Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
Andersson, Erik (North-West University (South Africa))
Langemeyer, Johannes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Borgström, Sara (Kungl. Tekniska högskolan (Estocolm (Suècia))
McPhearson, Timon (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (USA))
Haase, Dagmar (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Department of Computational Landscape Ecology (Germany))
Kronenberg, Jakub (University of Lodz. Faculty of Economics and Sociology (Poland))
Barton, David N. (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research)
Davis, McKenna (Ecologic Institute (Germany))
Naumann, Sandra (Ecologic Institute (Germany))
Röschel, Lina (Ecologic Institute (Germany))
Baró Porras, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	The circumstances under which different ecosystem service benefits can be realized differ. The benefits tend to be coproduced and to be enabled by multiple interacting social, ecological, and technological factors, which is particularly evident in cities. As many cities are undergoing rapid change, these factors need to be better understood and accounted for, especially for those most in need of benefits. We propose a framework of three systemic filters that affect the flow of ecosystem service benefits: the interactions among green, blue, and built infrastructures; the regulatory power and governance of institutions; and people's individual and shared perceptions and values. We argue that more fully connecting green and blue infrastructure to its urban systems context and highlighting dynamic interactions among the three filters are key to understanding how and why ecosystem services have variable distribution, continuing inequities in who benefits, and the long-term resilience of the flows of benefits.
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Green and blue infrastructure ; Multifunctionality ; Urban social-ecological systems ; Environmental justice ; Resilience
Published in:	BioScience, Vol. 69, Issue 7 (July 2019) , p. 566-574, ISSN 1525-3244

DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz058
PMID: 31308573

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