Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems

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,...

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Authors: Andersson, Erik; Langemeyer, Johannes; Borgström, Sara; McPhearson, Timon; Haase, Dagmar; Kronenberg, Jakub; Barton, David N.; Davis, McKenna; Naumann, Sandra; Röschel, Lina; Baró Porras, Francesc
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repository:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/42818
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz058
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Environmental justice
Green and blue infrastructure
Multifunctionality
Resilience
Urban social–ecological systems
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author Andersson, Erik
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Borgström, Sara
McPhearson, Timon
Haase, Dagmar
Kronenberg, Jakub
Barton, David N.
Davis, McKenna
Naumann, Sandra
Röschel, Lina
Baró Porras, Francesc
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Barton, David N.
Baró Porras, Francesc
Borgström, Sara
Davis, McKenna
Haase, Dagmar
Kronenberg, Jakub
Langemeyer, Johannes
McPhearson, Timon
Naumann, Sandra
Röschel, Lina
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Langemeyer, Johannes
Borgström, Sara
McPhearson, Timon
Haase, Dagmar
Kronenberg, Jakub
Barton, David N.
Davis, McKenna
Naumann, Sandra
Röschel, Lina
Baró Porras, Francesc
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description 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.
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spelling Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems Andersson, Erik Langemeyer, Johannes Borgström, Sara McPhearson, Timon Haase, Dagmar Kronenberg, Jakub Barton, David N. Davis, McKenna Naumann, Sandra Röschel, Lina Baró Porras, Francesc Environmental justice Green and blue infrastructure Multifunctionality Resilience Urban social–ecological systems 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. Oxford University Press http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz058
spellingShingle Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
Andersson, Erik
Environmental justice
Green and blue infrastructure
Multifunctionality
Resilience
Urban social–ecological systems
status_str publishedVersion
title Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
title_full Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
title_fullStr Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
title_full_unstemmed Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
title_short Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
title_sort Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
topic Environmental justice
Green and blue infrastructure
Multifunctionality
Resilience
Urban social–ecological systems
topic_facet Environmental justice
Green and blue infrastructure
Multifunctionality
Resilience
Urban social–ecological systems
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz058