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Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions

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Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions. / Jones, Laurence; Anderson, Sally; Læssøe, Jeppe et al.
In: Sustainability, Vol. 17, No. 7, 3043, 04.2025.

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Jones, L, Anderson, S, Læssøe, J, Banzhaf, E, Jensen, A, Tubadji, A, Hutchins, M, Yang, J, Taylor, T, Wheeler, B, Fletcher, D, Tenbrink, T, Wilcox-Jones, L, Iversen, S, Sang, Å, Lin, T, Xu, Y, Lu, L, Levin, G & Zandersen, M 2025, 'Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions', Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 7, 3043. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073043

APA

Jones, L., Anderson, S., Læssøe, J., Banzhaf, E., Jensen, A., Tubadji, A., Hutchins, M., Yang, J., Taylor, T., Wheeler, B., Fletcher, D., Tenbrink, T., Wilcox-Jones, L., Iversen, S., Sang, Å., Lin, T., Xu, Y., Lu, L., Levin, G., & Zandersen, M. (2025). Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions. Sustainability, 17(7), Article 3043. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073043

CBE

Jones L, Anderson S, Læssøe J, Banzhaf E, Jensen A, Tubadji A, Hutchins M, Yang J, Taylor T, Wheeler B, et al. 2025. Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions. Sustainability. 17(7):Article 3043. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073043

MLA

Jones, Laurence et al. "Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions". Sustainability. 2025. 17(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073043

VancouverVancouver

Jones L, Anderson S, Læssøe J, Banzhaf E, Jensen A, Tubadji A et al. Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions. Sustainability. 2025 Apr;17(7):3043. Epub 2025 Mar 29. doi: 10.3390/su17073043

Author

Jones, Laurence ; Anderson, Sally ; Læssøe, Jeppe et al. / Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions. In: Sustainability. 2025 ; Vol. 17, No. 7.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Re-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions

AU - Jones, Laurence

AU - Anderson, Sally

AU - Læssøe, Jeppe

AU - Banzhaf, Ellen

AU - Jensen, Anne

AU - Tubadji, Annie

AU - Hutchins, Michael

AU - Yang, Jun

AU - Taylor, Tim

AU - Wheeler, Benedict

AU - Fletcher, David

AU - Tenbrink, Thora

AU - Wilcox-Jones, Liz

AU - Iversen, Signe

AU - Sang, Åsa

AU - Lin, Tao

AU - Xu, Yaoyang

AU - Lu, Lingwen

AU - Levin, Gregor

AU - Zandersen, Marianne

PY - 2025/4

Y1 - 2025/4

N2 - People-environment interactions within nature-based solutions (NBS) are not always understood. This has implications for communicating the benefits of NBS and for how we plan cities. We present a framework that highlights a duality in NBS. The NBS as an asset includes both natural capital and human-centred capital, including organisational structures. NBS also exist as a system within which people are able to interact. Temporal and spatial scales moderate the benefits that NBS provide, which in turn are dependent on the scale at which social processes operate. Co-production and equity are central to the interactions among people and institutions in the design, use and management of NBS, and this requires clear communication. Drawing on ideas from culture-based development (CBD), we suggest an approach to communicate the benefits of NBS in a neutral but effective way. We propose guidelines for planning NBS that allow the optimisation of NBS locations and designs for particular outcomes.

AB - People-environment interactions within nature-based solutions (NBS) are not always understood. This has implications for communicating the benefits of NBS and for how we plan cities. We present a framework that highlights a duality in NBS. The NBS as an asset includes both natural capital and human-centred capital, including organisational structures. NBS also exist as a system within which people are able to interact. Temporal and spatial scales moderate the benefits that NBS provide, which in turn are dependent on the scale at which social processes operate. Co-production and equity are central to the interactions among people and institutions in the design, use and management of NBS, and this requires clear communication. Drawing on ideas from culture-based development (CBD), we suggest an approach to communicate the benefits of NBS in a neutral but effective way. We propose guidelines for planning NBS that allow the optimisation of NBS locations and designs for particular outcomes.

KW - cities

KW - co-production

KW - ecosystem services

KW - framework

KW - green infrastructure (GI)

KW - green space

U2 - 10.3390/su17073043

DO - 10.3390/su17073043

M3 - Article

VL - 17

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 7

M1 - 3043

ER -