Nature-based solutions to combat global change in urban ecosystem: lessons from global and regional perspectives

IF 6.9 2区工程技术 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Urban Climate Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102456

Gemechis B. Mosisa , Bobe Bedadi , Gemedo Dalle , Nega Tassie

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Abstract

Rapid urban expansion intensifies land use/land cover (LULC) changes, contributing to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and decline in urban ecosystem services. This requires targeted ecological conservation strategies and integrated policies that balance urban development with ecological protection to address. The objective of this systematic review is to critically analyze the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) to address different urban challenges associated with global change, particularly LULC changes and climate change, extracting valuable lessons from successful NbS across various regions and contexts. The review followed a systematic approach to synthesize scientific evidence from 113 sample articles (13.90 % of initial search results) on NbS and associated issues. It involved four distinctive stages: article selection criteria, search strategy, collection, and presentation of data. Three full-text scientific databases, including Google Scholar, Scopus, and ISI-Web of Science were searched to identify the global research landscape on the topic using Publish or Perish version 8 software. Search terms were applied to article titles, abstracts, and keywords using Boolean operators. The systematic review employed mixed-methods to analyze the potential of NbS to address global change and identify possible research gaps. The quantitative analysis involved 113 articles. A concurrent qualitative analysis was carried out on a subset of 28 of these articles. This review identified that research and implementation of NbS in urban areas have considerably increased over the past decade, potentially driven by growing global concerns about the impacts of global changes. However, effective implementation of NbS is hindered by a lack of knowledge, functional policies, and institutional integration. Moreover, present studies disproportionately focus on issues like urban water supply, disregarding the need for more studies addressing climate change and LULC changes. Future research, hence, should prioritize climate change and LULC change impacts on urban ecosystems, and policymakers need to emphasize establishing integrating policies and institutional frameworks to support NbS implementation in urban environment.

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应对城市生态系统全球变化的基于自然的解决方案：来自全球和区域视角的教训

城市快速扩张加剧了土地利用/土地覆盖（LULC）变化，导致温室气体（GHG）排放和城市生态系统服务功能下降。这需要有针对性的生态保护战略和统筹兼顾城市发展与生态保护的综合政策来解决。本系统综述的目的是批判性地分析基于自然的解决方案（NbS）的潜力，以应对与全球变化相关的不同城市挑战，特别是LULC变化和气候变化，并从不同地区和背景下成功的NbS中提取宝贵的经验教训。本综述采用系统方法综合了113篇样本文章（占初始检索结果的13.90%）关于国家统计局及相关问题的科学证据。它包括四个不同的阶段：文章选择标准、搜索策略、收集和数据呈现。使用Publish or Perish version 8软件对b谷歌Scholar、Scopus和ISI-Web of Science三个全文科学数据库进行检索，以确定该主题的全球研究格局。使用布尔运算符将搜索词应用于文章标题、摘要和关键字。系统综述采用混合方法分析国家统计局应对全球变化的潜力，并确定可能的研究空白。定量分析涉及113篇文章。对这些文章中的28篇进行了同期定性分析。本综述发现，在过去十年中，国家统计局在城市地区的研究和实施显著增加，这可能是受到全球对全球变化影响日益关注的推动。然而，国家统计局的有效实施受到缺乏知识、功能性政策和制度整合的阻碍。此外，目前的研究不成比例地关注城市供水等问题，忽视了对气候变化和LULC变化的更多研究的需要。因此，未来的研究应优先考虑气候变化和城市土地利用价值变化对城市生态系统的影响，政策制定者需要强调建立一体化的政策和制度框架，以支持NbS在城市环境中的实施。

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Urban Climate Social Sciences-Urban Studies

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9.70

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9.40%

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286

期刊介绍： Urban Climate serves the scientific and decision making communities with the publication of research on theory, science and applications relevant to understanding urban climatic conditions and change in relation to their geography and to demographic, socioeconomic, institutional, technological and environmental dynamics and global change. Targeted towards both disciplinary and interdisciplinary audiences, this journal publishes original research papers, comprehensive review articles, book reviews, and short communications on topics including, but not limited to, the following: Urban meteorology and climate[...] Urban environmental pollution[...] Adaptation to global change[...] Urban economic and social issues[...] Research Approaches[...]