Cities are Planning for Biodiversity: A global survey of city plans

Karen M. O’Neill; Myla F.J. Aronson; Charles H. Nilon; Sarel S. Cilliers; Cynnamon Dobbs; Lauren J. Frazee; Mark A. Goddard; Debra Roberts; Emilie K. Stander; Peter Werner; Ken P. Yocom

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Cities are Planning for Biodiversity: A global survey of city plans

Karen M. O’Neill, Myla F.J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon, Sarel S. Cilliers, Cynnamon Dobbs, Lauren J. Frazee, Mark A. Goddard, Debra Roberts, Emilie K. Stander, Peter Werner, Ken P. Yocom

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A global scale understanding of how cities promote biodiversity and ecosystem services in city planning is underdeveloped. Urban planning scholars use the concept of policy mobility to explore similarities in planning ideas across different settings. If there are wide variations in the ways planning documents discuss biodiversity and ecosystem services, that could indicate planners are working without a broadly shared set of ideas. Taking a snapshot of urban planning practices, we did two comparisons of the ways 135 planning documents from 40 cities around the world discuss biodiversity and ecosystem services. Our comparisons found similar combinations of goals and targets for biodiversity and ecosystem services across cities. First, in plans from cities in the Global North versus the Global South, and second, across five categories of planning documents. These results indicate there is a loosely coherent set of goals and measurable targets for biodiversity and ecosystem services that is not yet standardized. Practices that could be used more widely are setting measurable targets and including biodiversity and ecosystem services topics more consistently in climate plans and comprehensive master plans.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity
Editors	Charles H. Nilon, Myla F.J. Aronson
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	25
Pages	361-378
Number of pages	18
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003016120
ISBN (Print)	9780367444549
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016120-29
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2023

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O’Neill, K. M., Aronson, M. F. J., Nilon, C. H., Cilliers, S. S., Dobbs, C., Frazee, L. J., Goddard, M. A., Roberts, D., Stander, E. K., Werner, P., & Yocom, K. P. (2023). Cities are Planning for Biodiversity: A global survey of city plans. In C. H. Nilon, & M. F. J. Aronson (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity (1st ed., pp. 361-378). (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016120-29

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O’Neill, KM, Aronson, MFJ, Nilon, CH, Cilliers, SS, Dobbs, C, Frazee, LJ, Goddard, MA, Roberts, D, Stander, EK, Werner, P & Yocom, KP 2023, Cities are Planning for Biodiversity: A global survey of city plans. in CH Nilon & MFJ Aronson (eds), Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity. 1st edn, Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 361-378. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016120-29

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O’Neill KM, Aronson MFJ, Nilon CH, Cilliers SS, Dobbs C, Frazee LJ et al. Cities are Planning for Biodiversity: A global survey of city plans. In Nilon CH, Aronson MFJ, editors, Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity. 1st ed. London: Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 361-378. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks). Epub 2023 Oct 16. doi: 10.4324/9781003016120-29

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