Contents: Foreword I xiv Dagmar Haase Foreword II xv Karen C. Seto Sonja Knapp and J. Scott MacIvor 1 Nature-based solutions for sustainable, resilient, and equitable cities 1 Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, and Niki Frantzeskaki PART I NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR WHAT AND FOR WHOM? 2 Nature-based solutions and climate change resilience 14 Nancy B. Grimm, Yeowon Kim, Jason R. Sauer, and Stephen R. Elser 3 Towards just nature-based solutions for cities 30 Laura Tozer, Harini Nagendra, Pippin Anderson, and Jessica Kavonic PART II THE NATURE OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS 4 Urban ecological resilience: ensuring urban ecosystems can provide nature-based solutions 50 Timon McPhearson, Erik Andersson, Filipa Grilo, Bianca Lopez, and Nour Zein 5 Nature-based solutions and biodiversity: synergies, trade-offs, and ways forward 83 Sonja Knapp and J. Scott MacIvor PART III THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS 6 Just, nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure for cooling and cleaning airsheds 106 Paul Coseo and Zoe Hamstead 7 Nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure for water resilience 147 Lauren McPhillips, Hong Wu, Carolina Rojas Quezada, Bernice Rosenzweig, Jason R. Sauer, and Brandon Winfrey 8 Human physical health outcomes influenced by contact with nature 168 Lilah M. Besser and Gina S. Lovasi 9 Nature-based solutions and mental health 193 Nadja Kabisch, Sukanya Basu, Matilda van den Bosch, Gregory N. Bratman, and Oskar Masztalerz PART IV NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, AND VALUE 10 Planning and maintaining nature-based solutions: lessons for foresight and sustainable care from Berlin, Jakarta, Melbourne, and Santiago de Chile 215 Rieke Hansen, Judy Bush, Didit Okta Pribadi, and Emanuel Giannotti 11 Governance of and with nature-based solutions in cities 241 Niki Frantzeskaki, Katinka Wijsman, Clare Adams, Nadja Kabisch, Shirin Malekpour, Melissa Pineda Pinto, and Paula Vandergert 12 Mapping, measuring, and valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions in cities 260 Anne D. Guerry, Eric V. Lonsdorf, Chris Nootenboom, Roy P. Remme, Rob Griffin, Hillary Waters, Stephen Polasky, Baolong Han, Tong Wu, Benjamin D. Janke, Megan Meacham, Perrine Hamel, and Xueman Wang PART V ENGAGING ART AND DESIGN FOR AND WITH NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS 13 Urban designs as social-natural resolutions 296 Brian McGrath, Danai Thaitakoo, Nithirath Chaemchuen, and Tommy Yang 14 Ecological art in cities: exploring the potential for art to promote and advance nature-based solutions 317 Christopher Kennedy, Ellie Irons, and Patricia Lea Watts 15 1 + 1 = 3: stories of imagination and the art of nature-based solutions 341 Patrick M. Lydon, David Maddox, Robin Lasser, Baixo Ribeiro, and Carla Vitantonio 16 Towards mainstreaming nature-based solutions for achieving biodiverse, resilient, and inclusive cities 364 Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, and Niki Frantzeskaki Index 376

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