Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020
Moving beyond the nature-based solutions discourse: introducing nature-based thinking
Randrup, Thomas B.; Buijs, Arjen; Konijnendijk, Cecil C.; Wild, TomAbstract
Suites of concepts and approaches have been launched during recent years to promote urban nature and greener cities. However, it is doubtable whether tinkering within the current economic and political system can provide adequate solutions. Nature-based Solutions can be seen as a new conceptual approach to the human-ecological connection, and as an outcome of an evolutionary development of socio-ecological concepts. In this Communication, we argue for drawing up inspiration by nature as an outset for the development of more sustainable and inclusive cities, balancing anthropocentric and ecocentric values and acknowledging the importance of the social and governance dimensions in a more balanced socio-ecological perspective. We call this approach Nature-based Thinking.Keywords
Nature-based solutions; Nature-based thinking; Governance; Management; urban open spacesPublished in
Urban Ecosystems2020, volume: 23, number: 4, pages: 919-926
Publisher: SPRINGER
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Buijs, Arjen
Wageningen Univ and Res
Konijnendijk, Cecil C.
Univ British Columbia
Wild, Tom
Univ Sheffield
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
UKÄ Subject classification
Human Geography
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00964-w
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104917