Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Ambio. 2022 Jun;51(6):1433-1445. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01725-z. Epub 2022 Mar 29.
Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation, biodiversity loss and climate change felt at large in cities. At the same time, it is cities that can take the leading role in pioneering approaches and solutions to respond to those coupling emergencies. In this perspective piece we respond to the following question: What are the required transformations for prioritising, valuing, maintaining and embracing nature in cities in Australia? We adopt the mission framework as an organising framework to present proposed pathways to transform Australian cities as nature-positive places of the future. We propose three interconnected pathways as starting actions to steer urban planning, policy and governance in Australian cities: First, cities need to establish evidence-based planning for nature in cities and mainstream new planning tools that safeguard and foreground urban nature. Second, collaborative planning needs to become a standard practice in cities and inclusive governance for nature in cities needs to prioritise Aboriginal knowledge systems and practices as well as look beyond what local governments can do. Third, for progressing to nature-positive cities, it is paramount to empower communities to innovate with nature across Australian cities. Whilst we focus on Australian cities, the lessons and pathways are broadly applicably globally and can inspire science-policy debates for the post COP15 biodiversity and COP26 climate change implementation processes.
澳大利亚正面临城市化进程、生物多样性丧失和气候变化等方面的压力，这些问题在城市中尤为明显。与此同时，城市可以在开拓创新方法和解决方案方面发挥主导作用，以应对这些相互关联的紧急情况。在这篇观点文章中，我们将回答以下问题：澳大利亚的城市需要进行哪些转变，才能优先考虑、重视、维护和拥抱城市中的自然？我们采用使命框架作为组织框架，提出将澳大利亚城市转变为未来积极自然的未来的建议途径。我们提出了三个相互关联的途径作为引导澳大利亚城市城市规划、政策和治理的初始行动：首先，城市需要为城市中的自然制定基于证据的规划，并推广新的规划工具，以保护和突出城市自然。其次，协作规划需要成为城市的标准做法，而城市中的自然包容性治理需要优先考虑原住民知识体系和实践，同时超越地方政府能够做的范围。第三，要推进建设积极自然的城市，至关重要的是要赋予社区在澳大利亚各个城市中与自然共同创新的能力。虽然我们专注于澳大利亚的城市，但这些经验教训和途径在全球范围内具有广泛的适用性，可以为后 COP15 生物多样性和 COP26 气候变化实施进程中的科学政策辩论提供启示。
