Regulatory requirements and voluntary interventions create contrasting distributions of green stormwater infrastructure in Baltimore, Maryland

Solins, Joanna P.; Lucas, Amanda K. Phillips de; Brissette, Logan E.G.; Grove, J. Morgan; Pickett, Steward T. A.; Cadenasso, Mary L.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104607

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“…Networks are not fixed over time, and hence their function and the distribution of power likewise can shift through time (e.g., Romolini et al 2019 ). An example is how the governance of green stormwater infrastructure differs based on the regulatory versus community-focused motivations for projects in a particular city (Solins et al 2023 ).…”

Section: Insights On Relationality From Other Disciplinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

Pickett,

Simone,

Anderson

et al. 2024

Ambio

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This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that urban ecology as a science can better contribute to positive futures by focusing on relationships, rather than prioritizing urban structures. Insights from other relational disciplines, such as political ecology, governance, urban design, and conservation also contribute. Relationality is especially powerful given the need to rapidly adapt to the changing social and biophysical drivers of global urban systems. These unprecedented dynamics are better understood through a relational lens than traditional structural questions. We use three kinds of coproduction—of the social-ecological world, of science, and of actionable knowledge—to identify key processes of coproduction within urban places. Connectivity is crucial to relational urban ecology. Eight themes emerge from the joint explorations of the paper and point toward social action for improving life and environment in urban futures.

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Section: Insights On Relationality From Other Disciplinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

Pickett,

Simone,

Anderson

et al. 2024

Ambio

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“…Woody species diversity is typically lower in minoritized neighborhoods. Vulnerability to heat extremes is concentrated in Black neighborhoods (Huang et al 2011), and large green infrastructure projects to manage stormwater tend to be associated with new developments rather than underserved neighborhoods where smaller, modestly funded, or unmaintained projects predominate (Solins et al 2023). Exposure to potential disease vectors, especially for West Nile virus, was associated with the low income and majority minority neighborhoods of West Baltimore (LaDeau et al 2013), promoted by the presence of decaying housing infrastructure (Little et al 2017).…”

Section: Ecological Effects Of Segregationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience of racialized segregation is an ecological factor: Baltimore case study

Pickett,

Grove,

Boone

et al. 2023

Buildings and Cities

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Segregation by racialized categories is common to cities across the world and its social effects are well studied. However, the environmental effects-the ecology of segregation-have received less attention. Racialized segregation persists through time and is associated with environmental hazards or lack of amenities. The environmental burdens of racial segregation are increasingly documented and this paper synthesizes the dynamics of segregation and the dynamics of ecological conditions associated with it. The 'adaptive cycle of resilience,' an important social-ecological theory, is applied and used to facilitate synthesis. The well-documented history of racial segregation in the US city of Baltimore, Maryland, is used to illustrate the systemic mechanisms that adapt segregation to changing social conditions, and hence maintain its ecological impacts. The adaptive cycle serves as a useful tool in evaluating and addressing the ecology of segregation and can thus advance urban ecology on a new horizon. PRACTICE RELEVANCEThe adaptive cycle of resilience demonstrates that persistent racial segregation in cities results from an intentional but flexible system that includes many seemingly banal practices. These include planning, zoning, patterns of investment, influence of the real estate industry, distribution of amenities and disamenities, and access to civic power and influence. The adaptive cycle shows that the persistence of segregation is not 'natural' or inevitable. Rather, segregation persists as a result of racialized policies and practices that exclude certain groups from civic goods and processes. Acknowledging that cycles of segregation have been, and are being, institutionally maintained identifies a system that may be disrupted by community action, policy adjustment, and planning practice.

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“…Moreover, 9 cases explored the existing challenges of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) to support future NbS actions in Australian city. Particularly, low-income communities present social acceptance to NbS and perceive ood risks 49 , though, they are still lacking chances to participate decision-making and obtain nancial assistances 50 . Thus, WSUD practices need to encourage publicprivate sector collaboration and stakeholder engagement, so as to sustain ecosystem services in an equitable way.…”

Section: Dimension 2: Coupling Social and Biophysical Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban flood risk management needs nature-based solution from social-ecological system perspective

Kong

Zhou

Yin

et al. 2023

Preprint

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People-nature interdependencies in the social-ecological system (SES) are fundamental to coping with urban flood risks. Nature-based solutions (NbS), a holistic tool considering the people-nature interdependencies, have been advocated widely for urban flood risk management (FRM). However, how NbS has been used from SES perspectives in urban FRM is still not well elaborated, which refers to how NbS contribute to SES factors, processes, and effects? and what SES approaches may support NbS design, implementation, and governance? Therefore, this study first conducted a systematic review of ecological measures in urban FRM during 2000–2022, which showed an imbalance distribution of global knowledge, divergent linkages with social and ecological benefits, and growing insights from SES perspectives. According to the proposed conceptual framework, NbS’ contributions to urban FRM are explained by three dimensions: integrating socioeconomic and ecological factors, coupling social and biophysical processes, and identifying potential tradeoffs/synergies. However, inadequate understandings of NbS’ resilience, effectiveness, and synergy are still key challenges in existing studies that might hamper their contributions to both people and nature. Hence, SES approaches that leverage NbS in future FRM are suggested based on the conceptual framework, including multiple-scale flood resilience assessment, process-based effectiveness modeling, “win-win” effects prediction, and monitoring. We hope that urban FRM can leverage NbS through SES approaches to jointly achieve flood risk mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity protection, and human well-being in the sustainable and resilient pathway.

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Regulatory requirements and voluntary interventions create contrasting distributions of green stormwater infrastructure in Baltimore, Maryland

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

Resilience of racialized segregation is an ecological factor: Baltimore case study

Urban flood risk management needs nature-based solution from social-ecological system perspective

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