Mapping the Life Cycle Co-Creation Process of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation

Developing urban and peri-urban ecosystem services with nature-based solutions (NBS) and participatory approaches can help achieve more resilient and sustainable environments for cities and urban areas in the face of climate change. The co-creation process is increasingly recognised as the way forwa...

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Main Authors: Marta Irene DeLosRíos-White, Peter Roebeling, Sandra Valente, Ines Vaittinen
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Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/4/39
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description Developing urban and peri-urban ecosystem services with nature-based solutions (NBS) and participatory approaches can help achieve more resilient and sustainable environments for cities and urban areas in the face of climate change. The co-creation process is increasingly recognised as the way forward to deal with environmental issues in cities, allowing the development of associated methods and tools that have been described and published for specific stages. It is argued that the co-creation process comprises various interlinked stages, corresponding stakeholders, and subsequent methods and tools that need to be mapped and integrated across all stages. In this study, a Life Cycle Co-Creation Process (LCCCP) for NBS is developed, building on continuous improvement cycles and Design Thinking methodologies, and for which the stages and substages, involved stakeholders and engagement methods and tools are mapped and defined. For stakeholders, the actors of an Urban Living Lab (ULL) are adapted to the LCCCP; for the engagement methods and tools, the goals of stakeholder engagement are used as a guide to select examples of co-creation methods and tools. The developed LCCCP comprises five stages, i.e., CoExplore, CoDesign, CoExperiment, CoImplement and CoManagement, creating a unique path that can be followed by practitioners for NBS co-creation.
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spelling doaj.art-183f47df7c154fe7b9948efb3f9c5b4f2023-11-19T21:24:35ZengMDPI AGResources2079-92762020-04-01943910.3390/resources9040039Mapping the Life Cycle Co-Creation Process of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change AdaptationMarta Irene DeLosRíos-White0Peter Roebeling1Sandra Valente2Ines Vaittinen3Department of Environment & Planning, University of Aveiro (DAO-UA), 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalCESAM & Department of Environment & Planning, University of Aveiro (CESAM & DAO-UA), 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalCESAM & Department of Environment & Planning, University of Aveiro (CESAM & DAO-UA), 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalEuropean Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Avenue des Arts 6, 1210 Brussels, BelgiumDeveloping urban and peri-urban ecosystem services with nature-based solutions (NBS) and participatory approaches can help achieve more resilient and sustainable environments for cities and urban areas in the face of climate change. The co-creation process is increasingly recognised as the way forward to deal with environmental issues in cities, allowing the development of associated methods and tools that have been described and published for specific stages. It is argued that the co-creation process comprises various interlinked stages, corresponding stakeholders, and subsequent methods and tools that need to be mapped and integrated across all stages. In this study, a Life Cycle Co-Creation Process (LCCCP) for NBS is developed, building on continuous improvement cycles and Design Thinking methodologies, and for which the stages and substages, involved stakeholders and engagement methods and tools are mapped and defined. For stakeholders, the actors of an Urban Living Lab (ULL) are adapted to the LCCCP; for the engagement methods and tools, the goals of stakeholder engagement are used as a guide to select examples of co-creation methods and tools. The developed LCCCP comprises five stages, i.e., CoExplore, CoDesign, CoExperiment, CoImplement and CoManagement, creating a unique path that can be followed by practitioners for NBS co-creation.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/4/39co-creationlife cycle co-creationco-creation stagesmethodstoolsactors
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