Downloaded 11 times
Uploaded byCountryside and Community Research Institute
Urban Sustainability - Nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
The document discusses urban sustainability and the importance of nature-based solutions (NBS) and ecosystem services in addressing societal challenges like climate change, population growth, and food security. NBS leverage ecosystems to enhance urbanization, restore degraded areas, and improve resilience against risks, while contributing to human health and well-being. The concept of green infrastructure is emphasized as essential in integrating natural systems into urban planning and policy-making for sustainable development.
More Related Content
Similar to Urban Sustainability - Nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
More from Countryside and Community Research Institute
Urban Sustainability - Nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
- 1. 1 Urban Sustainability: Nature-basedsolutions and ecosystem services Alessio Russo PhD Senior Lecturer and Academic Course Leader in MA Landscape Architecture
- 2.
- 3. 3 Research can impactyour everyday life • to engage with practice • to inform policy makers and city managers
- 5. Jerry Brown Former Governorof California
- 6. Vasundhara Raje, FormerChief Minister of Rajasthan
- 7. Societal challenges Population growth ClimateChange Food security & Disaster risk Air pollution & Health
- 9. 68% of theWorld’s Population Will Live in Cities Source: UN, 2018
- 10. Heymans et al.2019 Sustainability 11(13), 3723; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133723
- 11.
- 13. The term GIwas first coined in Florida in 1994 in a report to the governor on land conservation strategies and was intended to reflect the notion that natural systems are equally, if not more important, components of our “infrastructure” Firehock, 2010 Green Infrastructure
- 14. Benedict, Mark A.and McMahon, Edward T (2006) Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities Connectivity
- 15. Benedict, Mark A.and McMahon, Edward T (2006) Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities
- 17. The NbS conceptis increasingly being developed and applied by IUCN and other organisations, such as the European Commission. (Cohen-Shacham et al. 2016).
- 18. International Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN)
- 19.
- 20. Nature-based Solutions (NBS)use ecosystems and the services they provide to address societal challenges such as climate change, food security or natural disasters (Cohen- Shacham et al. 2016). Nature-based Solutions
- 21. The NbS conceptis increasingly being developed and applied by IUCN and other organisations, such as the European Commission. Cohen-Shacham, E., Walters, G., Janzen, C. and Maginnis, S. (eds.) (2016). Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xiii + 97pp
- 22. Ecosystem sevices “Ecosystem servicesare the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems” Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
- 23. Human health andwell-being depend on ‘‘ecosystem goods and services’’ (Costanza et al. 1997)
- 25. An apple aday keeps the doctor away Long visit to green spaces/day
- 26.
- 28.
- 29.
- 31.
- 32. Four principal goalshave been identified that can be addressed by nature-based solutions: Enhancing sustainable urbanisation… can stimulate economic growth as well as improving the environment, making cities more attractive, and enhancing human well-being. Restoring degraded ecosystems… can improve the resilience of ecosystems, enabling them to deliver vital ecosystem services and also to meet other societal challenges. Developing climate change adaptation and mitigation…can provide more resilient responses and enhance the storage of carbon. Improving risk management and resilience…can lead to greater benefits than conventional methods and offer synergies in reducing multiple risks. EU Directorate General on Research and Innovation, 2015
- 35.
- 41.
- 43. Russo et al.2016
- 44. Russo et al.2014 Italy
- 45. Total amount ofair pollutants (i.e., NO2, O3, PM2.5, PM10, and SO2) removed by trees in a year estimated using i-Tree Canopy Version 6.1 and i-Tree Canopy Version 7.1 with local and UK average data (error bars represent SE, calculated from SEs of sampled and classified points). Russo et al. submitted Bristol, UK
- 46. Russo et al.submitted
- 47. Essentially all modelsare wrong, but some are useful George E. P. Box
- 51. Transect “Transect is ageographic cross section of a region used to reveal a sequence of environments. For human occupied environments, this cross- section can be used to identify a set of habitats that vary by their level and intensity of urban character - a continuum that ranges from rural to urban” (DPZ) 51
- 52. 52 Duany and Talen(2002) Transect Planning, Journal of the American Planning Association, 68:3, 245-266, DOI: 10.1080/01944360208976271
- 53.
- 57. Russo A., CirellaG.T. (2020)
- 58.
- 59. Vegetables and soilcontaminated by heavy metals and pollutants Pollen allergies Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) Fruit fall problem Water pollution from fertilizers and chemicals Water consumption Ecosystem disservices
- 62. OGREN PLANT ALLERGYSCALE (OPALS) Measures the allergy potential (1-10) Ex. Bolzano: Zelkova carpinifolia = 10 the most allergenic Acer negundo = males 10 females 1 Source: Provincia di BZ
- 64.
- 67.