The Nature Smart Cities business model: A rapid decision-support and scenario analysis tool to reveal the multi-benefits of green infrastructure investments |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Antwerp, Department of Engineering Management, Belgium;2. Flanders Make@UAntwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium;3. Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, University of Antwerp, Belgium;4. Independent Researcher, 19 The Greenway, Haxby, York YO32 3FE, UK;5. Imperial College London, 109 Weeks Building, 16–18 Prince''s Gardens, London SW7 1NE, UK;6. Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium;7. Nanolab Centre of Excellence, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium;1. Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2325 N. Clifton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, USA;2. Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA;3. Environmental Sciences Program, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA;4. Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, USA;5. Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA;1. School of landscape architecture, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua east Rd., 100083, China;2. Farmland Irrigation Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 380 honglidadao Road, Xinxiang, China;1. Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, The University of Tokyo, Nishi-Tokyo, Japan;2. Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;3. Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan;4. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan;1. Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, Canada;2. Child Health Informatics Group, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK;3. Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;4. London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, Population Health Innovation Lab, Department of Public Health, Environments & Society, London, UK;1. Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;2. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy;3. CIRSEC, Centre for Climate Change Impact, University of Pisa, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Incorporating natural spaces within urban areas has been shown to have multiple benefits. However, despite greening and adaptation strategies at different levels of government, progress remains slow with a lack of easy to use and comprehensive tools identified as key to overcoming this. This paper presents a co-designed tool with academic and local authority partners to demonstrate the ecosystem service benefits of small-scale urban green infrastructure projects. Through the tool, users can readily assess the impact of green infrastructure investments on the delivery of a selection of ecosystem services in the early stages of a project. Furthermore, the tool provides a standardised assessment of cultural ecosystem services’ contributions, as well as offering a method to score spatial designs on the impact on habitat for biodiversity. Use of the tool is demonstrated using a pilot study in Kapelle, the Netherlands. The results set out an overview of the impacts of the spatial design on estimated ecosystem service delivery. They also show the tool’s potential to add value in early project stages and as a planning and design tool, helping to maximise the benefits that can be achieved through green infrastructure design. Complementing these arguments with ball-park estimations on green infrastructure costs, the Nature Smart Cities Business Model aims to offer public sector officers the means to create a business case for green infrastructure measures, facilitating the translation from strategies to actual plans, thus benefitting green infrastructure implementation in the public realm. |
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| Keywords: | Urban green infrastructure Ecosystem services Ecosystem services valuation Rapid Assessment tool Co-creation and co-design |
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