An international team of researchers from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, with partners from the Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany, and from Italy, Sweden, and the Netherlands, has investigated how urban planning can better reconcile competing demands for land use, such as the provision of housing and the conservation of biodiversity.
Using a case study in Stockholm, the researchers showed that geodesign can enrich urban planning by supporting the co-production of knowledge between different stakeholders. The team published the results on 19 October 2024 in the Ambio Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Coordinator and lead author of the study is Dr. Blal Adem Esmail, associate researcher at the Institute of Environmental Planning in the Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services Working Group.
Click here for the detailed press release of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Original publication:
Blal Adem Esmail, Cyrus Carl Anderson, Sigvard Bast, Chiara Cortinovis, Lina Suleiman, Jarumi Kato-Huerta, Johan Högström, Berit Balfors, Gustavo Arciniegas, Davide Geneletti, Ulla Mörtberg & Christian Albertet al.: Geodesign to Advance Boundary Work in Urban Planning: A Study in Stockholm Focused on Nature-based Solutions, in: Ambio, 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02083-8
