Strategies for mainstreaming nature-based solutions in urban governance capacities in ten European cities
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Hölscher, K., Frantzeskaki, N., Collier, M. J., Connop, S., Kooijman, E. D., Lodder, M., McQuaid, S., Vandergert, P., Xidous, D., Bešlagić, L., Boskidis, I., Dick, G., Dumitru, A., Dziubała, A., Fletcher, I., González Vázquez, M., Madajczyk, N., Malekkidou, E., Mavroudi, M., Loizou, E., Osipiuk, A., Pasic, B., Prieto González, A., Quartier, M., Schepers, S., Suljević, N., Trendafilov, I., Tsouris, V., Van De Sijpe, K., Velikova, V. and Vos, P. 2023. Strategies for mainstreaming nature-based solutions in urban governance capacities in ten European cities. npj Urban Sustainability. 3 (Art. 54). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00134-9
Authors | Hölscher, K., Frantzeskaki, N., Collier, M. J., Connop, S., Kooijman, E. D., Lodder, M., McQuaid, S., Vandergert, P., Xidous, D., Bešlagić, L., Boskidis, I., Dick, G., Dumitru, A., Dziubała, A., Fletcher, I., González Vázquez, M., Madajczyk, N., Malekkidou, E., Mavroudi, M., Loizou, E., Osipiuk, A., Pasic, B., Prieto González, A., Quartier, M., Schepers, S., Suljević, N., Trendafilov, I., Tsouris, V., Van De Sijpe, K., Velikova, V. and Vos, P. |
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Abstract | This paper explores the institutional mainstreaming of nature-based solutions (NBS) to advance a process-based understanding about how to strategically develop the governance capacities needed for systemic, localised and inclusive NBS. To this end, it reports how policy officers in ten European cities have started to mainstream NBS by interacting with and changing incumbent governance arrangements when experimenting with novel governance processes and mechanisms to plan, deliver and steward NBS. The analysis identifies three mainstreaming strategies to develop capacities for (a) a systems’ approach to link NBS to policies, regulations, and departments across goals and sectors, (b) inclusive collaborations for localised and inclusive interventions, and (c) reflexivity and learning about how NBS interact with the (institutional, ecological, social, etc.) contexts and create impacts. The strategies illustrate institutional entrepreneurship in interacting with incumbent governance contexts, and how starting from NBS as a type of systemic innovation can promote broader shifts in urban governance arrangements. |
Keywords | nature-based solutions; mainstreaming; urban planning; governance; cities |
Journal | npj Urban Sustainability |
Journal citation | 3 (Art. 54) |
ISSN | 2661-8001 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Springer Nature in partnership with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00134-9 |
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Online | 08 Nov 2023 |
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Accepted | 20 Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 04 Sep 2023 |
Funder | European Union Horizon 2020 |
Copyright holder | © 2023, The Authors |
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