Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites
The objective of this review paper is to survey the state of the art on nature-based solutions (NBS) in the built environment, which can contribute to a circular economy (CE) and counter the negative impacts of urbanization through the provision of ecosystem services. NBS are discussed here at three...
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| author | David Pearlmutter Dimitra Theochari Thomas Nehls Pedro Pinho Patrizia Piro Alisa Korolova Spiros Papaefthimiou Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo Cristina Calheiros Irene Zluwa Ulrike Pitha Paul Schosseler Yaakov Florentin Shahar Ouannou Erez Gal Andreas Aicher Killian Arnold Erika Igondová Bernhard Pucher |
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| description | The objective of this review paper is to survey the state of the art on nature-based solutions (NBS) in the built environment, which can contribute to a circular economy (CE) and counter the negative impacts of urbanization through the provision of ecosystem services. NBS are discussed here at three different levels: (i) green building materials, including biocomposites with plant-based aggregates; (ii) green building systems, employed for the greening of buildings by incorporating vegetation in their envelope; and (iii) green building sites, emphasizing the value of vegetated open spaces and water-sensitive urban design. After introducing the central concepts of NBS and CE as they are manifested in the built environment, we examine the impacts of urban development and the historical use of materials, systems and sites which can offer solutions to these problems. In the central section of the paper we present a series of case studies illustrating the development and implementation of such solutions in recent years. Finally, in a brief critical analysis we look at the ecosystem services and disservices provided by NBS in the built environment, and examine the policy instruments which can be leveraged to promote them in the most effective manner – facilitating the future transition to fully circular cities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bf311cf656f444eac83ad87974cd3fb2022-12-21T19:48:27ZengIWA PublishingBlue-Green Systems2617-47822019-12-0121467210.2166/bgs.2019.928928Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sitesDavid Pearlmutter0Dimitra Theochari1Thomas Nehls2Pedro Pinho3Patrizia Piro4Alisa Korolova5Spiros Papaefthimiou6Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo7Cristina Calheiros8Irene Zluwa9Ulrike Pitha10Paul Schosseler11Yaakov Florentin12Shahar Ouannou13Erez Gal14Andreas Aicher15Killian Arnold16Erika Igondová17Bernhard Pucher18 Department of Geography and Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl/ MSB Landschaftsarchitekten; PhD Cand, National Technical University of Athens, Stournari and Patision, 42 35, Athina 106 82, Greece Center for Innovation and Science on Building Greening (CIBG) Chair for Ecohydrology, Institute of Ecology Technische Universitaet, Berlin, Germany cE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy Faculty of Architecture, Riga Technical University, Latvia School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece MCG Research & Innovation Sustainability Architecture/Urban Planning, Spain Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Portugal Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria PositiveImpaKT Solarwind Windhof, Luxembourg Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Department of Structural Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Urban Water Management and Sanitation, Bauhaus Institute for Infrastructure Solutions, Bauhaus Universitaet Weimar, Germany Engineering and Architecture, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland Department of Urban Planning, The Municipality of the Capital City of Bratislava, Slovakia Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria The objective of this review paper is to survey the state of the art on nature-based solutions (NBS) in the built environment, which can contribute to a circular economy (CE) and counter the negative impacts of urbanization through the provision of ecosystem services. NBS are discussed here at three different levels: (i) green building materials, including biocomposites with plant-based aggregates; (ii) green building systems, employed for the greening of buildings by incorporating vegetation in their envelope; and (iii) green building sites, emphasizing the value of vegetated open spaces and water-sensitive urban design. After introducing the central concepts of NBS and CE as they are manifested in the built environment, we examine the impacts of urban development and the historical use of materials, systems and sites which can offer solutions to these problems. In the central section of the paper we present a series of case studies illustrating the development and implementation of such solutions in recent years. Finally, in a brief critical analysis we look at the ecosystem services and disservices provided by NBS in the built environment, and examine the policy instruments which can be leveraged to promote them in the most effective manner – facilitating the future transition to fully circular cities.http://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2019.928built environmentcircular economynature-based solutions |
| spellingShingle | David Pearlmutter Dimitra Theochari Thomas Nehls Pedro Pinho Patrizia Piro Alisa Korolova Spiros Papaefthimiou Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo Cristina Calheiros Irene Zluwa Ulrike Pitha Paul Schosseler Yaakov Florentin Shahar Ouannou Erez Gal Andreas Aicher Killian Arnold Erika Igondová Bernhard Pucher Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites Blue-Green Systems built environment circular economy nature-based solutions |
| title | Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites |
| title_full | Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites |
| title_short | Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: green building materials, systems and sites |
| title_sort | enhancing the circular economy with nature based solutions in the built urban environment green building materials systems and sites |
| topic | built environment circular economy nature-based solutions |
| url | http://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2019.928 |
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