Evaluating natural capital performance of urban development through system dynamics: A case study from London.

ABSTRACT: Natural capital plays a central role in urban functioning, reducing flooding, mitigating urban heat island effects, reducing air pollution, and improving urban biodiversity through provision of habitat space. There is also evidence on the role played by blue and green space in improving physical and mental health, reducing the burden on the health care service. Yet from an urban planning and development view, natural capital may be considered a nice to have, but not essential element of urban design; taking up valuable space which could otherwise be used for traditional built environment uses. While urban natural capital is largely recognised as a positive element, its benefits are difficult to measure both in space and time, making its inclusion in urban (re)development difficult to justi

SUBMITTER: O'Keeffe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7616819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature