Jari Niemelä
Biographic Data
| ID | 3460618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jari Niemelä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jari |
| FAMILY NAME | Niemelä |
| SIGNATURE | NIEMELÄ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2420-7391 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The delivery of Cultural Ecosystem Services in urban forests of different landscape features and land use contexts
Urban greenspace provides citizens with important cultural ecosystem services (CES). Identifying landscape features and land use contexts that facilitate CES delivery is critical for guiding urban greenspace management. However, how landscape features and urban context interact with each other in influencing the CES of greenspaces remains unclear. Studies on the CES of patchy urban forests are needed as they are essential urban CES providers, but…
A conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions in urban environments
This article provides a perspective on nature-based solutions. First, the argument is developed that nature-based solutions integrate social and ecological systems. Then, theoretical considerations relating to relational values, multifunctionality, transdisciplinarity, and polycentric governance are briefly outlined. Finally, a conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions is synthesised and presented. This conceptual…
Nature–Based Interventions for Improving Health and Wellbeing
Engagement with nature is an important part of many people’s lives, and the health and wellbeing benefits of nature–based activities are becoming increasingly recognised across disciplines from city planning to medicine. Despite this, urbanisation, challenges of modern life and environmental degradation are leading to a reduction in both the quantity and the quality of nature experiences. Nature–based health interventions (NBIs) can facilitate be…
Managing science-policy interfaces for impact
Science-policy interface organizations and initiatives (SPIORG) are a key component of environmental governance designed to make links between science and society. However, the sciencepolicy interface literature lacks a structured approach to explaining the impacts of context on and by these initiatives. To better understand these impacts on and interactions with governance, this paper uses the concept of the governance ‘meshwork’ to explore how…
The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area
Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities
Urban ecology is a field encompassing multiple disciplines and practical applications and has grown rapidly. However, the field is heterogeneous as a global inquiry with multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks, variable research approaches, and a lack of coordination among multiple schools of thought and research foci. Here, we present an international consensus on how urban ecology can advance along multiple research directions. There is …
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
The use of knowledge in evidence-informed voluntary conservation of Finnish forests
Adding ‘iterativity’ to the credibility, relevance, legitimacy
Balancing credibility, relevance and legitimacy
To foster strong connections between knowledge and policy action, science–policy interfaces, and the information they produce and exchange, need to be credible, relevant and legitimate. Though this is widely accepted, there has been less emphasis on the problem of trade-offs between these attributes, and how the trade-offs manifest themselves in practice. Based on empirical material on biodiversity-related science–policy interfaces, we identify f…
The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design
Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment
Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review
Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure
Identifying, managing and monitoring conflicts between forest biodiversity conservation and other human interests in Europe
The Dynamics of Ecosystems, Biodiversity Management and Social Institutions at High Northern Latitudes
Ecosystems at high latitudes are highly dynamic, influenced by a multitude of large-scale disturbances. Due to global change processes these systems may be expected to be particularly vulnerable, affecting the sustained production of renewable wood resources and abundance of plants and animals on which local cultures depend. In this paper, we assess the implications of new understandings of high northern latitude ecosystems and what must be done …
Resilience and Vulnerability of Northern Regions to Social and Environmental Change
The arctic tundra and boreal forest were once considered the last frontiers on earth because of their vast expanses remote from agricultural land-use change and industrial development. These regions are now, however, experiencing environmental and social changes that are as rapid as those occurring anywhere on earth. This paper summarizes the role of northern regions in the global system and provides a blueprint for assessing the factors that gov…
Bringing Feedback and Resilience of High-latitude Ecosystems into the Corporate Boardroom
This paper discusses the role of companies in high-latitude regions, which are conceptualized as socially and economically mediated ecosystems, and identifies a number of important social actors within the business environment. We present three examples of corporate activity at high latitudes and discuss a variety of common threads. Notably, we argue that business theory and practice needs to move beyond a narrow social or economic concept of org…
The Dynamics of Ecosystems, Biodiversity Management and Social Institutions at High Northern Latitudes
Ecosystems at high latitudes are highly dynamic, influenced by a multitude of large-scale disturbances. Due to global change processes these systems may be expected to be particularly vulnerable, affecting the sustained production of renewable wood resources and abundance of plants and animals on which local cultures depend. In this paper, we assess the implications of new understandings of high northern latitude ecosystems and what must be done …
Bringing Feedback and Resilience of High-latitude Ecosystems into the Corporate Boardroom
This paper discusses the role of companies in high-latitude regions, which are conceptualized as socially and economically mediated ecosystems, and identifies a number of important social actors within the business environment. We present three examples of corporate activity at high latitudes and discuss a variety of common threads. Notably, we argue that business theory and practice needs to move beyond a narrow social or economic concept of org…
Adding ‘iterativity’ to the credibility, relevance, legitimacy
Identifying, managing and monitoring conflicts between forest biodiversity conservation and other human interests in Europe
Managing science-policy interfaces for impact
Science-policy interface organizations and initiatives (SPIORG) are a key component of environmental governance designed to make links between science and society. However, the sciencepolicy interface literature lacks a structured approach to explaining the impacts of context on and by these initiatives. To better understand these impacts on and interactions with governance, this paper uses the concept of the governance ‘meshwork’ to explore how…
Resilience and Vulnerability of Northern Regions to Social and Environmental Change
The arctic tundra and boreal forest were once considered the last frontiers on earth because of their vast expanses remote from agricultural land-use change and industrial development. These regions are now, however, experiencing environmental and social changes that are as rapid as those occurring anywhere on earth. This paper summarizes the role of northern regions in the global system and provides a blueprint for assessing the factors that gov…
The use of knowledge in evidence-informed voluntary conservation of Finnish forests
A conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions in urban environments
This article provides a perspective on nature-based solutions. First, the argument is developed that nature-based solutions integrate social and ecological systems. Then, theoretical considerations relating to relational values, multifunctionality, transdisciplinarity, and polycentric governance are briefly outlined. Finally, a conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions is synthesised and presented. This conceptual…
Bringing Feedback and Resilience of High-latitude Ecosystems into the Corporate Boardroom
This paper discusses the role of companies in high-latitude regions, which are conceptualized as socially and economically mediated ecosystems, and identifies a number of important social actors within the business environment. We present three examples of corporate activity at high latitudes and discuss a variety of common threads. Notably, we argue that business theory and practice needs to move beyond a narrow social or economic concept of org…
The Dynamics of Ecosystems, Biodiversity Management and Social Institutions at High Northern Latitudes
Ecosystems at high latitudes are highly dynamic, influenced by a multitude of large-scale disturbances. Due to global change processes these systems may be expected to be particularly vulnerable, affecting the sustained production of renewable wood resources and abundance of plants and animals on which local cultures depend. In this paper, we assess the implications of new understandings of high northern latitude ecosystems and what must be done …
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
Identifying, managing and monitoring conflicts between forest biodiversity conservation and other human interests in Europe
The Dynamics of Ecosystems, Biodiversity Management and Social Institutions at High Northern Latitudes
Ecosystems at high latitudes are highly dynamic, influenced by a multitude of large-scale disturbances. Due to global change processes these systems may be expected to be particularly vulnerable, affecting the sustained production of renewable wood resources and abundance of plants and animals on which local cultures depend. In this paper, we assess the implications of new understandings of high northern latitude ecosystems and what must be done …
Resilience and Vulnerability of Northern Regions to Social and Environmental Change
The arctic tundra and boreal forest were once considered the last frontiers on earth because of their vast expanses remote from agricultural land-use change and industrial development. These regions are now, however, experiencing environmental and social changes that are as rapid as those occurring anywhere on earth. This paper summarizes the role of northern regions in the global system and provides a blueprint for assessing the factors that gov…
Bringing Feedback and Resilience of High-latitude Ecosystems into the Corporate Boardroom
This paper discusses the role of companies in high-latitude regions, which are conceptualized as socially and economically mediated ecosystems, and identifies a number of important social actors within the business environment. We present three examples of corporate activity at high latitudes and discuss a variety of common threads. Notably, we argue that business theory and practice needs to move beyond a narrow social or economic concept of org…
The Dynamics of Ecosystems, Biodiversity Management and Social Institutions at High Northern Latitudes
Ecosystems at high latitudes are highly dynamic, influenced by a multitude of large-scale disturbances. Due to global change processes these systems may be expected to be particularly vulnerable, affecting the sustained production of renewable wood resources and abundance of plants and animals on which local cultures depend. In this paper, we assess the implications of new understandings of high northern latitude ecosystems and what must be done …
Bringing Feedback and Resilience of High-latitude Ecosystems into the Corporate Boardroom
This paper discusses the role of companies in high-latitude regions, which are conceptualized as socially and economically mediated ecosystems, and identifies a number of important social actors within the business environment. We present three examples of corporate activity at high latitudes and discuss a variety of common threads. Notably, we argue that business theory and practice needs to move beyond a narrow social or economic concept of org…
Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure
Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review
Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment
Balancing credibility, relevance and legitimacy
To foster strong connections between knowledge and policy action, science–policy interfaces, and the information they produce and exchange, need to be credible, relevant and legitimate. Though this is widely accepted, there has been less emphasis on the problem of trade-offs between these attributes, and how the trade-offs manifest themselves in practice. Based on empirical material on biodiversity-related science–policy interfaces, we identify f…
The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design
Adding ‘iterativity’ to the credibility, relevance, legitimacy
Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities
Urban ecology is a field encompassing multiple disciplines and practical applications and has grown rapidly. However, the field is heterogeneous as a global inquiry with multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks, variable research approaches, and a lack of coordination among multiple schools of thought and research foci. Here, we present an international consensus on how urban ecology can advance along multiple research directions. There is …
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
The use of knowledge in evidence-informed voluntary conservation of Finnish forests
The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area
Nature–Based Interventions for Improving Health and Wellbeing
Engagement with nature is an important part of many people’s lives, and the health and wellbeing benefits of nature–based activities are becoming increasingly recognised across disciplines from city planning to medicine. Despite this, urbanisation, challenges of modern life and environmental degradation are leading to a reduction in both the quantity and the quality of nature experiences. Nature–based health interventions (NBIs) can facilitate be…
Managing science-policy interfaces for impact
Science-policy interface organizations and initiatives (SPIORG) are a key component of environmental governance designed to make links between science and society. However, the sciencepolicy interface literature lacks a structured approach to explaining the impacts of context on and by these initiatives. To better understand these impacts on and interactions with governance, this paper uses the concept of the governance ‘meshwork’ to explore how…
A conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions in urban environments
This article provides a perspective on nature-based solutions. First, the argument is developed that nature-based solutions integrate social and ecological systems. Then, theoretical considerations relating to relational values, multifunctionality, transdisciplinarity, and polycentric governance are briefly outlined. Finally, a conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions is synthesised and presented. This conceptual…
The delivery of Cultural Ecosystem Services in urban forests of different landscape features and land use contexts
Urban greenspace provides citizens with important cultural ecosystem services (CES). Identifying landscape features and land use contexts that facilitate CES delivery is critical for guiding urban greenspace management. However, how landscape features and urban context interact with each other in influencing the CES of greenspaces remains unclear. Studies on the CES of patchy urban forests are needed as they are essential urban CES providers, but…
Business (14 works) · Environmental resource management (14 works) · Geography (13 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Ecosystem (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Environmental planning (8 works) · Environmental Science (8 works)