Priority areas in municipality planning: ecosystem services, environmental impact assessments and research areas

Palo, Thomas; Lagercrantz, Karen; Bramryd, Torleif; Johansson, Mia; Beery, Thomas; Jonsson, Kjell; Wamsler, Christine; Brink, Ebba; Schubert, Per; Ekelund, Nils

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“…Recognizing how different stakeholders perceive and prioritize ecosystem services is a vital step for effective ecosystem service-based approaches (Daw et al 2015;Sikor et al 2014). Implementing ecosystem services in environmental planning requires connection to local governance perception and practices in order to be effective in guiding planning and decision making (Opdam 2013), which can be achieved through active research collaboration (Palo et al 2016). Surprisingly, we found some mismatches between stakeholders' perceptions of environmental challenges for the Tucson region and their demand for GI ecosystem services (Figs.…”

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Convergence in Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Supports Green Infrastructure Decision-making in a Semi-arid City

Mosleh

Negahban-Azar

Pavao-Zuckerman

2022

Environmental Management

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Effective management of cities using ecosystem services from green infrastructure (GI) requires explicit consideration of the linkages between provision of services and ecosystem service demands (i.e., governance priorities). Identi cation of stakeholder knowledge and objectives in GI decision-making contexts with respect to ecosystem services may improve urban planning; yet this information is rarely explicit in local contexts and cases. We address this gap by surveying environmental stakeholders and practitioners to investigate how perceptions of ecosystem services in uence GI practice in Tucson, AZ.Results indicate that the semi-arid environment and urban design led to prioritizations that focus on water sustainability and urban heat mitigation. We found strong agreement in environmental perceptions between different management sectors. We observed matches (as well as mismatches) between the ecosystem service priorities and important environmental issues. Ecosystem services prioritization revealed a unique classi cation of ecosystem services that re ects stakeholder priorities. Our ndings suggest the study of ecosystem services supply and demand can inform local urban management. These ndings from a semi-arid city further suggest that understanding stakeholder knowledge, perceptions, and priorities should be important for cities in other regions where GI is being implemented as an environmental solution to provide ecosystem services.

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Convergence in Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Supports Green Infrastructure Decision-making in a Semi-arid City

Mosleh

Negahban-Azar

Pavao-Zuckerman

2022

Environmental Management

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“…Feedback rounds with municipality representatives Grounded theory and qualitative coding of interview transcripts Beery et al 2016 C. ES in comprehensive and detailed planning Analyse explicit and implicit use of ES in comprehensive plans and review the scientific views on comprehensive plans as a tool for ES implementation Review of comprehensive plans and citation statistics, interviews with planners in selected municipalities. Use of data from A Grounded theory, qualitative and quantitative content analysis of comprehensive plans and interview data Palo et al 2016 ; Schubert et al 2017a D. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) Identify existing and potential ways and benefits of combining ES, EbA and climate adaptation in municipal planning and operations Interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation and feedback rounds with municipality representatives. Some use of interview data from A Grounded theory, systems theory, qualitative coding and analysis of interview transcripts Brink and Wa msler 2017 ; Wamsler 2015b ; Wamsler et al 2014 , 2016 ; Wamsler and Brink 2016 E. ES and transdisciplinarity Evaluate and synthesise the experience of a transdisciplinary ES project with municipalities Workshop discussions, participant observation, SWOT analysis, participant survey, ongoing dialogue and feedback rounds with project participants Analysis of project documentation based on design principles for transdisciplinarity (The present article) F. Applied case studies of ES implementation (cross-cutting b ) Illustrate and analyse current ES-related problems and potential solutions in the municipal context Interviews and focus groups with municipal planners.…”

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On the road to ‘research municipalities’: analysing transdisciplinarity in municipal ecosystem services and adaptation planning

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Transdisciplinary research and collaboration is widely acknowledged as a critical success factor for solution-oriented approaches that can tackle complex sustainability challenges, such as biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate-related hazards. In this context, city governments’ engagement in transdisciplinarity is generally seen as a key condition for societal transformation towards sustainability. However, empirical evidence is rare. This paper presents a self-assessment of a joint research project on ecosystem services and climate adaptation planning (ECOSIMP) undertaken by four universities and seven Swedish municipalities. We apply a set of design principles and guiding questions for transdisciplinary sustainability projects and, on this basis, identify key aspects for supporting university–municipality collaboration. We show that: (1) selecting the number and type of project stakeholders requires more explicit consideration of the purpose of societal actors’ participation; (2) concrete, interim benefits for participating practitioners and organisations need to be continuously discussed; (3) promoting the ‘inter’, i.e., interdisciplinary and inter-city learning, can support transdisciplinarity and, ultimately, urban sustainability and long-term change. In this context, we found that design principles for transdisciplinarity have the potential to (4) mitigate project shortcomings, even when transdisciplinarity is not an explicit aim, and (5) address differences and allow new voices to be heard. We propose additional guiding questions to address shortcomings and inspire reflexivity in transdisciplinary projects.

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Ecosystem services in urban plans: What is there, and what is still needed for better decisions

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Priority areas in municipality planning: ecosystem services, environmental impact assessments and research areas

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Cited by 5 publications

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Convergence in Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Supports Green Infrastructure Decision-making in a Semi-arid City

Convergence in Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Supports Green Infrastructure Decision-making in a Semi-arid City

On the road to ‘research municipalities’: analysing transdisciplinarity in municipal ecosystem services and adaptation planning

Ecosystem services in urban plans: What is there, and what is still needed for better decisions

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