Towards just nature-based solutions for cities

Tozer, Laura and Nagendra, Harini and Anderson, Pippin and Kavonic, Jessica (2023) Towards just nature-based solutions for cities. In: Nature-based solutions for cities. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 29-47. ISBN 9781800376762

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Abstract

Environmental justice remains a thorny issue in nature-based solution (NBS) approaches, especially in cities given the heterogeneity and inequities in urban contexts. NBS interact with long-standing environmental justice issues and they can create or reinforce disparities unless there is an explicit integration of principles of justice. In this chapter, we first outline theories of justice that are relevant for thinking about urban NBS. We then examine whether and how justice is integrated into dominant approaches to urban NBS in the Global North and South, including consideration of local cultural variations in values of and perceived benefits from NBS, designing NBS at appropriate spatial scales, and financing NBS. We end with an identification of possible ways forward for advancing justice through urban NBS. Two case studies, the Urban Natural Assets for Africa programme and the Edith Stephen’s Nature Reserve in Cape Town, illustrate how justice is considered in different NBS.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Tozer, Laura and Nagendra, Harini and Anderson, Pippin and Kavonic, Jessica
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID McPhearson, Timon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kabisch, Nadja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frantzeskaki, Niki UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cities, Urban nature, Green space, Justice, Equity, Socio-cultural diversity
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Economics > Production > Sustainable development Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Climate Change and Sustainability
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6818
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376...

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