Implementing Nature-Based Solutions for a Circular Urban Built Environment

This 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-base...

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Autores: Pineda-Martos, Rocío, Atanasova, Nataša, Calheiros, Cristina S.C., Junge, Ranka, Nickayin, Samaneh S., Paço, Teresa A., Dominici, Laura, Comino, Elena, Andreucci, Maria Beatrice, Theochari, Dimitra, Pucher, Bernhard, González, Aránzazu Galán, Carvalho, Pedro N., Langergraber, Guenter
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/167614
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/167614
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_28
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nature-based solutions
Circular economy
Built environment
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Sumario:This 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.