Article
Development Studies
Xia Liao, Chuanglin Fang, Tianheng Shu, Yitian Ren
Summary: The challenge of global land scarcity calls for the shaping of urban structure to achieve more efficient land use. This study establishes a ULUE assessment method and characterizes urban structure using two metrics, monocentricity and aggregation. Through the analysis of a four-year dataset for 280 Chinese cities, it is found that urban structure has significant implications for ULUE improvement, with spatial-temporal variations observed. Tailor-made urban planning strategies are recommended based on the dimensions of monocentricity and aggregation to enhance individual city's ULUE. It is argued that land use policies should be dynamically adjusted considering the spatially varying and temporally evolving impacts of urban structure on ULUE.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Review
Ecology
Sofia Flores, Carmen Van Mechelen, Jose Palacios Vallejo, Koenraad Van Meerbeek
Summary: Urbanization is driving economic development in Latin America, but it is also causing pressure on people and biodiversity in cities. Urban green spaces provide an opportunity to mitigate adverse consequences and improve the urban environment, but research on their functioning and implementation in Latin America is limited.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yongyuan Lin, Wei Shui, Zhipan Li, Shan Huang, Kexin Wu, Xiaorui Sun, Jingchen Liang
Summary: In the process of rapid urbanization, rural areas have undergone substantial transformations. Rural actors passively respond to top-down policies, resulting in a lack of vitality and cohesion in the villages, as well as a mismatch between policy and actual situations. Incorporating ecosystem services knowledge into village planning and policy-making is necessary to provide more support for the implementation of local government policies.
Article
Environmental Studies
Joan Marull, Roc Padro, Maria Jose La Rota-Aguilera, Joan Pino, Annalisa Giocoli, Jacob Cirera, Nuria Ruiz-Fores, Francesc Coll, Tarik Serrano-Tovar, Raul Velasco-Fernandez
Summary: This paper proposes a socioecological integrated analysis model for metropolitan green infrastructures and applies it to the Urban Master Plan of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area in order to contribute to sustainable land use policies. The study shows that the current land use planning trends have a negative impact on the ecological functioning of the landscape and the provision of ecosystem services. Therefore, deeper changes are needed in land use policies to promote agroecological transitions towards more sustainable metropolitan green infrastructures under climate change scenarios.
Article
Ecology
Zbigniew J. Grabowski, Timon McPhearson, Steward T. A. Pickett
Summary: Cities across the Unites States have embraced green infrastructure in official planning efforts, but it remains unclear whether these plans address systemic racism and urban inequality. A study of 122 formal plans from 20 US cities found a widespread failure to incorporate equity and justice principles into these plans. The majority of plans do not utilize inclusive processes and fail to identify the causes of uneven distributions and vulnerability. To improve current GI planning practices, clear definitions of equity and justice are needed, planning must engage with causes of inequality and displacement, and a focus on inclusion is necessary.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Zbigniew J. Grabowski, Timon McPhearson, Steward T. A. Pickett
Summary: Cities in the United States have integrated green infrastructure (GI) into their official planning, but it remains uncertain whether these plans address systemic racism and urban inequality. A study of 122 formal plans from 20 cities found a lack of conceptualization and operationalization of equity, as well as a failure to utilize inclusive processes in planning and implementing GI. This may result in unequal distribution and vulnerability.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Maari Kosma, Anne Laita, Remi Duflot
Summary: Increasing urbanisation poses challenges for maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. The mitigation hierarchy approach of avoiding, reducing, and offsetting the negative impacts of development projects can help prevent biodiversity loss, but it is typically used on a project-by-project basis. This study applies a landscape-level approach to achieve no net loss of connectivity during urban planning, with a focus on the habitat network of the Siberian flying squirrel in Jyva & BULL;skyla & BULL;, Finland. The results highlight the importance of prioritising and maintaining habitat patches and corridors to mitigate the negative impacts of urban development on habitat connectivity.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Sven Eggimann
Summary: The Barcelona superblock is an urban transformation strategy that redirects car-based traffic and promotes the conversion of street space into urban green space. This study identifies potential superblocks in major Swiss cities and quantifies the current urban green space. The analysis reveals variations in superblock opportunities and urban green space among different cities, highlighting the potential for expanding urban green space. The results provide insights into urban green space opportunities at the street and block-level arising from super blocks in Switzerland.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Kandas Keita, Sory Kourouma
Summary: Urban green infrastructure is vital for sustainable city development as it provides better environmental quality, increased social well-being, and economic prosperity. Evaluating and monitoring policy implementation is crucial to demonstrate political decision-makers' commitment to assess the success of implementation and adapt to observed needs. This study investigates the institutional structures, plans, and policies in three cities - Conakry, Kankan, and Dubreka - related to urban green infrastructure.
Article
Urban Studies
Reza Ramyar, Aiden Ackerman, Douglas M. Johnston
Summary: Green Infrastructure (GI) planning, originally developed as an integrated approach to ecological and conservation planning, has become widely used in urban and regional planning, enhancing the ability to address climate change at the urban scale by providing a holistic understanding of socio-ecological systems dynamics. Integrating adaptation objectives into plans is crucial for sustainable urban GI planning, although challenges remain in practice.
Article
Environmental Studies
Matthew G. Kirby, Alister J. Scott
Summary: This research explores the extent to which Green Belt policy in England promotes multifunctional benefits. The results show significant variation in the way these benefits are promoted in planning policy, and highlight the need for clearer implementation of secondary objectives. The study suggests that the potential of Green Belts to provide multifunctional benefits has not yet been fully realized or mainstreamed in English planning policy.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Ma, Minrui Zheng, Feng Xu, Yu Qian, Menglan Liu, Xinqi Zheng, Jiantao Liu
Summary: This study constructed an interactive coordination relationship model between green infrastructure (GI) and land use eco-efficiency (LUEE), revealing the mechanisms of interaction and the coordination relationship between GI and LUEE. The relationship between GI and LUEE in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration is in the stage of uncoordinated development, with unnatural human activities being the critical factor affecting their interactive coupling coordination degree. This study provides interesting research ideas and novel modeling approaches for the study of green and sustainable development in urban agglomerations.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xin Fu, Matthew E. Hopton, Xinhao Wang
Summary: Green infrastructure (GI) is recognized for its benefits in reducing flooding risk, improving water quality, and harvesting stormwater. However, there is a lack of comprehensive assessment framework in existing literature to evaluate GI performance in promoting ecosystem functions and services for social-ecological system resilience.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Maria Toledo-Garibaldi, Danijela Puric-Mladenovic, Sandy M. Smith
Summary: Urban forests are crucial for green infrastructure and their integration into strategic land-use planning is essential, especially in developing cities. In Mexico City, we used an urban biotope approach to classify urban forests and environmental characteristics, resulting in a hierarchical biotope system that can support decision-making in urban forest planning.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Talha Aksoy, Ahmet Dabanli, Mehmet Cetin, Muzeyyen Anil Senyel Kurkcuoglu, Adem Emre Cengiz, Saye Nihan Cabuk, Balca Agacsapan, Alper Cabuk
Summary: This study utilized UA data and CORINE data, as well as NDVI analysis, to examine land use and changes in Eskisehir, Turkey from 2012 to 2018. The results showed a 17.65% increase in artificial surfaces and an 18.32% increase in agricultural lands, natural lands, forests, and vegetation. Although there were differences between the analysis results based on CORINE data and UA data, the use of UA data in urban planning still had advantages. This study is important for monitoring urban changes and implementing European Council policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Wesley Tourangeau, Mhari Lamarque, Simon Greenland-Smith, Kate Sherren
Summary: The study found that when wildlife is mentioned, farmers are more motivated to adopt riparian setbacks, possibly because environmental values associated with "wildlife" trigger positive responses.
HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Wesley Tourangeau, Kate Sherren
Summary: In 2018, two studies conducted by Canada's Parliament on the connections between climate change and agriculture did not include discussions on grazing management. The current policy emphasis on technical, scientific, and expensive solutions overlooks the benefits of grazing management. Transformations towards sustainable, climate adaptive agriculture require a continual examination of how political structures, knowledge hierarchies, and underlying ideologies shape policy outcomes.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Tony Bowron, Bob Pett, Kate Sherren, Alexander Wilson, Danika van Proosdij
Summary: The study reveals that institutional and psychological barriers dominate, showing path-dependency. In addition, barriers are often influenced by the biophysical properties of a restoration site. To navigate through barriers, it is important to identify policy opportunities and redistribute roles and responsibilities. Organizational knowledge creation through partnership and community engagement are two other strategies required for the successful implementation of NbCA.
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Joern Fischer, David J. Abson, Ine Dorresteijn, Jan Hanspach, Tibor Hartel, Jannik Schultner, Kate Sherren
Summary: The leverage points perspective was used to compare three in-depth social-ecological case studies, revealing similar sustainability problems at the design and intent levels across different systems. This highlights the underlying challenges for rural sustainability worldwide and emphasizes the importance of considering system characteristics when implementing interventions.
ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kate Sherren, Krysta Sutton, Ellen Chappell
Summary: Coastal communities are facing difficult decisions in response to climate change. Traditional approaches such as armoring and defending the coast have proven ineffective and costly, particularly in rural areas. Nature-based options, such as managed retreat and leveraging ecosystem services, are seen as more effective but face resistance.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Kate Sherren, Jenny Hodbod, Morgan MathisonSlee, Ellen Chappell, Meagan King
Summary: This study aimed to explore the uptake, management, mindsets, and wellbeing implications associated with adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing among Canadian beef producers. The results showed that AMP practices were more common than expected, and AMP ranchers reported high physical wellbeing and exhibited systems thinking and nontraditional values.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Geography
Krysta Sutton, Charlotte Tonge, Lisa Berglund, Gillian Kerr, Kate Sherren
Summary: This research investigates the human dimensions of nature-based coastal adaptation solutions and found that while there is ongoing trust in traditional approaches, there is also interest in nature-based options. Living shorelines are generally supported, accommodation is met with skepticism, retreat faces resistance despite recognition of its future utility, and there is a lack of understanding of dyke realignment.
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIES-GEOGRAPHIES CANADIENNES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mehrnoosh Mohammadi, Yan Chen, H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Kate Sherren
Summary: Shifts towards renewable energy have visual impacts on landscapes. This study investigated the effects of solar panels and wind turbines on vineyard landscapes in Canada using mixed methods of content analysis and visual impact analysis. The addition of low-density renewable energy infrastructure did not disturb the vineyard experience.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Kate Sherren, H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Brooke McWherter, Seonaid MacDonell
Summary: Understanding the influence of fenceline neighbours on farmers' adoption decisions is important but lacking. This study presents a new question set to examine fenceline neighbour dynamics and applies it to Canadian beef farmers' adoption of adaptive multi-paddock grazing. The results show that engaged behaviours of fenceline neighbours are more likely to influence adoption.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Book Review
Geography
Kate Sherren
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIES-GEOGRAPHIES CANADIENNES
(2023)
Article
Geography
Samantha C. C. Howard, Kate Sherren
Summary: Flood risk mapping is important for informed decision making, but resistance can be driven by property value concerns. This paper explores resistance to flood risk mapping using climax thinking theory. Surveys were conducted in two Nova Scotian towns to understand flood experiences, resistance levels, and the role of climax thinking.
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIES-GEOGRAPHIES CANADIENNES
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Kate Sherren, Yan Chen, Mehrnoosh Mohammadi, Qiqi Zhao, Keshava Pallavi Gone, H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Michael Smit
Summary: Web 2.0 has brought about many by-products, including potential image and text datasets from social media and content sharing platforms, which can be potentially useful for social impact assessment. This article synthesizes work from three Canadian decision contexts to illustrate some of the methods that have been applied for social impact assessment using these datasets.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
E. M. Bennett, P. Morrison, J. M. Holzer, K. J. Winkler, E. D. G. Fraser, S. J. Green, B. E. Robinson, K. Sherren, J. Botzas-Coluni, W. Palen
Summary: Place-based social-ecological research aims to improve local environmental governance while also providing insights for decision-making on larger scales or in other locations. However, transferring local perspectives and aggregating understanding to larger scales poses challenges.
ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Ellen N. Chappell, John R. Parkins, Kate Sherren
Summary: While shifting electricity production towards renewable sources is crucial for addressing global climate change, the costs of such development are often felt locally. This study found that traditional predictors of support for wind development, such as place attachment or community benefits, may not be as significant at smaller scales, while novel predictors inspired by local thinking, like support for energy export and the reminder of energy use provided by wind turbines, emerged as stronger factors at more local levels. These findings suggest new pathways for understanding support for wind development in communities most directly impacted.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Geography
Kate Thompson, Peter N. Duinker, Kate Sherren
Summary: The frameworks of ecosystem services are seen as a new and important way to understand and account for nature's benefits. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework is found to be valuable in connecting local land-use changes to human well-being and accounting for future uncertainties. Sustainable forest management and similar approaches offer practical insights for sustainable use of ecosystems. Collaboration between environmental planners and ES researchers is encouraged to further develop and advance planning practices.
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER-GEOGRAPHE CANADIEN
(2021)
