From wear and tear to urban nature stewardship: Insights from the research and practice of combining biodiversity conservation and outdoor recreation in multifunctional landscapes

Urban areas constitute the interface of dense human populations and biodiversity rich landscapes of ecological significance. The biodiversity of urban nature supports the generation of essential benefits to human health/well-being and contributes to the mitigation of environmental problems. With urbanization, this urban nature is transformed and shrinking at a rapid pace. The question is: how can the remaining and increasingly multi-functional, green and blue spaces be planned, managed and used, to sustainably maintain and (re)generate these benefits, while supporting the ecological integrity of these spaces? 

This session provides a trans-disciplinary platform for in-depth dialogues, to explore sustainable and feasible ways for both facilitating outdoor recreation and preserving biodiversity in urbanizing landscapes. Key insights from ongoing inter-disciplinary research and examples of progressive practices from public and civic actors will be shared as a starting point for the knowledge co-production in this session, involving all participants.   

Further information about the session

Open for Abstract submission: No

Keywords: Urban nature, Multifunctional landscapes, Outdoor recreation, Biodiversity conservation, Knowledge co-creation

Language: English

Time and venue: 11:00-12:30, Sydamerika.

Organisers:

• Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH.
  • Sara Borgström, Associate Professor
  • Amin Rastandeh, Postdoctoral Researcher,
  • Kristin Malmcrona Friberg, Doctoral student