Collaborative governance arrangements: What makes nature-based solutions endure?

Authors: Luca Battisti, Federico Cuomo, and Alessandra Manganelli

Through an in-depth analysis of the nature-based solutions (NbSs) Urban Living Lab ‘proGIreg’ in Turin, Italy, this paper explores different types of collaborative governance arrangements, highlighting challenges, risks, and potentials characterizing them. In particular, the paper investigates conditions that make NbSs endure over time. The results outline how legitimacy, institutional leadership, administrative commitment, networking capacities, integration of resources, competencies, co-responsibility, knowledge transfer, and empowerment all play a pivotal role in making NbSs endure. Overall, this article contributes to contemporary research and practices on urban experimentation, NbSs, and maintenance.

Nature-based Solutions in Turin. Image © Alessandra Manganelli.
Nature-based Solutions in Turin. Image © Alessandra Manganelli.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2355317