Croeser, Thami, Garrard, Georgia E, Thomas, Freya M, Tran, Trinh Duc, Mell, Ian, Clement, Sarah 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5422-622X, Sanchez, Raul and Bekessy, Sarah
(2021)
Diagnosing delivery capabilities on a large international nature-based solutions project.
NPJ URBAN SUSTAINABILITY, 1 (1).
32-.
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly at the centre of urban strategies to mitigate heatwaves and flooding, improve public health and restore biodiversity. However, on-ground implementation has been slow, inconsistent and often limited to demonstration sites. A broad literature consistently highlights institutional barriers as a major reason for the observed implementation gap. In this study, we developed and deployed an assessment tool to identify barriers to NBS delivery on a European Commission Horizon 2020 project spanning seven cities. We found that practitioners were effectively navigating challenges in the areas where they had significant control, including community engagement, strategy development and technical skills. The greatest barriers were outside the influence of project teams: understaffing, a lack of intra-organisational processes, and risk-averse organisational cultures. These findings emphasise that after cities embrace NBS at the strategic and political level, it is vital that executives follow through with the necessary pragmatic reforms to enable delivery.</jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 8 Health and social care services research, 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Environmental Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2021 12:55 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 12:40 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s42949-021-00036-8 |
| Open Access URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-021-00036-8 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3131393 |
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