Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective

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dc.contributor.authorTiwary, Abhishek
dc.contributor.authorVilhar, Ursa
dc.contributor.authorZhiyanski, Miglena
dc.contributor.authorStojanovski, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorDinca, Lucian
dc.date.acceptance2020-02-17
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-16T08:33:54Z
dc.date.available2020-04-16T08:33:54Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-20
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractThe role of the urban common (i.e. shared space and resources) in sustainable provisioning of goods and services to city dwellers is discussed in this paper. Focusing on tree-based green infrastructure, the study scope includes three categories of provisioning (woody biomass, food/fibre, and non-timber forest products, i.e. NTFPs), alongside three categories of supporting services (fresh water replenishment, soil nutrient restoration, building preservation). As a first step, prospects of utilizing the urban common as facilitator of nature-based solution to the earmarked provisioning services are evaluated through dedicated literature survey and expert elicitation on perceived impact of environmental change triggers and management interventions (planning and/or governance). This is followed by a structured review of the state of affairs in four European cities (London, Amsterdam, Sofia, Ljubljana), representing different macro-geographical regions with distinct socio-economic drivers in managing these provisioning services. The pan-European expert elicitation exercise noted active management of the urban common as positively impacting on the performance of the majority of provisioning services, while environmental change impacts were found to be overriding and adversely influencing the provisioning of material resources (mainly NTFPs and woody biomass). The four-city case study highlighted some regional peculiarities in connecting the city dwellers to the urban common and identified the need to overcome socio-cultural barriers for enhancing pan-European best practice sharing in the management of goods and services provisioning. This is deemed essential to pave way for an emerging perspective on sustainable utilization of the urban common as an enabler for nature-based solution, making it fit for purpose in meeting the astronomical demands of future urban living.en
dc.funderEuropean Union (EU) Framework 7en
dc.identifier.citationTiwary, A., Vilhar, U., Zhiyanski, M., Stojanovski, V. and Dinca, L. (2020) Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective. Urban Ecosystems, pp.1-13.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00951-1
dc.identifier.issn1083-8155
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19501
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidCOST1204-Action GreenInUrbsen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)en
dc.subjectGreen infrastructureen
dc.subjectNature-based solutionen
dc.subjectNon-timber forest productsen
dc.subjectProvisioning servicesen
dc.subjectUrban commonen
dc.titleManagement of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspectiveen
dc.typeArticleen

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