Regenerative Living Cities

Addressing the interlinked issues of biodiversity loss and climate change necessitates a change in how our urban environments are designed and function. Reversing the negative feedback loops of urbanisation, habitat destruction, and carbon emissions will be essential to the health and well-being of both human and non-human urban residents. Nature-based strategies have the potential to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change while providing biodiversity and well-being benefits. This article describes the role urban environments have in driving biodiversity loss and climate and how they could be transformed to become sites of regeneration and resilience. A number of urban regeneration strategies are discussed alongside case studies.

 

The full article can be accessed at: https://rdcu.be/cQus8

 

Reference

 

Pedersen Zari, M., MacKinnon, M., Varshney, K., & Bakshi, N. (2022). Regenerative living cities and the urban climate-biodiversity-wellbeing nexus. Nature Climate Change, 12(7), 601–604. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01390-w

 

Image made using Photoshop and Midjourney (prompt: biophilic city, sustainable buildings, green roofs, green walls, city skyline)