An expanded framing of ecosystem services is needed for a sustainable urban future

T Elliot, JA Torres-Matallana, B Goldstein… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban activities are an important driver of ecosystem services decline. Sustainable
urbanisation necessitates anticipating and mitigating these negative socio-ecological …

A review of social-ecological system resilience: Mechanism, assessment and management

T Li, Y Dong, Z Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Social-ecological system (SES) resilience involves the large information and complex
relationships of nature, society and economy. To promote multi-disciplinary integration to …

[HTML][HTML] Nexus between nature-based solutions, ecosystem services and urban challenges

JB Almenar, T Elliot, B Rugani, B Philippe, TN Gutierrez… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are increasingly promoted to support sustainable and
resilient urban planning. However, design and planning urban NBS targeted at the needs of …

Evaluation of urban metabolism assessment methods through SWOT analysis and analytical hierocracy process

I Voukkali, AA Zorpas - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The interconnection of urbanization trends and environmental pressures, are due to the
rising demand for resource consumption, waste production and greenhouses gas …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the net environmental and economic impacts of urban nature-based solutions by combining ecosystem services, system dynamics and life cycle …

JB Almenar, C Petucco, G Sonnemann, D Geneletti… - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are gaining relevance as sustainable urban actions because
of their potential to provide multiple benefits in the form of ecosystem services (ES), and thus …

Urban ecosystem-level biomimicry and regenerative design: Linking ecosystem functioning and urban built environments

E Blanco, M Pedersen Zari, K Raskin, P Clergeau - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
By 2050, 68% of the world's population will likely live in cities. Human settlements depend
on resources, benefits, and services from ecosystems, but they also tend to deplete …

Ecosystem service deficits of European cities

T Elliot, B Goldstein, E Gómez-Baggethun… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two pressing global environmental challenges that
are tightly coupled to urban processes. Cities emit greenhouse gases through the …

Predicting waste management system performance from city and country attributes

IHV Gue, NSA Lopez, ASF Chiu, AT Ubando… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Supporting good waste management practices is crucial for the sustainable development of
cities. Transforming the practices of cities is a complex problem that requires understanding …

Mapping regulation ecosystem services specialization in Italy

A Pilogallo, F Scorza - Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Nowadays, land-use planning systems show structural weakness from an informative
perspective, depending on the capacity to develop rapidly and accurately territorial …

A spatial decision support system for multifunctional landscape assessment: a transformative resilience perspective for vulnerable inland areas

M Cerreta, S Panaro, G Poli - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The concept of transformative resilience has emerged from the recent literature and
represents a way to interpret the potential opportunities for change in vulnerable territories …