Greening Cities, Shaping Cities: Pinpointing Nature-Based Solutions in Cities between Shared Governance and Citizen Participation

Mahmoud, Israa Hanafi; Morello, Eugenio; Salvia, Giuseppe; Puerari, Emma

doi:10.3390/su14127011

Cited by 6 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Furthermore, the city regeneration with vast green infrastructures also encounters a certain level of resistance from the population due to the substantial reduction in parking spaces, the perceived safety, and the gentrification effects [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. Although presenting these problems as a perception of one side of the citizenry, many techniques of active participation have been experimented with to ensure higher social acceptability of regeneration through vegetation, and also through the application of shared governance [ 36 , 37 , 38 ].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Utilization of the WMO-1234 Guidance to Improve Citizen’s Wellness and Health: An Italian Perspective

Cremonini¹,

Nardino²,

Georgiadis³

2022

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In 2019, the World Meteorological Organization published its “Guidance on Integrated Urban Hydrometeorological, Climate and Environment Services (Volume I: Concept and Methodology)” to assist WMO Members in developing and implementing the urban services that address the needs of city stakeholders in their countries. The guidance has relevant implications for not only protecting infrastructures from the impacts of climate change in the urban environment, but its proper declination strongly supports health-related policies to protect the population from direct and indirect impacts. Utilizing some principles of the guidance, the urbanized area of Bologna (Italy) was analyzed in order to furnish the municipality with tools coherent with the best practices actually emerging from the international bibliography to protect the citizens’ health of this city. Specifically, the analysis concentrated on the public spaces and the potential vulnerabilities of the fragile population to high-temperature regimes in the city. Utilizing the guidance as a methodological framework, the authors developed a methodology to define the microclimate vulnerabilities of the city and specific cards to assist the policymakers in city regeneration. Because the medieval structure of the city does not allow the application of a wide set of nature-based solutions, our main attention was placed on the possibility of furnishing the city with a great number of pocket parks obtainable from spaces actually dedicated to parking lots, thus introducing new green infrastructures in a highly deprived area in order to assure safety spaces for the fragile population.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Utilization of the WMO-1234 Guidance to Improve Citizen’s Wellness and Health: An Italian Perspective

Cremonini¹,

Nardino²,

Georgiadis³

2022

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It is important to highlight that in the past decade, NbSs have played a significant role in reducing and mitigating the risks associated with climate change [51]. In particular, NbSs have shown important outcomes in addressing many urban challenges [52][53][54]. Cities like Dortmund in Germany, Turin and Milan in Italy, Zagreb in Croatia, and Ningbo in China have taken a leading role in implementing NbSs for sustainable urban management.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nature-Based Solution Integration to Enhance Urban Geomorphological Mapping: A Methodological Approach

Hamidova,

Bosino,

Franceschi

et al. 2024

Land

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study conducted an extensive literature review spanning from 1950 to 2023, exploring the methodologies in urban geomorphology and urban geoheritage assessment, and the possibility of applying Nature-Based Solutions (NbSs) in order to enhance geomorphological maps. The methodology proposed here is based on a two-step approach: (i) a bibliographic review and methodological investigation and (ii) methodological proposal in order to enhance the traditional geomorphological and geoheritage maps with NbS to reduce the geomorphological risk in urban areas. This paper aims to introduce a methodological framework and illustrated its practical application to provide researchers and practitioners with a clear understanding of its implementation in real-world scenarios. The proposed methodology was applied in the north and northeastern parts of Milan, Italy. The implementation of the proposed methodology demonstrated its effectiveness in urban contexts and its potential for further modification and extension to various urban environments in the future.

show abstract

“…Indeed, the objectives set by government agendas address the scope of sustainability to a broad extent (UNS, 2015), which goes far beyond the adoption of merely environmental technology criteria and the correctness of their execution. For instance, defining advanced planning tools and policies (Bulkeley, Betsill, 2003), implementing nature-based solutions and improving ecosystemic services (Kabisch et al, 2018;Mahmoud et al, 2022), identifying strategies for buildings and infrastructures recycling (Fabian, 2017), and many others, appear unavoidable approaches and create space for the materialization of new aesthetic values. Under these auspices, Ursula Von der Leyen launched the New European Bauhaus (NEB) campaign in 2019 to connect "the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences."…”

Section: Introduction Sustainable Is (?) Beautifulmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Aesthetic Dimensions of Sustainability in Design Culture

Semprebon

2023

Ardeth

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Greening Cities, Shaping Cities: Pinpointing Nature-Based Solutions in Cities between Shared Governance and Citizen Participation

Abstract: The topic of pinpointing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the urban context has been cultivating interests lately from different scholars, urban planning practitioners and policymakers [...]

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

The Utilization of the WMO-1234 Guidance to Improve Citizen’s Wellness and Health: An Italian Perspective

The Utilization of the WMO-1234 Guidance to Improve Citizen’s Wellness and Health: An Italian Perspective

Nature-Based Solution Integration to Enhance Urban Geomorphological Mapping: A Methodological Approach

The Aesthetic Dimensions of Sustainability in Design Culture

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About