Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe: Outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project

S Pauleit, B Ambrose-Oji, E Andersson, B Anton… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a promising concept when develo** multifunctional
green space systems to address major challenges of urbanization such as increasing social …

Nature based solutions for contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment in cities: A review

Y Song, N Kirkwood, Č Maksimović, X Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban industrialization has caused severe land contamination at hundreds of thousands of
sites in cities all around the world, posing a serious health risk to millions of people. Many …

[HTML][HTML] What are Nature-based solutions (NBS)? Setting core ideas for concept clarification

B Sowińska-Świerkosz, J García - Nature-Based Solutions, 2022 - Elsevier
Although nature-based solutions (NBS) have been promoted as a key tool for solving
diverse environmental and societal problems, the concept and its practical applications …

[HTML][HTML] Seven lessons for planning nature-based solutions in cities

N Frantzeskaki - Environmental science & policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions are proliferating in European cities over the past years as viable
solutions to urban challenges such as climate change, urban degeneration and aging …

Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation: linking science, policy, and practice communities for evidence-based decision-making

N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson, MJ Collier… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing
urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we …

Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities

R Lafortezza, J Chen, CK Van Den Bosch… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly applied to guide the design of resilient
landscapes and cities to enable them to reach economic development goals with beneficial …

Nature-based solutions in the urban context: Terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services

JAC Castellar, LA Popartan, J Pueyo-Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable
development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban …

Key enablers of and barriers to the uptake and implementation of nature-based solutions in urban settings: A review

S Ershad Sarabi, Q Han, AG L. Romme, B de Vries… - Resources, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate change and urbanization have resulted in several societal challenges for urban
areas. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been positioned as solutions for enhancing …

Stakeholders' engagement on nature-based solutions: A systematic literature review

V Ferreira, AP Barreira, L Loures, D Antunes… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cities are facing a broad range of social and environmental challenges due to the current
pressure of global urbanization. Nature-based solutions aim to utilize green infrastructure to …

The role of urban agriculture as a nature-based solution: A review for develo** 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 …