Mapping public support for urban green infrastructure policies across the biodiversity-climate-society -nexus

• DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104856
• Publication Date: 2023-08-04T10:05:46Z
• Authors: Jussi Lampinen; Oriol García-Antúnez; Alex M. Lechner; Anton Stahl Olafsson; Natalie M. Gulsrud; Christopher M. Ra...
• Keywords: Green infrastructure

Urban green infrastructure can help cities tackle biodiversity loss and support well-being, but also contribute to climate change mitigation. This be enhanced with policies that favor biodiversity, residential or benefits such as carbon sequestration. However, assessing public for favoring specific outcomes, potential trade-offs between them, is vital understanding the social implications may have upon implementation. paper presents results of a participation GIS (PPGIS) survey (n = 3 237) in Helsinki, Finland, concerning diverse climate, well-being outcomes infrastructure. The survey, derived spatial aspatial analyses, indicate urban residents strongly sequestration, are more willing compromise benefits, rather than benefits. reveal how different varies spatially across city, manifesting into priority areas outcomes. Finally, ways valuing utilizing infrastructure, socio-economic background respondents, predict Our methods take global political targets mitigating reversing practice manner acknowledges plurality understandings on should managed, whom, most importantly, where.