occurring pool way provides clear, data-driven basis ecological research decision-making, maximizing impact current future efforts.

Язык: Английский

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Ecological restoration and biodiversity-friendly management of urban grasslands – A global review on the current state of knowledge

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 368, С. 122220 - 122220

Опубликована: Авг. 17, 2024

In the face of global biodiversity decline, ecological restoration measures to actively enhance urban and options for biodiversity-friendly greenspace management are high on agenda many governments city administrations. This review aims summarize advance current knowledge grassland by synthesizing research findings approaches globally. Indeed, we found be generally effective in increasing biodiversity; yet, there were variations outcomes due difference soil disturbance methods, regimes, set species introduced a site, specific local setting. Based reviewed studies, formulated recommendations maximizing success grasslands through: i) creating network heterogeneous greenspaces enhancing connectivity between them; ii) maintaining spontaneous vegetation vacant lots wasteland sites that can provide habitats various invertebrate species; iii) evaluating actual conditions, seed bank, rain before efforts take place since these sources could considerably affect outcomes, iv) preserving nutrient-poor conditions instead introducing nutrient-rich topsoil; v) shifting less intensive, reducing mowing frequency avoiding use chemicals; vi) utilizing native dry climate adaptation without irrigation. We further identified gaps regarding city-scale regional-scale effects restoration, interventions multiple taxa ecosystem services, small versus mega-cities, south. These should addressed future studies making general guidelines broadly applicable.

Язык: Английский

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Housing or habitat: what drives patterns of avian species richness in urbanized landscapes?

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 38(8), С. 1919 - 1937

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2023

Abstract Context Conservation of biodiversity in cities depends on ecologically sensitive urban planning, informed by an understanding patterns species distributions and richness. Because urbanized landscapes are heterogeneous mosaics, many move between different land-cover types, it is valuable to compare ‘whole landscapes’ (broad-scale spatially areas) that systematically differ landscape structure. Objectives We tested the relative influence housing cover canopy tree avian richness, identify components structure most strongly landscape-scale richness (i.e., pooled multiple sites within a whole landscape). Methods selected 30 residential (each 1 km 2 ) Melbourne, Australia, stratified represent concurrent gradients cover. Five point-count surveys were conducted at each 10 per (for total 50 landscape) data mosaic. Results Up 82% variation was explained properties landscape. Housing dominant strong predictor for response groups including native, terrestrial, forest, aquatic birds. As increased, all decreased. Tree cover, primarily comprised scattered trees areas, had less Nonetheless, forest birds, extent native vegetation surrounding important positive influence, indicating value potential source habitat bird populations. Conclusions Cities can be home diverse avifauna. The indicates scope plan manage areas support diversity birds require natural elements. conclude urbanizing environments best designed benefit protecting patches (particularly large combined with localized higher rather than uniform (lower) across entire

Язык: Английский

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Coping with light pollution in urban environments: Patterns and challenges

iScience, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(3), С. 109244 - 109244

Опубликована: Фев. 16, 2024

Artificial light at night is a growing environmental problem that especially pronounced in urban environments. Yet, impacts on wildlife have received scant attention and patterns consequences are largely unknown. Here, I present conceptual framework outlining the challenges species encounter when exposed to pollution how they may respond through plastic adjustments genetic adaptation. Light interferes with biological rhythms, influences behaviors, fragments habitats, alters predation risk resource abundance, which changes diversity spatiotemporal distribution of and, hence, structure function ecosystems. Furthermore, interacts other disturbances, can exacerbate negative effects species. Given rapid growth areas importance healthy ecosystems for human wellbeing, more research needed

Язык: Английский

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Cities of the Anthropocene: urban sustainability in an eco-evolutionary perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 379(1893)

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2023

Cities across the globe are driving systemic change in social and ecological systems by accelerating rates of interactions intensifying links between human activities Earth's ecosystems, thereby expanding scale influence on fundamental processes that sustain life. Increasing evidence shows cities not only alter biodiversity, they genetic makeup many populations, including animals, plants, fungi microorganisms. Urban-driven rapid evolution species traits might have significant effects socially relevant ecosystem functions such as nutrient cycling, pollination, water air purification food production. Despite increasing causing evolutionary change, current urban sustainability strategies often overlook these dynamics. The dominant perspectives guide essentially static, focusing preserving biodiversity its present state or restoring it to pre-urban conditions. This paper provides a overview socio-eco-evolutionary transition associated with global urbanization. Using examples observed changes play role maintaining function resilience, I propose significantly impact sustainability. Incorporating an eco-evolutionary perspective into science planning is crucial for effectively reimagining Anthropocene. article part theme issue ‘Evolution sustainability: gathering strands Anthropocene synthesis’.

Язык: Английский

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Mapping multigroup responses to land cover legacy for urban biodiversity conservation

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 291, С. 110508 - 110508

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2024

Urban biodiversity plays a crucial role in the functioning of urban ecosystems and significantly impacts well-being quality life for city residents. By focusing on Porto as case study, influence local-scale land cover evolution is investigated, using species richness birds, reptiles, amphibians indicators, within multimodel inference framework. The results underscore importance past legacy shaping biodiversity. Birds, respond positively to older vegetation patches but negatively long-established areas. Birds exhibit adaptability by responding recent vegetation, while tend avoid newly vegetated zones. fragmented distribution reptiles suggests limited mobility potential delayed response habitat loss isolation. Reptiles benefit from both wooded herbaceous habitats, emphasizing local spatial diversity, water elements are critical amphibians, although many aquatic habitats context may not be suitable. Modeling guide identification priority areas conservation Porto, informing decision-makers, planners, conservationists. This spatially explicit research aids efforts create more ecologically resilient biodiverse environments. It highlights historical unique responses different vertebrate groups urbanization, contributing our understanding dynamics sustainable development.

Язык: Английский

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