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Urban governance and policy mixes for nature-based solutions and integrated water policy

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Kirsop-Taylor, Nick, Russel, Duncan, Jensen, Anne·2022·Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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This paper explores how varied systems of governance work at the European city level to deliver different policy mixes for implementing nature-based approaches which support integrated water management and policy. Urban systems provide unique insights here due to the concentration of consumption, economic activities and excessive land-use pressures. However, few studies are providing generic insights, rooted in policy and political theory perspectives, on the dynamic impact of urban governance systems on different mixes of policies to integrate urban nature and water management approaches. The paper fills this gap through an extensive literature review. It first draws on analysis that focuses on institutional logics of operation to understand how urban institutional arrangements of governance shape the framing of the policy problem and how this influences the choice of policy approaches. It then explores the related administrative processes including decision support tools, participatory approaches, and funding regimes. These administrative approaches deliver, potentially, different policy responses that take into account integrated nature-based policy approaches to urban water governance.

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  • Governance challenges include limited uptake of NbS in urban planning, limited project-based planning, and siloed approaches in planning practices.

    “Governance challenges include the limited uptake of NbS in urban planning, limited project-based planning, and siloed approaches in planning practices (23, 31, 53, 65, 66).”

    From Global synthesis and regional insights for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (2025) · cites this paper as [65]

    Section 4.2 (page unavailable) identifies administrative siloing as a key barrier to successful NbS policy instruments. Section 5.3.2 discusses difficulties translating planning experiments into policy, but the cited passages do not establish limited uptake of NbS in urban planning or identify “limited project-based planning” as a governance challenge. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Globally, NbS are largely implemented through efforts led by federal and local governments creating programs that invest in climate adaptation and urban biodiversity.

    “Globally, NbS are largely implemented through efforts led by federal and local governments creating programs that invest in climate adaptation and urban biodiversity (65, 96, 110, 111).”

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    The Introduction describes EU policy support for NbS addressing climate change and identifies urban biodiversity as a potential benefit. Section 5.2.1 discusses municipal funding for urban NbS experiments. The paper’s findings focus on European cases; they do not establish that NbS globally are largely implemented through federal- and local-government programs investing in both climate adaptation and urban biodiversity. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Kirsop-Taylor, N., Russel, D., & Jensen, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • Aarhus University (DK)
Corresponding author
Kirsop-Taylor, Nick
Venue
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
Published
2021-07-26
Volume
24
Issue
5
Pages
498-512
ISSN
  • 1522-7200 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-908X
OpenAlex
W3184484369
Cited by
38
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
Keywords
urban governance, nature-based solutions, integrated water resources management, policy mix, institutional logics, urban water governance, participatory approach, decision support system, urban nature, European cities

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