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View article: An open access approach to mapping climate risk and vulnerability for decision-making: A case study of Birmingham, United Kingdom
An open access approach to mapping climate risk and vulnerability for decision-making: A case study of Birmingham, United Kingdom Open
The global climate is changing, and local authorities must respond to changing climate risk to protect citizens and the urban environment in which they live. This paper presents an open access approach to map climate risk and vulnerability…
View article: Delivering sustainable, resilient and liveable cities via transformed governance
Delivering sustainable, resilient and liveable cities via transformed governance Open
In the context of steadily declining Natural Capital and universal recognition of the imperative to reverse this trend before we get to the point that nature is not able to restore itself, cities have a crucial role to play. The UK Governm…
View article: Incorporating Heat Vulnerability into Local Authority Decision Making: An Open Access Approach
Incorporating Heat Vulnerability into Local Authority Decision Making: An Open Access Approach Open
High temperatures and heatwaves are becoming more frequent, but heat vulnerability is rarely considered within local authority city design and statutory land-use planning processes. Here, we describe an approach to assess heat vulnerabilit…
View article: Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance
Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance Open
Globally, urban planners and decision makers are pursuing place-based initiatives to develop and enhance urban infrastructure to optimise city performance, competitiveness and sustainability credentials. New discourses associated with big …
View article: Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance
Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance Open
Globally, urban planners and decision makers are pursuing place-based initiatives to develop and enhance urban infrastructure to optimise city performance, competitiveness and sustainability credentials. New discourses associated with big …
View article: New Integrated Approaches to Climate Emergency Landscape Strategies: The Case of Pan-European SATURN Project
New Integrated Approaches to Climate Emergency Landscape Strategies: The Case of Pan-European SATURN Project Open
The landscape has been described as a ‘blind spot’ when examined in light of regional strategies. The immense potential of peri-urban and rural hinterlands to counter the climate emergency is therefore also overlooked. The European Institu…
View article: Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance
Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance Open
Globally, urban planners and decision makers are pursuing place-based initiatives to develop and enhance urban infrastructure to optimise city performance, competitiveness and sustainability credentials. New discourses associated with big …
View article: NCPT – managing environmental gains and losses
NCPT – managing environmental gains and losses Open
How a new practical tool enables non-specialists to systematically assess and manage planning and development impacts on natural capital.
View article: Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space
Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space Open
This paper develops a framework for improved mainstreaming of ecosystem science in policy and decision-making within a spatial planning context. Ecosystem science is advanced as a collective umbrella to capture a body of work and approache…