Chapters from the book “Transforming Biocities: Designing urban spaces inspired by nature”

David Shanafelt (BETA, INRAE) contributed three chapters to the book “Transforming Biocities – Designing Urban Spaces Inspired by Nature” published in July 2023:

• Sæbø, A., Hanslin, H.M., Muys, B., Shanafelt, D.W., Sitzia, T., Tognetti, R. (2023). Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions as Pillars of BioCities. In: Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E., Guallart, V., Salbitano, F., Ottaviani Aalmo, G., Boeri, S. (eds) Transforming Biocities. Future City, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_3
• Randrup, T.B. et al. (2023). Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests for BioCities: Strategic and Adaptive Management. In: Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E., Guallart, V., Salbitano, F., Ottaviani Aalmo, G., Boeri, S. (eds) Transforming Biocities. Future City, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_4
• Muys, B. et al. (2023). From BioCities to BioRegions and Back: Transforming Urban–Rural Relationships. In: Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E., Guallart, V., Salbitano, F., Ottaviani Aalmo, G., Boeri, S. (eds) Transforming Biocities. Future City, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_10

This book proposes new concepts for urban planning with nature-based solutions, and highlights Biocities as part of a circular Bioeconomy.