Exploring the emergence and governance dynamics of nature-based solutions for enhancing urban resilience

在宇都宫市（宇都宫市是第一个案例研究地点），我们参与了中山保护和都市农业活动，并进行了参与式观察。11月，就在研究期结束之前，随着冠状病毒相关限制的放松，我们在第三个案例研究地点熊本进行了额外的实地研究。同时，基于2019财年和2020财年的研究活动，我们对日本基于自然的城市创新、治理结构和促进/限制条件进行了背景研究。我们还进行了文献分析和实地研究（访谈、实地考察、研讨会、移动实验室），并分析了国家统计局(a)治理动态和(b)三个案例研究的促成或限制因素，并据此进行了比较分析。在可持续城市发展这一更广泛的研究领域与日本伙伴共同撰写了两篇学术文章。在10月和11月举行的两个多利益攸关方研讨会上，分别举行了演讲和讨论，目的是增进对基于自然的创新领域的治理动态和相互学习的理解。与此同时，我们也在讨论联合国际研究合作，并在气候治理和基于自然的解决方案方面共同开发未来的研究应用——基于我们之前和最近与这些主题相关的研究。为了加强跨学科性，我们邀请了来自日本不同大学的研究人员参与。

In Utsunomiya City, the first case study location, we participated in satoyama conservation and urban agriculture activities and conducted participatory observations.In November, just before the end of the research period, we conducted additional field research in Kumamoto, the third case study location, as the coronavirus-related restrictions were relaxed.In parallel, based on the research activities during FY 2019 and FY 2020, we undertook background research on the Japanese context of urban nature-based innovations, governance structures and enabling/limiting conditions. We also undertook literature analysis and field research (interviews, site visits, workshops, mobile labs), and analysis of NBS (a) governance dynamics and (b) enabling or limiting factors of the three case studies, from which comparative analysis was developed.Two academic articles co-authored with Japanese partners in the broader research field of sustainable urban development were written. Presentations and discussions were held at two multi-stakeholder workshops with the aim of enhancing understanding of governance dynamics and mutual learning in the area of nature-based innovations in October and November respectively.In parallel, we have also been discussing joint international research collaborations and developing joint future research applications on climate governance and nature-based solutions - based on our previous and recent research in relation to these topics. To enhance interdisciplinarity, we did so with the involvement of researchers from different Japanese universities.