TY - JOUR
T1 - A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services
AU - McPhearson, Timon
AU - Cook, Elizabeth M.
AU - Berbés-Blázquez, Marta
AU - Cheng, Chingwen
AU - Grimm, Nancy B.
AU - Andersson, Erik
AU - Barbosa, Olga
AU - Chandler, David G.
AU - Chang, Heejun
AU - Chester, Mikhail V.
AU - Childers, Daniel L.
AU - Elser, Stephen R.
AU - Frantzeskaki, Niki
AU - Grabowski, Zbigniew
AU - Groffman, Peter
AU - Hale, Rebecca L.
AU - Iwaniec, David M.
AU - Kabisch, Nadja
AU - Kennedy, Christopher
AU - Markolf, Samuel A.
AU - Matsler, A. Marissa
AU - McPhillips, Lauren E.
AU - Miller, Thaddeus R.
AU - Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.
AU - Rosi, Emma
AU - Troxler, Tiffany G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/5/20
Y1 - 2022/5/20
N2 - As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of life for urban residents. Cities have turned to nature-based solutions to help address these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision of ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits for people and address multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions are impaired by the complexity of the interacting social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems. This complexity must be understood and managed to ensure ecosystem-service provisioning is effective, equitable, and resilient. Here, we provide a social-ecological-technological system (SETS) framework that builds on decades of urban ecosystem services research to better understand four core challenges associated with urban nature-based solutions: multi-functionality, systemic valuation, scale mismatch of ecosystem services, and inequity and injustice. The framework illustrates the importance of coordinating natural, technological, and socio-economic systems when designing, planning, and managing urban nature-based solutions to enable optimal social-ecological outcomes.
AB - As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of life for urban residents. Cities have turned to nature-based solutions to help address these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision of ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits for people and address multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions are impaired by the complexity of the interacting social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems. This complexity must be understood and managed to ensure ecosystem-service provisioning is effective, equitable, and resilient. Here, we provide a social-ecological-technological system (SETS) framework that builds on decades of urban ecosystem services research to better understand four core challenges associated with urban nature-based solutions: multi-functionality, systemic valuation, scale mismatch of ecosystem services, and inequity and injustice. The framework illustrates the importance of coordinating natural, technological, and socio-economic systems when designing, planning, and managing urban nature-based solutions to enable optimal social-ecological outcomes.
KW - ban ecosystem services
KW - cities
KW - nature-based solutions
KW - social-ecological-technological systems, SETS
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007
M3 - Review article
SN - 2590-3330
VL - 5
SP - 505
EP - 518
JO - One Earth
JF - One Earth
IS - 5
ER -