Ode Sang, Åsa
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
People-environment interactions within nature-based solutions (NBS) are not always understood. This has implications for communicating the benefits of NBS and for how we plan cities. We present a framework that highlights a duality in NBS. The NBS as an asset includes both natural capital and human-centred capital, including organisational structures. NBS also exist as a system within which people are able to interact. Temporal and spatial scales moderate the benefits that NBS provide, which in turn are dependent on the scale at which social processes operate. Co-production and equity are central to the interactions among people and institutions in the design, use and management of NBS, and this requires clear communication. Drawing on ideas from culture-based development (CBD), we suggest an approach to communicate the benefits of NBS in a neutral but effective way. We propose guidelines for planning NBS that allow the optimisation of NBS locations and designs for particular outcomes.
Keywords
cities; green space; green infrastructure (GI); co-production; ecosystem services; framework
Published in
Sustainability
2025, volume: 17, number: 7, article number: 3043
Publisher: MDPI
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Landscape Architecture
Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073043
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/141630