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Microalgae Grow on Source Separated Human Urine in Nordic Climate: Outdoor Pilot-scale Cultivation

Authored by Pritha Chatterjee, Marianna Granatier, Praveen Ramasamy, Marika Kokko, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi & Jukka Rintala. Published in the Journal of Environmental Management in February 2019.

Urban Living Labs: Towards an Integrated Understanding of their Key Components

Authored by Diana Chronéer, Anna Ståhlbröst & Abdolrasoul Habibipour. Published in the Technology Innovation Management Review in March 2019.

Key Enablers of and Barriers to the Uptake and Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Settings: A Review

Authored by Shahryar Ershad Sarabi, Qi Han, A. Georges L. Romme, Bauke de Vries & Laura Wendling. Published in Resources in June 2019.

Nature-based Solutions - Resolving Climate Induced Urban Challenges

Authored by Zarrin Fatima, Laura Wendling, Ville Rinta-Hiiro, Johannes Jermakka & Maarit Särkilahti. Published in Maankäyttö in May 2019.

A Taxonomy of Factors Influencing Drop-Out Behaviour in Living Lab Field Tests

Authored by Abdolrasoul Habibipour, Annabel Georges, Anna Ståhlbröst, Dimitri Schuurman & Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn. Published in the Technology Innovation Management Review in May 2018.

Co-creating Nature-based Solutions in EU Project Demonstration City Tampere

Authored by Maarit Särkilahti. Published in Rakennustekniikka in April 2019.

Managing Urban Water in a Changing Climate

Authored by Laura Wendling. Published in Rakennustekniikka in 2019.

Benchmarking Nature-Based Solution and Smart City Assessment Schemes Against the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator Framework

Authored by Laura Wendling, Aapo Huovila, Malin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, Mari Hukkalainen & Miimu Airaksinen. Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science in July 2018.

An ICT Framework to Support Nature-based Solutions Implementations in Smart Cities

This paper presents the ICT framework developed within the UNaLab project to support the implementation of nature-based solutions in Smart Cities.

Biosuodattimia, hevoshakoja ja viherkattoja – yhdessä oppiminen luontopohjaisten ratkaisujen luomisessa

Authored by Maarit Särkilahti, Kaisa Mustajärvi & Salla Leppänen. Published in Alue ja ympäristö on 19 December 2019. 

Short and Medium- to Long-term Impacts of Nature-based Solutions on Urban Heat

Authored by Bruno Augusto, Peter Roebeling, Sandra Rafael, Joana Ferreira, Ana Ascenso & Carole Bodilis. Published in Sustainable Cities and Society in June 2020.

The Institutionalization of Nature-based Solutions - A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature

Authored by Rúben Mendes, Teresa Fidélis, Peter Roebeling & Filipe Teles. Published in Resources in January 2020.

Uptake and Implementation of Nature-based Solutions: An Analysis of Barriers Using Interpretive Structural Modeling

Authored by Shahryar Sarabi, Qi Han, A. Georges L. Romme, Bauke de Vries, Rianne Valkenburg & Elke den Ouden. Published in the Journal of Environmental Management in June 2020.

Mapping the Life Cycle Co-creation Process of Nature-based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation

Authored by Marta Irene De Los Ríos-White, Peter Roebeling, Sandra Valente & Ines Vaittinen. Published in Resources in April 2020.

Assessing Economic Instruments to Steer Urban Residential Sprawl, Using a Hedonic Pricing Simulation Modelling Approach

Authored by Rita Mendonça, Peter Roebeling, Filomena Martins, Teresa Fidélis, CarlaTeotónio, Henrique Alves & João Rocha. Published in Land Use Policy in March 2020.

Re-naturing Cities: Evaluating the Effects on Future Air Quality in the City of Porto

Authored by S. Rafael, B. Augusto, A. Ascenso, C. Borrego & A.I. Miranda. Published in Atmospheric Environment in February 2020.

Impacts of Nature-based Solutions on the Urban Atmospheric Environment: A Case Study for Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Authored by Ana Ascenso, Bruno Augusto, Carlos Silveira, Sandra Rafael, Sílvia Coelho, Alexandra Monteiro, Joana Ferreira, Isilda Menezes, Peter Roebeling & Ana I.Miranda. Published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening in October 2020.

Using Nature-Based Solutions to Create more Climate-resilient, Green and Livable Mediterranean Cities

Authored by Marielisa Padilla, Sophie Mok & Brenda Vaccari Paz. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Inion Society, September 2020.

Drop-out in Living Lab Field Test: Analysing Consequences and Some Recommendations

Authored by Abdolrasoul Habibipour, Anna Ståhlbröst, Annabel Georges, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn & Dimitri Schuurman. Research paper for the 26th European Conference on Information Systems, June 2018.

Valuing the Invaluable(?)—A Framework to Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement in the Planning of Nature-Based Solutions

Authored by Sophie Mok, Ernesta Mačiulytė, Pieter Hein Bult & Tom Hawxwell. Published in Sustainability in March 2021.

Transformative thinking and urban living labs in planning practice: a critical review and ongoing case studies in Europe

Authored by Agatino Rizzo, Abdolrasoul Habibipour & Anna Ståhlbröst. Published in European Planning Studies in April 2021.

Planning considerations of green corridors for the improvement of biodiversity resilience in suburban areas

Authored by Yuhong Wang, Siqi Jia, Zhe Wang, Yang Chen, Shicong Mo & N. N. Sze. Published in Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience in April 2021.

Development of a methodological framework for evaluating biodiversity of built urban green infrastructures by practitioners

Authored by Yang Chen, Yuhong Wang, Jia Huan Liew & Phoenix L. Wang. Published in Journal of Cleaner Production in June 2021.

Policy instruments to encourage the adoption of nature-based solutions in urban landscapes

Authored by Rita Mendonça, Peter Roebeling, Teresa Fidélis & Miguel Saraiva. Published in Resources in August 2021.

Effectiveness of nature-based solutions on pluvial flood hazard mitigation: the case study of the City of Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Authored by Sandra Costa, Rik Peters, Ricardo Martins, Luuk Postmes, Jan Jacob Keizer & Peter Roebeling. Published in Resources in March 2021.

Integrating Engineered and Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Stormwater Management

Authored by Laura Wendling & Erika Holt. Published in Women in Water Quality in June 2019.

Barriers to the Adoption of Urban Living Labs for NBS Implementation: A Systemic Perspective

Authored by Shahryar Sarabi, Qi Han, A. Georges L. Romme, Bauke de Vries, Rianne Valkenburg, Elke den Ouden, Spela Zalokar & Laura Wendling. Published in Sustainability in November 2021.

Socio-economic models to assess and policy instruments to steer the impact of nature-based solutions: a review

Authored by Rita Mendonça, Peter Roebeling, Teresa Fidélis & Miguel Saraiva. Published in The Sustainable City XV in 2021.

The nature-based solutions planning support system: A playground for site and solution prioritization

Authored by Shahryar Sarabi, Qi Han, Bauke de Vries & A. Georges L. Romme. Published in Sustainable Cities and Society in March 2022.

How effective are nature-based solutions in different environments?

Authored by Ana Ascenso, Carla Gama, Peter Roebeling & Ana Isabel Miranda. Published in WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment in 2021.

Assessing Douro Vineyards Exposure to Tropospheric Ozone

Authored by Ana Ascenso, Carla Gama, Daniel Blanco-Ward, Alexandra Monteiro, Carlos Silveira, Carolina Viceto, Vera Rodrigues, Alfredo Rocha, Carlos Borrego, Myriam Lopes & Ana Isabel Miranda. Published in Atmosphere in February 2021.

Water pollution threatening marine, coastal and estuarine systems: a review of environmental-economic approaches for the assessment of development strategies

Authored by Maria Bastos, Peter Roebeling, Fátima Lopes-Alves & Sebastian Villasante. Published in WIT Transactions on The Built Environment in 2022.

Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks

Authored by Elisa Calliari, Sergio Castellari, McKenna Davis, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Juliette Martin, Jaroslav Mysiak, Teresa Pastor, Emiliano Ramieri, Anna Scolobig, Marjolein Sterk, Clara Veerkamp, Laura Wendling & Marianne Zandersen. Published in Climate Risk Management in 2022.

The Embeddedness of Nature-Based Solutions in the Recovery and Resilience Plans as Multifunctional Approaches to Foster the Climate Transition: The Cases of Italy and Portugal

Authored by Elena Di Pirro, Rúben Mendes, Teresa Fidélis, Lorenzo Sallustio, Peter Roebeling, Marco Marchetti & Bruno Lasserre. Published in Land in August 2022.

Modelling Impacts of Nature-Based Solutions on Surface Water Quality: A Rapid Review

Authored by Fábio André Matos & Peter Roebeling. Published in Sustainability in June 2022.

Integrating Biophysical and Economic Assessment: Review of Nature-Based Adaptation to Urban Flood Extremes

Authored by Carlotta Quagliolo, Peter Roebeling, Rita Mendonça, Alessandro Pezzoli & Elena Comino. Published in Urban Science in August 2022.

Are green roofs the path to clean air and low carbon cities?

Authored by Rafael, S., Correia, L. P., Ascenso, A., Augusto, B., Lopes, D., & Miranda, A. I. Published in Science of The Total Environment in December 2021.

The Nature-Based Solutions Case-Based System: A hybrid expert system

Authored by Shahryar Sarabi, Qi Han, Bauke de Vries, A. Georges L. Romme & Dora Almassy. Published in Journal of Environmental Management in December 2022.

Tampereella parannetaan hulevesien laatua biosuodatuksen avulla

Authored by Salla Leppänen and Maarit Särkilahti. Published in Viherympäristö in 2019.

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