The Circular Benefits of Participation in Nature-Based Solutions
The Circular Benefits of Participation in Nature-Based Solutions
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DOI：
10.3390/su13084344
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发表时间：
2021-04-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Loiselle, Steven
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作者：
Cardenas, Macarena L.;Wilde, Vanessa;Loiselle, Steven
基于自然的解决方案（NbS）为生活在这些方法存在的地区的人们提供了直接的好处。直接效益（热舒适、降低洪水风险和心理健康）的程度因时间和空间尺度而异，可以建模和量化。与有机会了解环境及其对个人行为和行动的影响有关的间接好处则不太清楚。本研究基于来自全球17个城市的1955名参与者的调查数据，探讨了通过两种类型的互动（关于国家统计局的被动学习体验和基于公民科学的更积极的体验）参与国家统计局是否激发了更环保的动机和意愿。超过75%的参加者提高了对环境可持续发展的认识，并对改善本地环境/自然的可持续发展能力充满积极性和信心。在所有城市中，这两种类型的活动都出现了类似的百分比改善。那些同时拥有蓝色和绿色基础设施元素的国家统计局的评分高于那些主要拥有绿色基础设施的国家统计局。有趣的是，很大一部分参与者并不住在国家统计局附近，而国家统计局是这些活动的重点。这表明，当专门的方案让人们参与学习或监测国家统计局时，可能会克服预期的受益者和接受者之间的空间限制。因此，有机会通过参与和公民科学将包容性从直接的地方扩大到更大的社区，这对社会凝聚力和城市可持续性有潜在的好处。
Nature-based solutions (NbS) provide direct benefits to people who live in areas where these approaches are present. The degree of direct benefits (thermal comfort, reduced flood risk, and mental health) varies across temporal and spatial scales, and it can be modelled and quantified. Less clear are the indirect benefits related to opportunities to learn about the environment and its influence on personal behaviour and action. The present study, based on survey data from 1955 participants across 17 cities worldwide, addressed whether participation in NbS through two types of interactions (a passive learning experience about NbS and a more active experience based on Citizen Science) stimulates motivation and willingness to be more environmentally sustainable. Over 75% of participants improved their understanding of environmental sustainability and were highly motivated and more confident in their ability to improve sustainability in their local environment/nature. Similar percentage improvements arose from both types of activity across all cities. Those NbS that had elements of both blue and green infrastructure rated higher than those that had predominantly green NbS. Interestingly, a large percentage of the participants did not live near the NbS that were the focus of these activities. This indicated that expected spatial limitations between benefit and recipient may be overcome when dedicated programmes involve people in learning or monitoring NbS. Therefore, opportunities have arisen to expand inclusion from the immediately local to the larger community through participation and Citizen Science, with potential benefits to social cohesion and urban sustainability.