Habitat networks for biodiversity are increasingly degraded and fragmented. This study investigates how Swedish municipal landscape managers accommodate biodiversity in urban and peri-urban landscapes, with particular attention to the promotion of ‘wilder landscapes’. We explore their view of nature as related to wilder landscapes too. Drawing on a national survey with responses from 70% of all Swedish municipalities, we analy...

While there is substantial research connecting urban green infrastructure (UGI) with human health and well-being (HH&W), less is known about how responsible actors address this relationship in practice. Based on interviews in four Nordic cities, this study examines UGI planning, UGI management, and public health practitioners’ perceptions of their work, as well as perceived barriers and support for working with the UGI-HH&W ne...

This article presents a review of methodological advancements and transformative potential in participatory processes with young people in urban landscapes. It offers a framework understanding of current types of participatory processes in relation to urban landscape planning, and underlines lifeworld and action as two key components in transformative participatory processes with young people. The two-step scoping review of a...

Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities,...

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 addre...

In building a sustainable society, numerous ecosystem services have shown to play important roles for the benefit of urban residents. The distinct concept of Urban Ecosystem Services (UES) to accentuate and enhance the value of urban ecosystems has been proposed, primarily in research, with implementation in practice still at an early stage. This study examined challenges to future implementation of the UES concept in municipa...

Suites of concepts and approaches have been launched during recent years to promote urban nature and greener cities. However, it is doubtable whether tinkering within the current economic and political system can provide adequate solutions. Nature-based Solutions can be seen as a new conceptual approach to the human-ecological connection, and as an outcome of an evolutionary development of socio-ecological concepts. In this Co...