Nature-Based Solutions for Cities

Edited by Timon McPhearson, Professor of Urban Ecology, Director of the Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York, US, Nadja Kabisch, Professor in Digital Landscape Ecology, Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany and Niki Frantzeskaki, Professor, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

‘I find this book very inspiring and a good foundation for a new, inclusive, more sustainable and resilient urban development both in the Global North and in the Global South. I recommend this book to a very wide audience of readers. It has created a very solid foundation for a journey into a future where research may fruitfully merge with practice, art and design for the benefit for all.’

• Contents:Foreword I xivDagmar HaaseForeword II xvKaren C. SetoSonja Knapp and J. Scott MacIvor1 Nature-based solutions for sustainable, resilient, andequitable cities 1Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, and Niki FrantzeskakiPART I NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR WHATAND FOR WHOM?2 Nature-based solutions and climate change resilience 14Nancy B. Grimm, Yeowon Kim, Jason R. Sauer, and Stephen R. Elser3 Towards just nature-based solutions for cities 30Laura Tozer, Harini Nagendra, Pippin Anderson, and Jessica KavonicPART II THE NATURE OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS4 Urban ecological resilience: ensuring urban ecosystemscan provide nature-based solutions 50Timon McPhearson, Erik Andersson, Filipa Grilo, BiancaLopez, and Nour Zein5 Nature-based solutions and biodiversity: synergies,trade-offs, and ways forward 83Sonja Knapp and J. Scott MacIvorPART III THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OFNATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS6 Just, nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructurefor cooling and cleaning airsheds 106Paul Coseo and Zoe Hamstead7 Nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure forwater resilience 147Lauren McPhillips, Hong Wu, Carolina Rojas Quezada,Bernice Rosenzweig, Jason R. Sauer, and Brandon Winfrey8 Human physical health outcomes influenced by contactwith nature 168Lilah M. Besser and Gina S. Lovasi9 Nature-based solutions and mental health 193Nadja Kabisch, Sukanya Basu, Matilda van den Bosch,Gregory N. Bratman, and Oskar MasztalerzPART IV NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONSGOVERNANCE, PLANNING, AND VALUE10 Planning and maintaining nature-based solutions: lessonsfor foresight and sustainable care from Berlin, Jakarta,Melbourne, and Santiago de Chile 215Rieke Hansen, Judy Bush, Didit Okta Pribadi, and EmanuelGiannotti11 Governance of and with nature-based solutions in cities 241Niki Frantzeskaki, Katinka Wijsman, Clare Adams, NadjaKabisch, Shirin Malekpour, Melissa Pineda Pinto, andPaula Vandergert12 Mapping, measuring, and valuing the benefits ofnature-based solutions in cities 260Anne D. Guerry, Eric V. Lonsdorf, Chris Nootenboom,Roy P. Remme, Rob Griffin, Hillary Waters, StephenPolasky, Baolong Han, Tong Wu, Benjamin D. Janke,Megan Meacham, Perrine Hamel, and Xueman WangPART V ENGAGING ART AND DESIGN FOR AND WITHNATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS13 Urban designs as social-natural resolutions 296Brian McGrath, Danai Thaitakoo, Nithirath Chaemchuen,and Tommy Yang14 Ecological art in cities: exploring the potential for art topromote and advance nature-based solutions 317Christopher Kennedy, Ellie Irons, and Patricia Lea Watts15 1 + 1 = 3: stories of imagination and the art ofnature-based solutions 341Patrick M. Lydon, David Maddox, Robin Lasser, BaixoRibeiro, and Carla Vitantonio16 Towards mainstreaming nature-based solutions forachieving biodiverse, resilient, and inclusive cities 364Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, and Niki FrantzeskakiIndex 376