Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots of air pollution and
noise, heat island effects and lack of green space, which are all detrimental to human health …

Droughts and floods are weather-related hazards affecting cities in all climate zones and
causing human deaths and material losses on all inhabited continents. The aim of this article …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) were introduced as integrated, multifunctional and multi-
beneficial solutions to a wide array of socio-ecological challenges. Although principles for a …

Nature-based solutions are gaining prominence in urban sustainability discourses,
especially in climate adaptation, in efforts to increase resilience, and as a means of …

Population growth, urbanisation, climate change, biodiversity loss, energy use, water
security and ageing infrastructures for water supply and treatment require a thorough …

A person's health and wellbeing are contingent on the amount of social support that they
receive. Similarly, experiencing nature has been shown to improve people's health and …

Highlights•Systems approach can guide smart cities to reconnect with urban sustainability.•A
smart initiative is smarter if it connects across all SET subsystems.•Social processes benefit …

Continued warming trends lead to an increasing risk of exposure to extreme heatwaves,
which threaten the health of urban residents, especially the ageing population. Here, we …

Abstract Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) promise a future where natural, human and
technical elements help solving many of the issues plaguing cities. Pollution reduction …

Road transport is one of the main contributors to increasing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, consequently aggravating global warming, but it is also one of the sectors that …