Nature-based solutions for urban sustainability
Summary
The objective of this paper is to introduce a Special Feature: “Nature-based Solutions for Urban Sustainability”—a collection of four articles addressing the current state of global urban NbS science and conceptual framings. The special feature explores opportunities for research and practice to scale up NbS to address equity, justice, and inclusion while enabling transformation in urbanized areas. The special feature includes a review and three perspectives papers that leverage learnings from NATURA (NATure-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene), an international network of networks that connects academic researchers and practitioners around the world and provides a critical platform for knowledge exchange. The works in the special feature build upon the progress made through global collaborations on urban NbS within NATURA. Here, we briefly introduce NATURA, overview urban NbS and the ongoing needs related to urban NbS, and then introduce the special feature papers that address these needs.
