An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities

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Impact assessment is a key step in mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet, it remains unclear if and how assessment frameworks influence urban planning, design and management. We contend that the potential of current NBS assessment frameworks is not fully exploited due to: (1) limited contextualisation of monitoring and assessment to place-specific contexts and (2) the depoliticisation of co-production. To address this, we present a practical five-step action framework to guide inclusive participation across different stages of monitoring and assessment of urban NBS, including indicator selection. Unlike previous approaches, applying selection criteria at the level of individual indicators, we also use criteria at the aggregate level of the indicator set. We conclude that participatory assessment contributes to mainstreaming urban NBS for sustainable and just cities, provided data is contextualised to local decision-making contexts and the process is designed to amplify marginalised voices.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	van der Jagt, A. Buijs, A. Dobbs, C. van Lierop, M. Pauleit, S. Randrup, T. Wild, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-3982
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords:	Co-production; Ecosystem services; Environmental justice; Nature-based thinking; Participatory monitoring; Urban nature-based solutions
Dates:	Published: January 2023 Published (online): 6 August 2022 Accepted: 11 July 2022
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Landscape Architecture (Sheffield)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number European Commission 867564 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 867564
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2022 11:30
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2022 11:39
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer (part of Springer Nature)
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1007/s13280-022-01772-6
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188602

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