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Designing with Nature: Can Service Design Make Greener Cities Work Better?

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Can participatory methods such as Service Design (SD) help design, operate, and maintain Nature-Based Solutions in cities over the long term? This article explores the need for accessible participatory approaches such as Service Design to implement NbS and examines what worked—and what didn’t, in two real-world European cities, where energy efficiency, maintenance practices, and everyday behaviors directly influence the performance of green infrastructure and NbS. Through a service-design process, the goal was to examine how users interact with current environmental features, what motivates their choices, and how future NbS interventions could be designed to be intuitive, inclusive, and effective , and most importantly, to enhance a long-term plan for operation and NbS usability.

Water, Stone, and Sun: Nature as the First Urban Architect

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Water, Stone, and Sun: Nature as the First Urban Architect Chapter 2: Nature-Based Solutions in Historical Architecture by Danial Hosseini – 26.01.26 From the moment people began to settle and build, they turned instinctively to nature for guidance. The earliest cities did not rise against the landscape but within it, shaped by the rhythm of … Read moreWater, Stone, and Sun: Nature as the First Urban Architect

How to Write About Nature in Cities

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Resilient cities are those that contain thriving natural elements, but many citizens are still oblivious to the presence of biodiversity around them, or the need to encourage and protect it. These tips for writing about nature in city settings may help authors improve how they communicate in the hope that more readers will become advocates for and stewards of urban nature, greenery, and nature-based initiatives.