Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Cities
Nature-based solutions underline how ecosystems can contribute to overcoming societal problems. The aim is to find solutions ‘with nature’, supporting biodiversity and incorporating ecosystem processes. In cities, the goal is to define what characterizes urban nature-based solutions and identify how they can contribute to challenges ranging from climate adaptation to social integration, as well as the ways in which they can be integrated into the existing planning systems.
Current Research Projects and Studies
CAT-Network: Socio-Ecological Reshaping of European Cities and Metropolitan Areas
In the context of the Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) program, five junior researchers from five European countries are working on ideas for scaling and mainstreaming multifunctional and interconnected nature-based soltions in European cities. There will be a total of six research trips to different European institutes for advanced study, namely MAK’IT Montpellier (2021), Scienza Nuova Turin (2022), IEA Paris (2022), ZiF Bielefeld (2023), SCAS Uppsala (2023,) and IAS at CEU Budapest (2024).
Selected Publications
- The article “Principles for urban Nature-Based Solutions” formulates principles for planning and designing nature-based solutions, as the principles defined to date are not adapted to urban spaces and their special features. (Kabisch, N., Frantzeskaki, N., & Hansen, R. (2022). Principles for urban nature-based solutions. Ambio (51), 1388–1401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01685-w)
- The chapter “Planning and Maintaining Nature-Based Solutions” uses case studies on the management of nature-based solutions in four cities to explore challenges and requirements in their planning and maintenance (learn more)
