Implementing Nature-Based Solutions for a Circular Urban Built Environment
Author:
Pineda-Martos RocíoORCID, Atanasova NatašaORCID, Calheiros Cristina S. C.ORCID, Junge RankaORCID, Nickayin Samaneh S.ORCID, Paço Teresa A.ORCID, Dominici LauraORCID, Comino ElenaORCID, Andreucci Maria-BeatriceORCID, Theochari Dimitra, Pucher BernhardORCID, González Aránzazu GalánORCID, Carvalho Pedro N.ORCID, Langergraber GuenterORCID
Abstract
AbstractThis short review outlines the implementation of nature-based solutions in the urban built environment which can contribute to a circular economy as well as the multiple benefits related to the ecosystem services they can provide. The novel Circular City framework on the mainstreaming of nature-based solutions for the enhancement of urban resource management, which was developed within the COST Action CA17133, is presented. Urban circularity challenges addressed by nature-based solutions are assessed in the built environment following three different levels of implementation—i.e., green building materials, systems for the greening of buildings envelope, and green building sites as vegetated open spaces and water-sensitively designed. Considering the possibilities of implementing nature-based solutions in the built environment, we also highlight the circularity processes that can take place through the integration of nature-based solutions at some or all of the proposed scales towards the achievement of at least one of the seven urban circularity challenges. A collection of representative actual case studies exemplifying the development and implementation of nature-based solutions towards circular cities is also included.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland
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