1st Edition

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Renewal in Post-Industrial Cities

Edited By Silvia Barbero, Axel Timpe Copyright 2025
342 Pages 134 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 134 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

This book, based on the experiences and insights gained during the Horizon 2020 project proGIreg, offers a detailed overview of targeted nature-based solutions and their impacts on various key sustainability areas, guiding readers through the spatial analysis, co-design, and implementation processes of cities in Europe and Asia. Chapters shed light on the challenges and opportunities encountered... Read more

1. Introduction: Nature for Renewal

Axel Timpe and Silvia Barbero

 

2. NBS for Social Innovation

Mais Jafari, Rolf Morgenstern, and Jonas Runte

 

3. NBS for Circular Economy

Axel Störzner, Kimberly Schnell, and Theresa Kemeny

 

4. NBS for Biodiversity

Simona Bonelli, Federica Larcher, Lingwen Lu, Marta Depetris, and Manuela Ronci

 

5. Dortmund Living Lab

Margot Olbertz and Mais Jafari

 

6. Zagreb Living Lab

Bojan Baletić, Iva Bedenko, and Marijo Spajić

 

7. NBS Spatial Analysis Processes: The role of spatial analysis for Front-Runner Cities and Follower Cities

Sabina Reichert, Oana Emilia Budău, and Codruț Papina

 

8. Co-design NBS with post-industrial communities

Margot Olbertz, Bettina Wilk, Israa Mahmoud, Emanuela Saporito, and Ina Säumel

 

9. Turin Living Lab

Silvia Barbero and Federica Larcher

 

10. Ningbo Living Lab

Ruowen Wu, Tian Ruan, and Yaoyang Xu

 

11. Evidence-based NBS benefits and related indicators

Chiara Baldacchini, Carlo Calfapietra, and Martina Ristorini

 

12. Benefits from Social Innovation

Egidio Dansero, Luca Battisti, Federico Cuomo, Giacomo Pettinati, Giovanni Sanesi and Giuseppina Spano

 

13. Benefits from Circular Economy

Bernd Pölling, Gabriele Guidolotti, and Benedetto Rugani

 

14. Benefits for Biodiversity

Simona Bonelli, Lingwen Lu, Marta Depetris, Tian Ruan, Monica Vercelli, Ruowen Wu, and Yaoyang Xu

 

15. Benefits for Health and Well-Being

Payam Dadvand, and Mònica Ubalde López

 

16. Unlocking Potential: Follower Cities' NBS Replication Strategies for Greening Urban Environments

Margot Olbertz, Codrut Papina, Athina Abatzidi, Melania Blidar, Sandra Dimancescu, Helga Gonçalves, Violeta Irimies, Vasiliki Manaridou, Amra Mehmedić, Teresa Ribeiro, Mirza Sikirić, Bogdan Stanciu, and Nerantzia Tzortzi

 

17.  NBS policymaking at the forefront: NBS for change and resilience

Karin Zaunberger

 

18. Business models in NBS

Bernd Pölling and Rolf Morgenstern

Biography

Silvia Barbero is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Design of Politecnico di Torino (Italy). She is an expert in systemic design, focusing on industrial innovation and territorial enhancement to promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Additionally, she actively contributes to academic research and education.

Axel Timpe is a landscape architect and Associate Professor at the Institute of Landscape Architecture at RWTH Aachen University. His research and teaching is focused on green infrastructure, urban agriculture, and nature-based solutions and their co-production with local communities. He has been the principal investigator of the proGIreg Innovation Action.