GREENHANCEnbt
KEY POINTS- We investigate the synergies and trade-offs associated with biodiversity enhancement and human well-being in urban agriculture
- We explore how urban communities interact with nature in urban agriculture
- We examine how urban agriculture governance involves citizens, balances interests, and fosters social cohesion
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GREENHANCEnbt seeks to understand the critical factors, tipping points, and underlying mechanisms that influence the successful implementation of Urban Agriculture (UA) as a means for supporting human health and well-being and biodiversity.
We will study the interdependencies between Urban Agriculture, biodiversity and human well-being. To explore these dynamics and the underlying supportive structures and barriers, we adopt a Nature-Based Thinking (NBT) perspective. NBT emphasizes three key dimensions in all nature-based interventions:
- The organizations, whether formal or informal, that own and manage natural spaces
- The communities that interact with, depend on, and coexist with nature
- Nature itself, including its inherent timing and cyclical patterns.
We explore the relations between these dimensions in three European cities: Barcelona (Spain), Malmö (Sweden), and Turin (Italy).
We expect that our findings will have far-reaching implications, particularly in the fields of urban planning, policy development, biodiversity conservation, human well-being, stakeholder engagement, and the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions.
