A lack of focus on data sharing, stakeholders, and economic benefits in current global green infrastructure planning

Tian Ruan; Jouni Paavola; Faith Ka Shun Chan; Yaoyang Xu; Chiara Baldacchini; Carlo Calfapietra

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119849

A lack of focus on data sharing, stakeholders, and economic benefits in current global green infrastructure planning

J Environ Manage. 2024 Feb:351:119849. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119849. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Authors

Tian Ruan¹, Jouni Paavola², Faith Ka Shun Chan³, Yaoyang Xu⁴, Chiara Baldacchini⁵, Carlo Calfapietra⁶

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo, 315830, PR China.
² Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS29JT, UK.
³ School of Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315100, PR China; Water@Leeds Research Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS29JT, UK.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo, 315830, PR China. Electronic address: yyxu@iue.ac.cn.
⁵ Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy; Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystem (IRET), National Research Council (CNR), 05010 ,Porano (TR), Italy.
⁶ Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystem (IRET), National Research Council (CNR), 05010 ,Porano (TR), Italy.

PMID: 38134507
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119849

Abstract

Green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly popular in solving urban environmental challenges and enhancing ecosystem services. Yet the research status and challenges of GI planning have not been comprehensively benchmarked to date. We explored the GI types, actions, goals, and spatiotemporal characteristics of GI planning cases worldwide based on the available literature. The challenges of GI planning were also investigated by the cases included in this manuscript. Additionally, the urban governance solutions to address these challenges were proposed. We found that multi-type GI planning is the most popular. Data sharing, stakeholder participation, economic benefits and research funding for GI planning research were generally inadequate, although they have improved trend over time. Multiple-goal GI planning frequently has higher levels of data sharing, stakeholder participation and economic benefits than GI planning that just takes into account one purpose. We conclude that the future transformation of GI planning requires efficient data sharing mechanisms, effective co-design among stakeholders, systematic business models, and available research funding.

Keywords: Data sharing; Economic benefits; Green infrastructure; Research funding; Stakeholder; Transformation.

MeSH terms

Ecosystem*