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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 505-518 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | One Earth |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 May 2022 |
Abstract
As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of life for urban residents. Cities have turned to nature-based solutions to help address these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision of ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits for people and address multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions are impaired by the complexity of the interacting social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems. This complexity must be understood and managed to ensure ecosystem-service provisioning is effective, equitable, and resilient. Here, we provide a social-ecological-technological system (SETS) framework that builds on decades of urban ecosystem services research to better understand four core challenges associated with urban nature-based solutions: multi-functionality, systemic valuation, scale mismatch of ecosystem services, and inequity and injustice. The framework illustrates the importance of coordinating natural, technological, and socio-economic systems when designing, planning, and managing urban nature-based solutions to enable optimal social-ecological outcomes.
Keywords
- ban ecosystem services, cities, nature-based solutions, social-ecological-technological systems, SETS
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- General Environmental Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: One Earth, Vol. 5, No. 5, 20.05.2022, p. 505-518.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services
AU - McPhearson, Timon
AU - Cook, Elizabeth M.
AU - Berbés-Blázquez, Marta
AU - Cheng, Chingwen
AU - Grimm, Nancy B.
AU - Andersson, Erik
AU - Barbosa, Olga
AU - Chandler, David G.
AU - Chang, Heejun
AU - Chester, Mikhail V.
AU - Childers, Daniel L.
AU - Elser, Stephen R.
AU - Frantzeskaki, Niki
AU - Grabowski, Zbigniew
AU - Groffman, Peter
AU - Hale, Rebecca L.
AU - Iwaniec, David M.
AU - Kabisch, Nadja
AU - Kennedy, Christopher
AU - Markolf, Samuel A.
AU - Matsler, A. Marissa
AU - McPhillips, Lauren E.
AU - Miller, Thaddeus R.
AU - Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.
AU - Rosi, Emma
AU - Troxler, Tiffany G.
N1 - Funding Information: We acknowledge support from multiple sources including from the US National Science Foundation (awards 1444755, 1832016, 1927167, 1927468 and 1934933), Chilean CONICYT-FONDECYT (award 3150290; Science Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Ministry of Chile), and NordForsk through funding to SMARTer Greener Cities (project 95377). We also thank the editors and anonymous reviewers for their suggestions to improve this manuscript. T.M. and E.M.C. contributed equally to the manuscript, and M.B.-B. C.C. and N.B.G. co-led the conceptual framing with T.M. and E.M.C. T.M. and E.M.C. contributed equally to lead the literature review and writing, with equal contributions to the writing and synthesis from all authors through UREx SRN meetings and writing workshops. The authors declare no competing interests.
PY - 2022/5/20
Y1 - 2022/5/20
N2 - As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of life for urban residents. Cities have turned to nature-based solutions to help address these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision of ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits for people and address multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions are impaired by the complexity of the interacting social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems. This complexity must be understood and managed to ensure ecosystem-service provisioning is effective, equitable, and resilient. Here, we provide a social-ecological-technological system (SETS) framework that builds on decades of urban ecosystem services research to better understand four core challenges associated with urban nature-based solutions: multi-functionality, systemic valuation, scale mismatch of ecosystem services, and inequity and injustice. The framework illustrates the importance of coordinating natural, technological, and socio-economic systems when designing, planning, and managing urban nature-based solutions to enable optimal social-ecological outcomes.
AB - As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of life for urban residents. Cities have turned to nature-based solutions to help address these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision of ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits for people and address multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions are impaired by the complexity of the interacting social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems. This complexity must be understood and managed to ensure ecosystem-service provisioning is effective, equitable, and resilient. Here, we provide a social-ecological-technological system (SETS) framework that builds on decades of urban ecosystem services research to better understand four core challenges associated with urban nature-based solutions: multi-functionality, systemic valuation, scale mismatch of ecosystem services, and inequity and injustice. The framework illustrates the importance of coordinating natural, technological, and socio-economic systems when designing, planning, and managing urban nature-based solutions to enable optimal social-ecological outcomes.
KW - ban ecosystem services
KW - cities
KW - nature-based solutions
KW - social-ecological-technological systems, SETS
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 505
EP - 518
JO - One Earth
JF - One Earth
SN - 2590-3322
IS - 5
ER -