Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience: the role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities

Mutafoglu, Konar; Brink, Patrick ten; Dekker, Sabrina; Woollard, Jamie; Schweitzer, Jean-Pierre

doi:10.4337/9781785368455.00015

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“…Nature is an under-recognised healer, a recent report of the Institute for European Environmental Policy says (Mutafoglu et al ., 2017). This claim is supported by a growing body of research showing that exposure to nature is not just pleasant or aesthetically pleasing, but positively influences a wide variety of measures related to wellbeing, including attention restoration (Kaplan and Kaplan, 1989; Keniger et al ., 2013), mental health (Bratman et al ., 2019), recovery after medical procedures (Ulrich, 1984), and creativity and inspiration (van Rompay and Jol, 2016).…”

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‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults

2022

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Feelings of disconnectedness and social isolation among older adults are increasingly recognised as important challenges of our times. Interestingly, nature interaction can stimulate social connectedness and enhance perceived social support, indicating that nature can contribute to social wellbeing. However, nature may not always be around or accessible for older adults. In such cases, digital nature could provide an alternative means for enjoying nature's benefits. To identify limitations and restrictions that older adults experience with respect to nature interaction, and to explore preferences with respect to digital nature and their potential for influencing social wellbeing, two studies are reported: a qualitative study comprising focus groups with Dutch care centre residents (N = 26) and a subsequent quantitative study (N = 200) testing effects of digital landscapes on social wellbeing measures. Findings from the focus groups indicate that opportunities for nature interaction and preferences for digital nature vary with mobility restrictions, whereas findings from the quantitative study testify to the potential of digital nature for enhancing social wellbeing and related emotions. These findings extend research on how (digital) nature interventions can contribute to the social wellbeing of older adults and pinpoint essential nature characteristics important for doing so.

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‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults

2022

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“…Albedo reducing is based primarily on using white materials, while increasing green and blue component is related with enhancement of areas under different kinds of plant. The concept of blue and green resources is expressed in form of blue green dream [70] pointing strive of humans to band together contemporary way of life with healthy environment.…”

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Theory and smart practice in the reduction of negative effects of urban heat island

Stevovic¹,

Lj.²,

Djuric³

2018

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Urban environment could be considered as a complex biotechnical system. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and intradisciplinary analyses are required in order to achieve sustainable urban communities and healthier cities, especially in the era of climate changes. The main goal of this paper is to investigate, select, and review the theories and smart practices in negative effects of urban areas heat problems reduction and to define the objective function of the issue. The objective function could be treated as the force, with magnitude and direction of influence that operates in a certain space, which is considered to control certain factors and parameters, including time as a dimension. Spatial and temporal gradient of canyon effect are defined with nodes canyon effects interaction. The thermal islands are analyzed by its volume, sources of heat, thermal gradient, with the goal to select strategies to reduce the negative effects of heat islands. Positive smart practice in the world is discussed. The purpose of this study is to find, by literature review and by holistic methodological approach application, better practice and adequate solutions for building, energy, water, and carbon balance in urban environment. The results are expected in the movement towards the blue and green cities.

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Urban Greening Toward Sustainable Development and Sustainability

Khan

Jhariya

Raj

2022

Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Asia

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Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience: the role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities

Cited by 4 publications

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‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults

‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults

Theory and smart practice in the reduction of negative effects of urban heat island

Urban Greening Toward Sustainable Development and Sustainability

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