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

Resource type: 
Research
Main entity: 
Swinburne University of Technology
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Key themes: 
Cities
Societal challenges: 
Green Space Management
Place Regeneration & Knowledge
Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation
Scope: 
Global
Description: 

A systematic literature review is conducted in this study to explore how an ecological justice perspective can advance the understanding of NbS in the concept of cities and to address the knowledge gap in how to design and plan NbS in a non-anthropocentric manner to enhance co-benefits for humans and nonhuman living organisms. This paper suggests that a future research direction is how to recognise the capabilities and needs of nonhuman living beings, and enable space for their participation and agency in decision-making and co-design processes.

Date: 
2021
Journal: 
Ambio
Language: 
EN