The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

Parris, Kirsten M.; Amati, Marco; Bekessy, Sarah A.; Dagenais, Danielle; Fryd, Ole; Hahs, Amy K.; Hes, Dominique; Imberger, Samantha Jane; Livesley, Stephen J.; Marshall, Adrian J.; Rhodes, Jonathan R.; Threlfall, Caragh G.; Tingley, Reid; Ree, Rodney van der; Walsh, Christopher J.; Wilkerson, Marit L.; Williams, Nicholas S.G.

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2018.06.007

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“…Moreover, several communicators expressed that greenspace is expected to look tidy and not be of any nuisance, so as a result it is overregulated. It was argued that biodiversity should be integrated more into urban design, suggesting in line with previous research that urban planners, architects and housing corporations would benefit from education about biodiversity [17,106]. This could inspire them to combine 'messy' parts that have ecological functions with 'orderly frames' [107], so that both care for biodiversity and aesthetics are served, and people are more likely to accept the design [108].…”

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Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Hooykaas

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2020

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Biodiversity is a fundamental part of sustainable development, yet it is threatened by numerous factors associated with human population growth. The current lack of broad-based support for biodiversity conservation may be explained by the widening gap between people and nature. In order to conserve biodiversity, people should be engaged in biodiversity, yet it is not yet clear what potential is present in highly urbanized environments. We conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve biodiversity communicators in the Netherlands, a highly urbanized country, and used their perceptions and experiences to explore motivations, opportunities and challenges for expanding the role of biodiversity in people’s lives in an increasingly urban world. Overall, the interviewees perceived the current role of biodiversity in laypeople’s lives to be too limited, but they were positive about the potential to expand the role. Based on communicators’ perceptions potential lies in a combination of direct exposure to biodiversity outdoors, the media, and education. Furthermore, strategically designed communication is also expected to play an essential part in opening people’s eyes for biodiversity. The results are valuable both at national and international levels, as they can motivate and aid professionals operating in urbanized contexts at reaching out to their audiences about biodiversity.

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Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

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2020

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“…Indeed, substantial proportions of the populations of some previously widespread and common species now occur in urban environments (Bland, Tully, & Greenwood, ; Kowarik, ; Kowarik, Lippe, & Cierjacks, ; Peach et al, ; Shochat et al, ). Therefore, a clearer understanding of how species assemblages vary between different landcover types within towns and cities is important, if decision‐makers are to reduce the potentially detrimental impacts of urbanization on biodiversity through evidence‐based land‐use planning and proactive conservation interventions (Goddard, Dougill, & Benton, ; Oliveira Hagen, Hagen, Ibáñez‐Álamo, Petchey, & Evans, ; Parris et al, ; Wu, ).…”

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Bird communities across varying landcover types in a Neotropical city

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Urbanization poses a serious threat to local biodiversity, yet towns and cities with abundant natural features may harbor important species populations and communities. While the contribution of urban greenspaces to conservation has been demonstrated by numerous studies within temperate regions, few consider the bird communities associated with different landcovers in Neotropical cities. To begin to fill this knowledge gap, we examined how the avifauna of a wetland city in northern Amazonia varied across six urban landcover types (coastal bluespace; urban bluespace; managed greenspace; unmanaged greenspace; dense urban; and sparse urban).We measured detections, species richness, and a series of ground cover variables that characterized the heterogeneity of each landcover, at 114 locations across the city. We recorded >10% (98) of Guyana's bird species in Georgetown, including taxa of conservation interest. Avian detections, richness, and community composition differed with landcover type. Indicator species analysis identified 29 species from across dietary guilds, which could be driving community composition. Comparing landcovers, species richness was highest in managed greenspaces and lowest in dense urban areas. The canal network had comparable levels of species richness to greenspaces.The waterways are likely to play a key role in enhancing habitat connectivity as they traverse densely urbanized areas. Both species and landcover information should be integrated into urban land-use planning in the rapidly urbanizing Neotropics to maximize the conservation value of cities. This is imperative in the tropics, where anthropogenic pressures on species are growing significantly, and action needs to be taken to prevent biodiversity collapse. K E Y W O R D Savian, bluespace, diversity, greenspace, Guyana, indicator species, species richness, urban planning

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“…The tremendous range of spiritual, cultural, social and ecological benefits provided by nature, together with the recognition of how colonial settlements and other types of unbridled urban growth have alienated and stunted nature's agency to thrive in cities, are generating a renewed awareness of the meaning and significance of conserving every aspect of urban nature—from safeguarding clean air, water and soil to maintaining the complexity of city‐wide metanetworks of interacting species (Cox et al, 2017; Davydova, 2005; Dearborn & Kark, 2010; Hartig & Kahn, 2016; Kumar & Hundal, 2016; Maller, Mumaw, & Cooke, 2018; McDonnell & MacGregor‐Fors, 2016; Nowak & Heisler, 2010). Not surprisingly, a wide array of theoretical and empirical research has focused on how best to manage existing nature in urban environments to maximize positive outcomes both for people (Dadvand et al, 2015; Flies et al, 2017; Hartig, Mitchell, Vries, & Frumkin, 2014; Keniger, Gaston, Irvine, & Fuller, 2013) and other species (Aronson et al, 2017; Baldock et al, 2019; Beninde, Veith, & Hochkirch, 2015; Lepczyk et al, 2017; Mata et al, 2017; Ossola & Niemelä, 2017; Parris et al, 2018; Soanes et al, 2019; Threlfall et al, 2017).…”

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“…For instance, biodiversity and conservation theoreticians have been exploring the pathways linking urban design, planning, engineering, architecture, development and management across multiple spatial and temporal scales with positive biodiversity outcomes (Ahern, 2013; Beatley, 2011; Bergen, Bolton, & Fridley, 2010; Felson et al, 2013; Goddard, Dougill, & Benton, 2010; Gonzalez, Thompson, & Loreau, 2017; Ignatieva, Stewart, & Meurk, 2011; Müller, Ignatieva, Nilon, Werner, & Zipperer, 2013; Parris et al, 2018). This includes applications of ecological principles to develop biodiversity‐friendly and animal‐aide recommendations for practitioners and policymakers (Dethier, Toft, & Shipman, 2017; Garrard, Williams, Mata, Thomas, & Bekessy, 2018; Ignatieva, 2017; Ikin et al, 2015; Lovell & Johnston, 2009; Parris et al, 2018; Weisser & Hauck, 2017). A parallel, yet limited, body of applied research has focused on providing evidence of the positive benefits of BNB actions.…”

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Bringing nature back into cities

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1. Protecting nature is a fundamental aspect of local and Indigenous cultures that has more recently become an urban sustainability goal. The benefits provided by nature to people and other species have sparked an upsurge in research exploring how best to manage existing nature in urban environments. Here we expand this focus by drawing attention to an emerging pathway of research and practice that is engaged with the idea of bringing nature back into cities (BNB).2. We argue that BNB could be a vital force of the 21st century urban-sustainability agenda. However, the enthusiasm of practitioners and policymakers for incorporating BNB objectives into local and global strategies remains uneven. As interdisciplinary scholars involved with the theory and practice of caring for urban nature, we believe that the time is ripe to present a fresh perspective on seven key areas that can unlock the potential of actions to bring nature back into cities.3. Specifically, we: (a) argue that the sovereignty of local and Indigenous knowledgesystems be acknowledged and respected; (b) contend that the choice of bringing nature back actions should be driven by inclusive decision-making; (c) discuss advances in ecology that need to be addressed to facilitate the return of nature into cities; (d) outline how the diffusion of innovation theory may assist communication of BNB actions to stakeholders; (e) discuss how built-environment professionals can demonstrate the value of urban infrastructure for BNB; (f) call for longitudinal research to understand, quantify and qualify the benefits of BNB actions and (g) consider solutions needed to address concerns about potential risks and disservices associated with actions to bring nature back into urban environments.4. Taken together, these perspectives, and the transdisciplinary framework that emerges from them, embody theoretical innovation regarding how to bring nature back into cities and a holistic view of how to make this happen in practice. Bringing nature back into cities has the potential to become an environmentally just and culturally inclusive dimension of the 21st urban sustainability agenda upon which future generations of city-dwellers rely. | 351People and Nature MATA eT Al.

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The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

Cited by 107 publications

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Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Bird communities across varying landcover types in a Neotropical city

Bringing nature back into cities

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