TY - BOOK

T1 - Nature-Based Solutions for Cities

AU - McPhearson, Timon

AU - Kabisch, Nadja

AU - Frantzeskaki, Niki

N1 - We are incredibly grateful for the NATURA global network of network support funded by the United States National Science Foundation (1927468 and 1927167) which has helped to share knowledge and create new pathways for impact on nature-based solutions globally. Our editor team was also supported by the Nordforsk Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the European Community’s Framework Program Horizon 2020 for the Connecting Nature Project (grant agreement no. 730222), and an even wider list of funding from private and public sources supporting our chapter authors. We were also supported by the research project “Environmental Health Interactions in Cities (GreenEquityHEALTH)—Challenges for Human Well-being under Global Changes” (2017–2022), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), funding code: 01LN1705A

PY - 2023/8/8

Y1 - 2023/8/8

N2 - Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, health, and urban sustainability, yet ensuring they are effective and inclusive remains a challenge. Addressing these challenges through chapters by leading experts in both global south and north contexts, this book advances the science of NBS in cities and discusses the frontiers for next-generation urban NBS. NBS are fundamentally inter- and transdisciplinary approaches that require systems thinking and multilevel governance. With a focus on the multiple challenges that cities face, from heat and air pollution to storm water and threats to human health, this book puts forward a diversity of ideas for embracing complexity in mainstreaming NBS and inspiring new approaches to create the ecological urban futures we need. Speaking to the need for cities around the world to employ ecological, nature-based design, this book will be essential reading for early career professionals, practitioners, scholars, and students across multiple disciplines engaging with nature-based solutions including urban ecology, design, architecture, landscape architecture, geography, urban planning, policy, and management.

AB - Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, health, and urban sustainability, yet ensuring they are effective and inclusive remains a challenge. Addressing these challenges through chapters by leading experts in both global south and north contexts, this book advances the science of NBS in cities and discusses the frontiers for next-generation urban NBS. NBS are fundamentally inter- and transdisciplinary approaches that require systems thinking and multilevel governance. With a focus on the multiple challenges that cities face, from heat and air pollution to storm water and threats to human health, this book puts forward a diversity of ideas for embracing complexity in mainstreaming NBS and inspiring new approaches to create the ecological urban futures we need. Speaking to the need for cities around the world to employ ecological, nature-based design, this book will be essential reading for early career professionals, practitioners, scholars, and students across multiple disciplines engaging with nature-based solutions including urban ecology, design, architecture, landscape architecture, geography, urban planning, policy, and management.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171696307&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4337/9781800376762

DO - 10.4337/9781800376762

M3 - Anthology

SN - 9781800376755

BT - Nature-Based Solutions for Cities

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

ER -