1st Edition
Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Renewal in Post-Industrial Cities
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.
