8. Urban and peri-urban landscapes

U1. Landscape changes in times of urbanization: processes and projections

Jasper van Vliet, Luis Inostroza

Urban land is growing rapidly, thus characterizing increasing shares of the landscape. Yet, this growth is manifested in different forms, including urban densification and compact development, but also urban sprawl, peri-urbanization, and rurbanization. Managing landscapes thus requires a thorough understanding of the multitude of urban change processes affecting these landscapes. This symposium welcomes contributions that centre on understanding the processes of multiple forms of urban development affecting landscapes as well as projections of future developments.

U2. Governance mixes for sustainable peri-urbanization: how can landscape ecology contribute?

Marcin Spyra, Silvia Ronchi, Chiara Cortinovis

Peri-urban landscapes (PULs) are often characterized by unsustainable development, conflicts, and fragmented governance, but they are also key places to address cross-scale issues such as water management, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem service provision. In this session, we aim to investigate innovative governance mixes for PULs sustainability and to explore how the holistic approach of landscape ecology can contribute to them. We welcome both applicative cases and theoretical perspectives.

U3. Tools for co-governance of nature-based solutions for sustainable cities

Martina van Lierop, Rieke Hansen, Stephan Pauleit

In relation to nature-based solution (NBS), a transformation towards more fair and inclusive collaborative governance processes is emphasized increasingly. Yet, implementation of these processes is hampered by a lack of resources, time, skills and knowledge on co-design, co-implementation, co-management as well as co-assessment and co-monitoring. This session welcomes contributions, which explore instruments, procedures and tools to support co-governance of NBS: top-down government-led and bottom-up community-driven; formal and informal; short-term and long-term. At the close of the session, a round table discussion allows to derive key messages and recommendations.

U4. Multiple perspectives on Green infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions

Werner Rolf, Isabel Loupa-Ramos

Since the EU GI Strategy as adopted in 2013, GI planning has gained attention on the policy agenda. Further momentum is given by the European Green Deal. In this context also the role of nature-based solution has been gain emphasis on how to best contribute to transition towards sustainability. This symposium aims to bring together multiple perspectives on Green Infrastructure (GI) planning and NBS applications in cities and beyond, regarding methodological approaches to mapping, assessment or valuation of services and benefits, as well as the novel toolboxes to support more integrated implementation across cultural and ecological contexts.