Nature-based solutions for cities / / edited by Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, and Niki Frantzeskaki.

• TeilnehmendeR: McPhearson, Timon,; Kabisch, Nadja,; Frantzeskaki, Niki,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

"Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, health, and urban sustainability, yet ensuring they are effective and inclusive remains a challenge. Addressing these challenges through chapters by leading experts in both global south and north contexts, this forward-looking book advances the science of NBS in cities and discusses the frontiers for next-generation urban NBS. NBS are fundamentally inter- and transdisciplinary approaches that require systems thinking and multi-level governance. With a focus on the multiple challenges that cities face, from heat and air pollution to storm water and threats to human health, this book puts forward a diversity of ideas for embracing complexity in mainstreaming NBS and inspiring new approaches to create the ecological urban futures we need. Speaking to the need for cities around the world to employ ecological, nature-based design, this book will be essential reading for early career professionals, practitioners, scholars, and students across multiple disciplines engaging with nature-based solutions including urban ecology, design, architecture, landscape architecture, geography, urban planning, policy, and management"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Nature-based solutions for sustainable, resilient, and equitable cities -- Part I Nature-based solutions for what and for whom? -- 2. Nature-based solutions and climate change resilience -- 3. Towards just nature-based solutions for cities -- Part II The nature of nature-based solutions -- 4. Urban ecological resilience: ensuring urban ecosystems can provide nature-based solutions -- 5. Nature-based solutions and biodiversity: synergies, trade-offs, and ways forward -- Part III The multiple benefits of nature-based solutions -- 6. Just, nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure for cooling and cleaning airsheds -- 7. Nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure for water resilience -- 8. Human physical health outcomes influenced by contact with nature -- 9. Nature-based solutions and mental health -- Part IV Nature-based solutions governance, planning, and value -- 10. Planning and maintaining nature-based solutions: lessons for foresight and sustainable care from Berlin, Jakarta, Melbourne, and Santiago de Chile -- 11. Governance of and with nature-based solutions in cities -- 12. Mapping, measuring, and valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions in cities -- Part V Engaging art and design for and with nature-based solutions -- 13. Urban designs as social-natural resolutions -- 14. Ecological art in cities: exploring the potential for art to promote and advance nature-based solutions -- 15. 1 + 1 = 3: stories of imagination and the art of nature-based solutions -- 16. Towards mainstreaming nature-based solutions for achieving biodiverse, resilient, and inclusive cities -- Index.