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| Title | The Nature Smart Cities Business Model: A Rapid Decision-Support And Scenario Analysis Tool To Reveal The Multi-Benefits Of Green Infrastructure Investments |
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| ID_Doc | 56103 |
| Authors | Van Oijstaeijen W.; Silva M.F.E.; Back P.; Collins A.; Verheyen K.; De Beelde R.; Cools J.; Van Passel S. |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 84 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127923 |
| Abstract | Incorporating natural spaces within urban areas has been shown to have multiple benefits. However, despite greening and adaptation strategies at different levels of government, progress remains slow with a lack of easy to use and comprehensive tools identified as key to overcoming this. This paper presents a co-designed tool with academic and local authority partners to demonstrate the ecosystem service benefits of small-scale urban green infrastructure projects. Through the tool, users can readily assess the impact of green infrastructure investments on the delivery of a selection of ecosystem services in the early stages of a project. Furthermore, the tool provides a standardised assessment of cultural ecosystem services’ contributions, as well as offering a method to score spatial designs on the impact on habitat for biodiversity. Use of the tool is demonstrated using a pilot study in Kapelle, the Netherlands. The results set out an overview of the impacts of the spatial design on estimated ecosystem service delivery. They also show the tool's potential to add value in early project stages and as a planning and design tool, helping to maximise the benefits that can be achieved through green infrastructure design. Complementing these arguments with ball-park estimations on green infrastructure costs, the Nature Smart Cities Business Model aims to offer public sector officers the means to create a business case for green infrastructure measures, facilitating the translation from strategies to actual plans, thus benefitting green infrastructure implementation in the public realm. © 2023 Elsevier GmbH |
| Author Keywords | Assessment tool; Co-creation and co-design; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem services valuation; Rapid; Urban green infrastructure |
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