[HTML][HTML] With the process comes the progress: A systematic review to support governance assessment of urban nature-based solutions

APN Van Der Jagt, A Buijs, C Dobbs… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen a profound increase in the development of assessment
frameworks for ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions (NBS) …

Paying for green: A scoping review of alternative financing models for nature-based solutions

C den Heijer, T Coppens - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are widely regarded as cost-effective responses to climate
change and environmental degradation that also provide numerous co-benefits. However …

[HTML][HTML] Can the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities help upscale investments into urban nature-based solutions?

CA Papari, H Toxopeus, F Polzin, H Bulkeley… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
We analyze the potential of the European Union (EU) Taxonomy (ET) for Sustainable
Activities to mobilize investments for the sustainability transition toward urban nature-based …

Catalyzing sustainability pathways: Navigating urban nature based solutions in Europe

L Tozer, H Bulkeley, A van der Jagt, H Toxopeus… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The notion that pathways can be identified and followed towards more sustainable futures
has become an increasingly prevalent idea across the science and policy of global …

[HTML][HTML] Embedding co-production of nature-based solutions in urban governance: Emerging co-production capacities in three European cities

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki, D Kindlon… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to understand how co-production can become embedded as a
collaborative governance practice by which city governments plan, deliver and steward …

Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities

R Hansen, M Buizer, A Buijs, S Pauleit… - European Planning …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities that can help to
mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity and improve public health. Green …

[HTML][HTML] Policy mixes for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions: An analysis of six European countries and the European Union

A van der Jagt, L Tozer, H Toxopeus… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are multifunctional and cost-effective innovations delivering
urban sustainability, but they are not yet mainstream in urban development. This can be …

[HTML][HTML] Motivations for urban front gardening: A quantitative analysis

N Murtagh, R Frost - Landscape and urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Private gardens in urban settings offer multiple benefits for the environment and society. In
addition to benefits to people's health and well-being, planting in front gardens in particular …

Estimating the social value of nature-based solutions in European cities

M Bockarjova, WJW Botzen, HA Bulkeley… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
By implementing nature-based solutions (NBS), cities generate value for their residents,
such as health and wellbeing. We estimate the aggregate social value to urban residents of …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated process for planning, delivery, and stewardship of urban nature-based solutions: The Connecting Nature Framework

MJ Collier, N Frantzeskaki, S Connop, G Dick… - Nature-Based …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities has grown in scale and magnitude in recent
times but is still considered to be the main challenge for transitioning our cities and their …