Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/18553
Title: Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective
Authors: Tiwary, Abhishek
Vilhar, Ursa
Zhiyanski, Miglena
Stojanovski, Vladimir 
Dinca, Lucian
Keywords: Green infrastructure, Nature-based solution, Non-timber forest products, Provisioning services, Urban common
Issue Date: 20-Feb-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Journal: Urban Ecosystems
Abstract: The 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.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/18553
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-020-00951-1
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