The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature
The European Union quickly incorporated the concept of nature based-solutions (NBS), becoming a key promotor. This was achieved through financial support for both academic research and city implementations. Still, the processes of institutionalization are yet to be fully explored. This study aims at...
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| author | Rúben Mendes Teresa Fidélis Peter Roebeling Filipe Teles |
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| description | The European Union quickly incorporated the concept of nature based-solutions (NBS), becoming a key promotor. This was achieved through financial support for both academic research and city implementations. Still, the processes of institutionalization are yet to be fully explored. This study aims at assessing how the scientific literature regarding NBS is addressing institutional aspects and how it is constructing the NBS narrative. This research is divided into two stages. First, it undertakes a quantitative analysis of the discourse, considering a set of preselected search terms organized into five categories: Actor, institutional, planning, policy, and regulation. Second, it adopts a qualitative analysis considering both a group of the most cited articles and of articles highlighted in the previous stage. The results indicate that the NBS concept is still shadowed by other environmental concepts such as ecosystem services. Despite being an issue promoted at the European level, the results of this exercise express the lack of concrete planning and policy recommendations, reflected by the absence of terms such as “planning objectives”. This pattern occurs in all other major categories, being the institutional category the least mentioned of all five categories. The results highlight the need to address both policies and planning recommendations more concretely, studying the institutional arrangements able to promote NBS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50f4ade546214c259ad13b5bb41c09e22022-12-22T03:59:45ZengMDPI AGResources2079-92762020-01-0191610.3390/resources9010006resources9010006The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent LiteratureRúben Mendes0Teresa Fidélis1Peter Roebeling2Filipe Teles3GOVCOPP: Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Department of Environment and Planning, Campus Universitario de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalGOVCOPP: Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Department of Environment and Planning, Campus Universitario de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalCESAM: Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Environment and Planning, Campus Universitario de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalGOVCOPP: Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, Campus Universitario de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalThe European Union quickly incorporated the concept of nature based-solutions (NBS), becoming a key promotor. This was achieved through financial support for both academic research and city implementations. Still, the processes of institutionalization are yet to be fully explored. This study aims at assessing how the scientific literature regarding NBS is addressing institutional aspects and how it is constructing the NBS narrative. This research is divided into two stages. First, it undertakes a quantitative analysis of the discourse, considering a set of preselected search terms organized into five categories: Actor, institutional, planning, policy, and regulation. Second, it adopts a qualitative analysis considering both a group of the most cited articles and of articles highlighted in the previous stage. The results indicate that the NBS concept is still shadowed by other environmental concepts such as ecosystem services. Despite being an issue promoted at the European level, the results of this exercise express the lack of concrete planning and policy recommendations, reflected by the absence of terms such as “planning objectives”. This pattern occurs in all other major categories, being the institutional category the least mentioned of all five categories. The results highlight the need to address both policies and planning recommendations more concretely, studying the institutional arrangements able to promote NBS.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/1/6nature-based solutionsinstitutionalizationspatial planningdiscoursepublic policiesglobal changeinstitutional settingadaptation |
| spellingShingle | Rúben Mendes Teresa Fidélis Peter Roebeling Filipe Teles The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature Resources nature-based solutions institutionalization spatial planning discourse public policies global change institutional setting adaptation |
| title | The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature |
| title_full | The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature |
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| title_short | The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature |
| title_sort | institutionalization of nature based solutions a discourse analysis of emergent literature |
| topic | nature-based solutions institutionalization spatial planning discourse public policies global change institutional setting adaptation |
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