Alexander Van Der Jagt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4873769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Van Der Jagt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Jagt |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER JAGT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1365-5765 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 104 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The why, how, and what of indicator-based monitoring of nature-based solutions
Indicator-based monitoring (IM) is crucial to support the uptake of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), to improve the knowledge of NbS benefits, and to promote evidence-based decision-making. Despite the growth of indicator frameworks to support practitioners in setting up IM processes for NbS, practitioners’ perspectives and experiences of IM application, especially in relation to NbS, have been underexplored. We address this knowledge gap through an…
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities
Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity and improve public health. Green space planning aims to transform cities towards urban sustainability and resilience. In a longitudinal study, representatives from eleven European municipalities that had previously been interviewed in 2014 were re-interviewed in 2020–2021 on changes in urban gre…
Assessing the impact of blue and green spaces on mental health of disabled children
During recent decades, there has been a growing consideration of the role of blue and green spaces on mental health of children, but there is insufficient attention in the literature to the mental health of children with disabilities. This paper presents an overview of the evidence on how blue and green spaces affect the mental health of children with various disabilities. A database search found twenty studies eligible for the review, after seve…
An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities
Impact assessment is a key step in mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet, it remains unclear if and how assessment frameworks influence urban planning, design and management. We contend that the potential of current NBS assessment frameworks is not fully exploited due to: (1) limited contextualisation of monitoring and assessment to place-specific contexts and (2) the depoliticisation of co-production. To address this, we present …
What’s behind the barriers? Uncovering structural conditions working against urban nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are a promising and innovative approach to address multiple sustainability challenges faced by cities. Yet, NBS are not integrated into mainstream urban development practices. Based on a qualitative comparative case study of Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, this study shows how barriers to mainstreaming urban NBS are shaped by the structural conditions in urban infrastructure r…
Policy mixes for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are multifunctional and cost-effective innovations delivering urban sustainability, but they are not yet mainstream in urban development. This can be explained by persistent structural conditions in the urban infrastructure regime, resulting in barriers such as lack of collaborative governance, inadequate knowledge and limited funding availability. In this paper we argue that (supra)national governments could play an …
Catalyzing sustainability pathways
Structural conditions for the wider uptake of urban nature-based solutions – A conceptual framework
In policy and practice, urban Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are considered promising innovations for sustainable urban transformation. NBS are interventions that use nature to address multiple sustainability challenges simultaneously. As such, they present a novel perspective on urban land use and development. Yet their current uptake into urban development lags behind EU ambitions. Drawing from transitions studies, this paper suggests that the li…
How ‘just’ is hybrid governance of urban nature-based solutions
Hybrid (or multi-actor) governance has been identified as a key opportunity for upscaling urban nature-based solutions (referred to as urban NBS), representing a demand-driven and cost-effective realization of urban green infrastructure. However it is unclear how such hybrid governance affects the justice outcomes of urban NBS. Through six in-depth cases of urban NBS we show that hybrid governance can lead to both improvements and deterioration o…
Planning multifunctional green infrastructure for compact cities
Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe
Urban greening through nature-based solutions – Key characteristics of an emerging concept
Nature-based innovation systems
Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented Technological Innovation System (TIS) framework. The emerging discourse on nature-based solutions (NBS) – multifunctional nature-integrated spatial planning and design innovations – raises the question to what extent TIS can account for the development and diffusion of NBS. Fo…
Beyond green
Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure
Nature-based innovation systems
Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented Technological Innovation System (TIS) framework. The emerging discourse on nature-based solutions (NBS) – multifunctional nature-integrated spatial planning and design innovations – raises the question to what extent TIS can account for the development and diffusion of NBS. Fo…
Catalyzing sustainability pathways
Beyond green
How ‘just’ is hybrid governance of urban nature-based solutions
Hybrid (or multi-actor) governance has been identified as a key opportunity for upscaling urban nature-based solutions (referred to as urban NBS), representing a demand-driven and cost-effective realization of urban green infrastructure. However it is unclear how such hybrid governance affects the justice outcomes of urban NBS. Through six in-depth cases of urban NBS we show that hybrid governance can lead to both improvements and deterioration o…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
Policy mixes for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are multifunctional and cost-effective innovations delivering urban sustainability, but they are not yet mainstream in urban development. This can be explained by persistent structural conditions in the urban infrastructure regime, resulting in barriers such as lack of collaborative governance, inadequate knowledge and limited funding availability. In this paper we argue that (supra)national governments could play an …
Structural conditions for the wider uptake of urban nature-based solutions – A conceptual framework
In policy and practice, urban Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are considered promising innovations for sustainable urban transformation. NBS are interventions that use nature to address multiple sustainability challenges simultaneously. As such, they present a novel perspective on urban land use and development. Yet their current uptake into urban development lags behind EU ambitions. Drawing from transitions studies, this paper suggests that the li…
An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities
Impact assessment is a key step in mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet, it remains unclear if and how assessment frameworks influence urban planning, design and management. We contend that the potential of current NBS assessment frameworks is not fully exploited due to: (1) limited contextualisation of monitoring and assessment to place-specific contexts and (2) the depoliticisation of co-production. To address this, we present …
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure
Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation
Beyond green
Planning multifunctional green infrastructure for compact cities
Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe
Urban greening through nature-based solutions – Key characteristics of an emerging concept
Nature-based innovation systems
Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented Technological Innovation System (TIS) framework. The emerging discourse on nature-based solutions (NBS) – multifunctional nature-integrated spatial planning and design innovations – raises the question to what extent TIS can account for the development and diffusion of NBS. Fo…
How ‘just’ is hybrid governance of urban nature-based solutions
Hybrid (or multi-actor) governance has been identified as a key opportunity for upscaling urban nature-based solutions (referred to as urban NBS), representing a demand-driven and cost-effective realization of urban green infrastructure. However it is unclear how such hybrid governance affects the justice outcomes of urban NBS. Through six in-depth cases of urban NBS we show that hybrid governance can lead to both improvements and deterioration o…
Structural conditions for the wider uptake of urban nature-based solutions – A conceptual framework
In policy and practice, urban Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are considered promising innovations for sustainable urban transformation. NBS are interventions that use nature to address multiple sustainability challenges simultaneously. As such, they present a novel perspective on urban land use and development. Yet their current uptake into urban development lags behind EU ambitions. Drawing from transitions studies, this paper suggests that the li…
What’s behind the barriers? Uncovering structural conditions working against urban nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are a promising and innovative approach to address multiple sustainability challenges faced by cities. Yet, NBS are not integrated into mainstream urban development practices. Based on a qualitative comparative case study of Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, this study shows how barriers to mainstreaming urban NBS are shaped by the structural conditions in urban infrastructure r…
Policy mixes for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are multifunctional and cost-effective innovations delivering urban sustainability, but they are not yet mainstream in urban development. This can be explained by persistent structural conditions in the urban infrastructure regime, resulting in barriers such as lack of collaborative governance, inadequate knowledge and limited funding availability. In this paper we argue that (supra)national governments could play an …
Catalyzing sustainability pathways
Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities
Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity and improve public health. Green space planning aims to transform cities towards urban sustainability and resilience. In a longitudinal study, representatives from eleven European municipalities that had previously been interviewed in 2014 were re-interviewed in 2020–2021 on changes in urban gre…
Assessing the impact of blue and green spaces on mental health of disabled children
During recent decades, there has been a growing consideration of the role of blue and green spaces on mental health of children, but there is insufficient attention in the literature to the mental health of children with disabilities. This paper presents an overview of the evidence on how blue and green spaces affect the mental health of children with various disabilities. A database search found twenty studies eligible for the review, after seve…
An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities
Impact assessment is a key step in mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet, it remains unclear if and how assessment frameworks influence urban planning, design and management. We contend that the potential of current NBS assessment frameworks is not fully exploited due to: (1) limited contextualisation of monitoring and assessment to place-specific contexts and (2) the depoliticisation of co-production. To address this, we present …
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
The why, how, and what of indicator-based monitoring of nature-based solutions
Indicator-based monitoring (IM) is crucial to support the uptake of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), to improve the knowledge of NbS benefits, and to promote evidence-based decision-making. Despite the growth of indicator frameworks to support practitioners in setting up IM processes for NbS, practitioners’ perspectives and experiences of IM application, especially in relation to NbS, have been underexplored. We address this knowledge gap through an…
Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (13 works) · Business (12 works) · Geography (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Environmental planning (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Corporate governance (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works)