The role of urban agriculture as a nature-based solution: A review for developing a systemic assessment framework

M Artmann, K Sartison - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Urbanization and achieving sustainable agriculture are both major societal challenges. By
reducing food miles and connecting people with nature, food cultivation in cities has several …

Evidence on the contribution of community gardens to promote physical and mental health and well-being of non-institutionalized individuals: A systematic review

T Lampert, J Costa, O Santos, J Sousa, T Ribeiro… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction There has been growing interest in community gardens as an effective and
affordable health promotion strategy. However, most available evidence is derived from …

A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services

T McPhearson, EM Cook, M Berbés-Blázquez… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly
challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate change …

Citizen participation in the governance of nature‐based solutions

B Kiss, F Sekulova, K Hörschelmann… - Environmental Policy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The last half‐a‐century has seen a marked demand for authentic citizen participation in
public policy‐and decision‐making, not least in the field of sustainability. The depth and …

The green care code: How nature connectedness and simple activities help explain pro‐nature conservation behaviours

M Richardson, HA Passmore, L Barbett… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity crisis demands greater engagement in pro‐nature conservation behaviours.
Research has examined factors which account for general pro‐environmental behaviour; …

Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action

N Kabisch, N Frantzeskaki, S Pauleit, S Naumann… - Ecology and society, 2016 - JSTOR
Nature-based solutions promoting green and blue urban areas have significant potential to
decrease the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of cities in light of climatic change …

Reconnecting with nature for sustainability

CD Ives, DJ Abson, H Von Wehrden, C Dorninger… - Sustainability …, 2018 - Springer
Calls for humanity to 'reconnect to nature'have grown increasingly louder from both scholars
and civil society. Yet, there is relatively little coherence about what reconnecting to nature …

Contributing to food security in urban areas: differences between urban agriculture and peri-urban agriculture in the Global North

I Opitz, R Berges, A Piorr, T Krikser - Agriculture and Human Values, 2016 - Springer
Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …

Green infrastructure for urban climate adaptation: How do residents' views on climate impacts and green infrastructure shape adaptation preferences?

ML Derkzen, AJA Van Teeffelen, PH Verburg - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cities are particularly prone to the effects of climate change. One way for cities to adapt is by
enhancing their green infrastructure (GI) to mitigate the impacts of heat waves and flooding …

[HTML][HTML] Designing a knowledge co-production operating space for urban environmental governance—Lessons from Rotterdam, Netherlands and Berlin, Germany

N Frantzeskaki, N Kabisch - Environmental Science & Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Challenges for a sustainable urban development are increasingly important in cities
because urbanization and related land take come up with negative challenges for the …