What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions

Castellar, Joana A.C.; Popartan, Lucia Alexandra; Pucher, Bernhard; Pineda-Martos, Rocío; Hecht, Katharina; Katsou, Evina; Nika, Chrysanthi Elisabeth; Junge, Ranka; Langergraber, Günter; Atanasova, Nataša; Comas, Joaquim; Monclús, Hèctor; Pueyo-Ros, Josep

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30446

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions
Authors:	Castellar, Joana A.C. Popartan, Lucia Alexandra Pucher, Bernhard Pineda-Martos, Rocío Hecht, Katharina Katsou, Evina Nika, Chrysanthi Elisabeth Junge, Ranka Langergraber, Günter Atanasova, Nataša Comas, Joaquim Monclús, Hèctor Pueyo-Ros, Josep
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385 10.21256/zhaw-30446
Published in:	Journal of Environmental Management
Volume(Issue):	354
Issue:	120385
Issue Date:	Mar-2024
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0301-4797 1095-8630
Language:	English
Subjects:	City; Nature; Nature-based solution; Circularity
Subject (DDC):	338.927: Environmental economics and sustainable development
Abstract:	This paper uses an expert-based methodology to survey the barriers and strategies related to the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS). The ambition of the paper is to offer a bird's eye overview of the difficulties encountered by NBS deployment and ways to overcome them. With a wide participation of 80 experts from COST Action Circular City, we identify barriers specific to 35 pre-defined NBS of the following four categories: Vertical Greening Systems and Green Roofs; Food and Biomass Production; Rainwater Management; and Remediation, Treatment, and Recovery. The research sheds light on how a major interdisciplinary - yet predominantly technically-oriented - community of scientists and practitioners views this important topic. Overall, the most relevant barriers are related to technological complexity, lack of skilled staff and training programs and the lack of awareness that NBS is an option. Our results highlight concerns related to post implementation issues, especially operation and maintenance, which subsequently affect social acceptance. The paper identifies a "chain" effect across barriers, meaning that one barrier can affect the existence or the relevance of other barriers. In terms of strategies, most of them target governance, information, and education aspects, despite the predominantly technical expertise of the participants. The study innovates with respect to state-of-the-art research by showing a fine-grained connection between barriers, strategies and individual NBS and categories, a level of detail which is not encountered in any other study to date.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30446
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management

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Castellar, J. A. C., Popartan, L. A., Pucher, B., Pineda-Martos, R., Hecht, K., Katsou, E., Nika, C. E., Junge, R., Langergraber, G., Atanasova, N., Comas, J., Monclús, H., & Pueyo-Ros, J. (2024). What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions. Journal of Environmental Management, 354(120385). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385

Castellar, J.A.C. et al. (2024) ‘What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions’, Journal of Environmental Management, 354(120385). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385.

J. A. C. Castellar et al., “What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions,” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 354, no. 120385, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385.

CASTELLAR, Joana A.C., Lucia Alexandra POPARTAN, Bernhard PUCHER, Rocío PINEDA-MARTOS, Katharina HECHT, Evina KATSOU, Chrysanthi Elisabeth NIKA, Ranka JUNGE, Günter LANGERGRABER, Nataša ATANASOVA, Joaquim COMAS, Hèctor MONCLÚS und Josep PUEYO-ROS, 2024. What does it take to renature cities? : an expert-based analysis of barriers and strategies for the implementation of nature-based solutions. Journal of Environmental Management. März 2024. Bd. 354, Nr. 120385. DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385

Castellar, Joana A.C., Lucia Alexandra Popartan, Bernhard Pucher, Rocío Pineda-Martos, Katharina Hecht, Evina Katsou, Chrysanthi Elisabeth Nika, et al. 2024. “What Does It Take to Renature Cities? : An Expert-Based Analysis of Barriers and Strategies for the Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions.” Journal of Environmental Management 354 (120385). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385.

Castellar, Joana A. C., et al. “What Does It Take to Renature Cities? : An Expert-Based Analysis of Barriers and Strategies for the Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions.” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 354, no. 120385, Mar. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120385.