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What’s biodiversity got to do with it? Perceptions of biodiversity and restorat...
Gonçalves, Paula; Grilo, Ana Filipa; Mendes, Raquel C.; Vierikko, Kati; Elands, Birgit; Marques, Tiago A.; Santos-Reis, MargaridaUnderstanding the mechanisms underlying the positive influence of urban biodiversity on dwellers’ well-being is critical to inform sustainable management of urban greenspaces, but studies published to date on the role of biodiversity in mental restoration have provided contradictory results. Both urban greenspace biophysical characteristics and the emotional connection with the place may play a role in mental r...
Biocultural diversity in an urban context: An indicator-based decision support ...
Gonçalves, Paula Isabel; Vierikko, Kati; Elands, Birgit; Haase, Dagmar; Luz, Ana Catarina; Santos-Reis, MargaridaCities face growing challenges and urban greenspaces (UGS) play a key role in improving cities liveability. UGS are complex socio-ecological systems and evidence-based and context-sensitive tools are needed to assist planning and manage environmentally sound and socially inclusive UGS. In this paper, we propose an innovative indicator-based tool to operationalize the biocultural diversity (BCD) framework in urb...
Biocultural diversity (BCD) in European cities – Interactions between motivatio...
Vierikko, Kati; Gonçalves, Paula; Haase, Dagmar; Elands, Birgit; Ioja, Cristian; Jaatsi, Mia; Pieniniemi, Mari; Lindgren, Jasmina; Grilo, FilipaUrban green spaces (UGS) provide multiple benefits, and public parks in particular have a key role in supporting ecological and social sustainability in cities, contributing to human-nature interactions. We studied the interrelationships between uses, experiences and the environment by adopting a novel concept of urban biocultural diversity (BCD). The concept identifies three interlinked spheres of urban BCD: m...