The potential of nature-based solutions to deliver ecologically just cities: Lessons for research and urban planning from a systematic literature review

Woody species and trait diversity-functional relations of green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana

(2019) Bertrand Festus Nero   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Investigating domestic gardens’ densities, spatial distribution and types among city districts

(2019) Salman D. Al-Kofahi et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Enabling Environments? Examining Social Co-Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Sri Lanka

(2019) Stephen Woroniecki   Sustainability

Digital co-construction of relational values: understanding the role of social media for sustainability

(2019) Fulvia Calcagni et al.   Sustainability Science

Drivers of fine-scale avian functional diversity with changing land use: an assessment of the effects of eco-estate housing development and management

(2019) Jarryd Alexander et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Seven lessons for planning nature-based solutions in cities

(2019) Niki Frantzeskaki   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Neighborhood Parks and Recreationists’ Exposure to Ozone: A Comparison of Disadvantaged and Affluent Communities in Los Angeles, California

(2019) Patricia L. Winter et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Direct and indirect effects of urban gardening on aboveground and belowground diversity influencing soil multifunctionality

(2019) Simon Tresch et al.   Scientific Reports

Plant Community Composition and Biodiversity Patterns in Urban Parks of Portland, Oregon

(2019) Michelle L. Talal et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Vulnerability assessment in urban areas exposed to flood risk: methodology to explore green infrastructure benefits in a simulation scenario involving the Cañaveralejo River in Cali, Colombia

(2019) Adriana Patricia López-Valencia   NATURAL HAZARDS

From little things: More than a third of public green space is road verge

(2019) Adrian J. Marshall et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Towards a better understanding of Green Infrastructure: A critical review

(2018) Jingxia Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities

(2018) Raffaele Lafortezza et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Scanning agroforestry-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe

(2018) Mónica Hernández-Morcillo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The benefits of self-governance for nature conservation: A study on active citizenship in the Netherlands

(2018) Thomas Mattijssen et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Green Gold to Wild Woodlands; understanding stakeholder visions for woodland expansion in Scotland

(2018) Vanessa Burton et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Birds in the playground: Evaluating the effectiveness of an urban environmental education project in enhancing school children’s awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards local wildlife

(2018) Rachel L. White et al.   PLoS One

The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

(2018) Saskia Keesstra et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The added value of public participation GIS (PPGIS) for urban green infrastructure planning

(2018) Emily Rall et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Does Plant Knowledge within Urban Forests and Parks Directly Influence Visitor Pro-Environmental Behaviors

(2018) Beyza Sat Gungor et al.   Forests

Urban Green Space and Its Impact on Human Health

(2018) Michelle Kondo et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Do non-native species contribute to biodiversity?

(2018) Martin A. Schlaepfer   PLOS BIOLOGY

Green Infrastructure and Ecological Corridors: A Regional Study Concerning Sardinia

(2018) Ignazio Cannas et al.   Sustainability

Gardener Well-Being along Social and Biophysical Landscape Gradients

(2018) Monika Egerer et al.   Sustainability

Evaluation and Planning of Urban Green Space Distribution Based on Mobile Phone Data and Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method

(2018) Hao Wu et al.   Sustainability

The Role of Urban Agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution: A Review for Developing a Systemic Assessment Framework

(2018) Martina Artmann et al.   Sustainability

Socioeconomic and ecological perceptions and barriers to urban tree distribution and reforestation programs

(2018) Leaundre C. Dawes et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

A green space vision in Southeast Michigan’s most heavily industrialized area

(2018) Paul Draus et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The social dimensions of a river’s environmental quality assessment

(2018) Anne-Lise Boyer et al.   AMBIO

Multi-functionality of nature-based and other urban sustainability solutions: New York City study

(2018) Rebecka Engström et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Ecological contributions to human health in cities

(2018) G. Darrel Jenerette   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Green and cool roofs’ urban heat island mitigation potential in tropical climate

(2018) Junjing Yang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Volunteered information on nature-based solutions – dredging for data on deculverting

(2018) T.C. Wild et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Physical and Mental Health Impacts of Household Gardens in an Urban Slum in Lima, Peru

(2018) Abigail Korn et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Functional connectivity in urban landscapes promoted by Ramphastos toco (Toco Toucan) and its implications for policy making

(2018) Marise Barreiros Horta et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Foregrounding ecojustice in conservation

(2018) Haydn Washington et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Diversity and influencing factors on spontaneous plant distribution in Beijing Olympic Forest Park

(2018) Xiao-Peng Li et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Relational values: the key to pluralistic valuation of ecosystem services

(2018) Austin Himes et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Designing a network of green infrastructure to enhance the conservation value of protected areas and maintain ecosystem services

(2018) Mónica Lanzas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Addressing societal challenges through nature-based solutions: How can landscape planning and governance research contribute?

(2018) Christian Albert et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Characterizing Coastal Ecosystem Service Trade-offs with Future Urban Development in a Tropical City

(2017) Daniel R. Richards et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Nature-Based Solutions in the EU: Innovating with nature to address social, economic and environmental challenges

(2017) Nicolas Faivre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

A framework for assessing and implementing the co-benefits of nature-based solutions in urban areas

(2017) Christopher M. Raymond et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world

(2017) David Ellison et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Sharing the Earth: A Biocentric Account of Ecological Justice

(2017) Anna Wienhues   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Assessing ecosystem service provision under climate change to support conservation and development planning in Myanmar

(2017) Lisa Mandle et al.   PLoS One

An Assessment of a Community-Based, Forest Restoration Programme in Durban (eThekwini), South Africa

(2017) Lutendo Mugwedi et al.   Forests

Towards a National Ecosystem Assessment in Germany: A Plea for a Comprehensive Approach

(2017) Christian Albert et al.   GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Spatial Evaluation of Multiple Benefits to Encourage Multi-Functional Design of Sustainable Drainage in Blue-Green Cities

(2017) Richard Fenner   Water

Inclusive Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Regeneration in a Natural Disaster Vulnerability Context: A Case Study of Chongqing, China

(2017) et al.   Sustainability

Fostering Multi-Functional Urban Agriculture: Experiences from the Champions in a Revitalized Farm Pond Community in Taoyuan, Taiwan

(2017) Rung-Jiun Chou et al.   Sustainability

Relational values resonate broadly and differently than intrinsic or instrumental values, or the New Ecological Paradigm

(2017) Sarah C. Klain et al.   PLoS One

Planning multifunctional green infrastructure for compact cities: What is the state of practice?

(2017) Rieke Hansen et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

(2016) Stefan Schindler et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action

(2016) Nadja Kabisch et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas

(2016) Ebba Brink et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

The impact of land use/land cover scale on modelling urban ecosystem services

(2016) Darren R. Grafius et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Cities lead on climate change

(2016) Richard D. Pancost   Nature Geoscience

Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

(2016) Kai M. A. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards “Sustainable” Sanitation: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Areas

(2016) Kim Andersson et al.   Sustainability

Using high-resolution LiDAR data to quantify the three-dimensional structure of vegetation in urban green space

(2016) Rhiannon J. C. Caynes et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Spontaneous plant colonization and bird visits of tropical extensive green roof

(2016) Huijuan Deng et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Creating healthy and just bioregions

(2016) Keith Pezzoli et al.   REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Reconciling ecological and social justice to promote biodiversity conservation

(2015) Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Green Infrastructure Design Based on Spatial Conservation Prioritization and Modeling of Biodiversity Features and Ecosystem Services

(2015) Tord Snäll et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Reconceptualizing green infrastructure for climate change adaptation: Barriers to adoption and drivers for uptake by spatial planners

(2015) Tony Matthews et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

An Ecology for Cities: A Transformational Nexus of Design and Ecology to Advance Climate Change Resilience and Urban Sustainability

(2015) Daniel Childers et al.   Sustainability

Urban shade as a cryptic habitat: fern distribution in building gaps in Sapporo, northern Japan

(2015) Kazumitsu Kajihara et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

From Multifunctionality to Multiple Ecosystem Services? A Conceptual Framework for Multifunctionality in Green Infrastructure Planning for Urban Areas

(2014) Rieke Hansen et al.   AMBIO

Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services

(2014) Erik Andersson et al.   AMBIO

The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design: A framework for supporting innovation

(2014) Jack Ahern et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Evaluating the role of ecosystem services in participatory land use planning: proposing a balanced score card

(2014) Christine Fürst et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global Drivers and Tradeoffs of Three Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services

(2014) Cynnamon Dobbs et al.   PLoS One

Protection of stream ecosystems from urban stormwater runoff

(2014) Tim D. Fletcher et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

A comprehensive sustainability appraisal of water governance in Phoenix, AZ

(2013) Kelli L. Larson et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A multifunctional green infrastructure design to protect and improve native biodiversity in Rio de Janeiro

(2013) Cecilia Polacow Herzog   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Green Infrastructure as a tool to support spatial planning in European urban regions

(2013) R Lafortezza et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Species richness in urban parks and its drivers: A review of empirical evidence

(2013) Anders Busse Nielsen et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Cooling effects of wetlands in an urban region: The case of Beijing

(2012) Ranhao Sun et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

A Method for Gauging Landscape Change as a Prelude to Urban Watershed Regeneration: The Case of the Carioca River, Rio de Janeiro

(2012) Mônica Bahia Schlee et al.   Sustainability

The scientific basis for the design of landscape sustainability: A conceptual framework for translational landscape research and practice of designed landscapes and the six Es of landscape sustainability

(2009) Laura R. Musacchio   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The ‘habitat backbone’ as strategy to conserve pioneer species in dynamic port habitats: lessons from the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) in the Port of Antwerp (Belgium)

(2008) Robbert P. H. Snep et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY