Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Blå-grön röra : Naturbaserade lösningar i översiktsplanering

Eklöf, Elias LU (2023) SGEL36 20231
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
Cities and urban areas increasingly have to adapt to extreme weather events such as flooding, and droughts caused by climate change. In this context the interest for nature-based solutions has increased both within academia and political discourse. Nature-based solutions are widely understood as solutions and adaption measures inspired by or using nature while at the same time providing social, economic, and environmental benefits. Although the increase in interest, there is no agreed upon definition of the concept of nature-based solutions. This essay explores how the concept of nature-based solutions, and the related concepts of ecosystem-based adaptation, green infrastructure and ecosystem services are used in municipal comprehensive... (More)
Cities and urban areas increasingly have to adapt to extreme weather events such as flooding, and droughts caused by climate change. In this context the interest for nature-based solutions has increased both within academia and political discourse. Nature-based solutions are widely understood as solutions and adaption measures inspired by or using nature while at the same time providing social, economic, and environmental benefits. Although the increase in interest, there is no agreed upon definition of the concept of nature-based solutions. This essay explores how the concept of nature-based solutions, and the related concepts of ecosystem-based adaptation, green infrastructure and ecosystem services are used in municipal comprehensive planning by employing a governance perspective. The analysis is done by firstly studying the development of nature-based solutions within political discourse, followed by a document analysis of political documents defining nature-based solutions, and lastly by a document analysis of the city of Malmö’s comprehensive plan and its related planning documents. The results indicate that green infrastructure and ecosystem services are used in describing measures that partly mirrors the political definitions of the concept of nature-based solutions, while in some regards the different concepts are employed ambiguously. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Eklöf, Elias LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEL36 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Nature-based solutions, ecosystem-based adaptation, green infrastructure, ecosystem services, governance, document analysis, comprehensive plan, Naturbaserade lösningar, ekosystembaseradklimatanpassning, grön infrastruktur, ekosystemtjänster, styrning, dokumentanalys, översiktsplan
language
Swedish
id
9121147
date added to LUP
2023-06-13 13:13:56
date last changed
2023-06-13 13:13:56
@misc{9121147,
  abstract     = {{Cities and urban areas increasingly have to adapt to extreme weather events such as flooding, and droughts caused by climate change. In this context the interest for nature-based solutions has increased both within academia and political discourse. Nature-based solutions are widely understood as solutions and adaption measures inspired by or using nature while at the same time providing social, economic, and environmental benefits. Although the increase in interest, there is no agreed upon definition of the concept of nature-based solutions. This essay explores how the concept of nature-based solutions, and the related concepts of ecosystem-based adaptation, green infrastructure and ecosystem services are used in municipal comprehensive planning by employing a governance perspective. The analysis is done by firstly studying the development of nature-based solutions within political discourse, followed by a document analysis of political documents defining nature-based solutions, and lastly by a document analysis of the city of Malmö’s comprehensive plan and its related planning documents. The results indicate that green infrastructure and ecosystem services are used in describing measures that partly mirrors the political definitions of the concept of nature-based solutions, while in some regards the different concepts are employed ambiguously.}},
  author       = {{Eklöf, Elias}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Blå-grön röra : Naturbaserade lösningar i översiktsplanering}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}