The future coexistence of human and nonhuman nature on an urban planet is at risk. A
crucial lever is the transformation of human-nature relationships in and through cities. Urban …

Nature-based living labs combine the elements of nature-based solution design with a living
lab context to address social and environmental resilience challenges. There is a need to …

Smart cities refer to place-specific collaborative systems where multiple actors collaborate to
collectively address public problems. However, smart city initiatives regularly frame citizens …

Over recent decades Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have become a common space for co-
creation processes' experimentation, whereby new approaches for sustainable urban …

Despite the normative view that Quadruple Helix collaborations (with government,
academia, industry and civil society) such as living labs are prescribed to enhance regional …

This chapter explains the importance for nature-based solutions as resilience infrastructure
of cities. It sets the scene for the challenges and opportunities presented by a city-wide …

In many European cities, urban experimentation is increasingly preferred as a method for
testing and disseminating innovations that might ignite a transformation toward more …

Recent discussions within urban planning support nature as a potent ally to facing climate
change in cities. Among all, nature-based solutions (NbS) and their upscaling have been …

In this paper we introduce the Urban Drama Lab as a new manifestation of Urban Living
Labs. We expand current debates concerning Urban Living Labs by contrasting and …

Cities are championing urban experiments in order to address societal challenges and
increased urban complexity. In fact, and following fellow researchers, urban experiments are …