Green Infrastructure Designed through Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development

Snežana Štrbac, Milica Kašanin-Grubin, Lato Pezo, Nataša Stojić, Biljana Lončar, Ljiljana Ćurčić () and Mira Pucarević
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Snežana Štrbac: Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Milica Kašanin-Grubin: Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Lato Pezo: Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Nataša Stojić: Faculty of Environmental Protection, Educons University, 21208 Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
Biljana Lončar: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Ljiljana Ćurčić: Faculty of Environmental Protection, Educons University, 21208 Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
Mira Pucarević: Faculty of Environmental Protection, Educons University, 21208 Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: With the goal of enhancing the quality of the environment, urban green infrastructure (UGI) is an essential element in sustainable cities, and nature-based solutions (NBS) are being carried out as new infrastructure solutions that increase the resilience of cities. In this research, the method of theoretical analysis and the content analysis as the basic fact-gathering technique was applied to answer to following questions: What are the hindrances and bottlenecks in implementing NBS? Are the current decision-making mechanisms helping NBS get in route to shape cities? Is there any binding policy in practice that promotes NBS? In Belgrade is planned Type 3 of the degree of intervention/level and engineering type—Creation and new ecosystem management in the classifications of intensive urban green space management; urban planning strategies; urban water management; ecological restoration of degraded terrestrial ecosystems; and restoration and creation of semi-natural water bodies and hydrographic networks. In the future, it is essential to implement policies and incentives on national, regional, and local scales that help encourage the usage of NBS in the development of urban infrastructure.

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban green infrastructure; ecological index; energy plantations; sustainable drainage system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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