Andrea Arcidiacono is Professor in Urban Planning, at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico of Milano. Director of the LabPPTE (Landscape Plans Territories Ecosystems Lab), and Land Take Research Centre CRCS. From 2016 to 2023 he was vice-president of the National Institute of Urban Planning, INU. His research interests include urban planning and design, Landscape and environmental planning, Green Infrastructure design, Ecosystem Services analysis, and Nature-based solutions for spatial planning, policies, and planning strategies for land take limitation.Andrea De Toni is Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. For years, she has been working closely with ecologists and foresters, integrating biodiversity and ecological knowledge into urban and regional planning. Much of her work has been based upon the analysis of quantitative and qualitative socio-economic and environmental geo-referenced data on different scales and the engagement of relevant stakeholders to support the decision-making processes in selecting planning priorities.Silvia Ronchi is Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. She is a member of the scientific editorial board of the journal Territorio (FrancoAngeli). Her research interests focus on ecosystem services, environmental assessment, landscape and urban planning, as well as soil sealing and land take processes.

• Aligning Urban Greening Policies with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Gaps and Prospects in Italy.- The influence of the urban environment on biodiversity: from a systematic literature review to spatial planning integration in Italy.- Nexus between ecosystem services provision and socio-economic variables: a pathway for equitable planning.- Living in harmony with nature? Climate, biodiversity and planning futures.- Ecological connectivity guides spatial planning.

Andrea Arcidiacono is Professor in Urban Planning, at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico of Milano. Director of the LabPPTE (Landscape Plans Territories Ecosystems Lab), and Land Take Research Centre CRCS. From 2016 to 2023 he was vice-president of the National Institute of Urban Planning, INU. His research interests include urban planning and design, Landscape and environmental planning, Green Infrastructure design, Ecosystem Services analysis, and Nature-based solutions for spatial planning, policies, and planning strategies for land take limitation.Andrea De Toni is Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. For years, she has been working closely with ecologists and foresters, integrating biodiversity and ecological knowledge into urban and regional planning. Much of her work has been based upon the analysis of quantitative and qualitative socio-economic and environmental geo-referenced data on different scales and the engagement of relevant stakeholders to support the decision-making processes in selecting planning priorities.Silvia Ronchi is Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. She is a member of the scientific editorial board of the journal Territorio (FrancoAngeli). Her research interests focus on ecosystem services, environmental assessment, landscape and urban planning, as well as soil sealing and land take processes.

• Aligning Urban Greening Policies with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Gaps and Prospects in Italy.- The influence of the urban environment on biodiversity: from a systematic literature review to spatial planning integration in Italy.- Nexus between ecosystem services provision and socio-economic variables: a pathway for equitable planning.- Living in harmony with nature? Climate, biodiversity and planning futures.- Ecological connectivity guides spatial planning.

Andrea Arcidiacono is Professor in Urban Planning, at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico of Milano. Director of the LabPPTE (Landscape Plans Territories Ecosystems Lab), and Land Take Research Centre CRCS. From 2016 to 2023 he was vice-president of the National Institute of Urban Planning, INU. His research interests include urban planning and design, Landscape and environmental planning, Green Infrastructure design, Ecosystem Services analysis, and Nature-based solutions for spatial planning, policies, and planning strategies for land take limitation.Andrea De Toni is Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. For years, she has been working closely with ecologists and foresters, integrating biodiversity and ecological knowledge into urban and regional planning. Much of her work has been based upon the analysis of quantitative and qualitative socio-economic and environmental geo-referenced data on different scales and the engagement of relevant stakeholders to support the decision-making processes in selecting planning priorities.Silvia Ronchi is Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. She is a member of the scientific editorial board of the journal Territorio (FrancoAngeli). Her research interests focus on ecosystem services, environmental assessment, landscape and urban planning, as well as soil sealing and land take processes.

• Aligning Urban Greening Policies with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Gaps and Prospects in Italy.- The influence of the urban environment on biodiversity: from a systematic literature review to spatial planning integration in Italy.- Nexus between ecosystem services provision and socio-economic variables: a pathway for equitable planning.- Living in harmony with nature? Climate, biodiversity and planning futures.- Ecological connectivity guides spatial planning.