Context matters: co-creating nature-based solutions in rural living labs

Katriina Soini; Carl Cyrus Anderson; Annemarie Polderman; Carlone Teresa; Debele Sisay; Prashant Kumar; Matteo Manocchi; Slobodan Mickovski; Depy Panga; Francesco Pilla; Swantje Preuschmann; Jeetendra Sahani; Heikki Tuomenvirta

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106839

Context matters: co-creating nature-based solutions in rural living labs

Katriina Soini^*, Carl Cyrus Anderson, Annemarie Polderman, Carlone Teresa, Debele Sisay, Prashant Kumar, Matteo Manocchi, Slobodan Mickovski, Depy Panga, Francesco Pilla, Swantje Preuschmann, Jeetendra Sahani, Heikki Tuomenvirta

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Abstract

The use of Nature-based Solutions (NBS), designed and implemented with participatory approaches, is rapidly increasing. Much use is being made of the Living Lab (LL) concept to co-create innovative NBS with stakeholders in a certain societal and environmental, real-life context. Most of the current research revolves around urban LLs, thus overlooking specificities of rural areas. Furthermore, the influence of the context itself on co-creation processes is insufficiently recognised, leaving challenges associated with co-creation such as stakeholder engagement unresolved. By exploring the co-creation processes in the LLs of the OPERANDUM project, this study identifies eighteen contextual factors shaping the co-creation processes of NBS within rural territories and provides associated recommendations. In addition, based on lessons learnt in the OPERANDUM project, we discuss the value of a relational place-based approach in LLs, suggesting that the co-creation process should be approached as a dynamic confluence of many interconnected contextual factors. We conclude that acknowledging the interconnections in co-creation in the real-life context of rural territories may increase the success and impact of the LL approach, and ultimately, the benefits of NBS.

Original language	English
Article number	106839
Number of pages	13
Journal	Land Use Policy
Volume	133
Early online date	7 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106839
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

Nature-based solutions
Living labs
Rural living labs
Co-creation
Real-life context

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General Arts and Humanities
General Business,Management and Accounting
General Decision Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Engineering
General Environmental Science
General Social Sciences

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A case history of co-design and co-deployment of a nature-based solution (NbS) against erosion and slope instability
Mickovski, S. B., Gonzalez-Ollauri, A., Sorolla, A., Loechner, A. & Emmanuel, R., 31 Dec 2024, In: Ecological Engineering. 209, 107406.
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A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment
Farid, A., Alam, M. K., Goli, V. S. N. S., Akin, I. D., Akinleye, T., Chen, X., Cheng, Q., Cleall, P., Cuomo, S., Foresta, V., Ge, S., Iervolino, L., Iradukunda, P., Luce, C. H., Koda, E., Mickovski, S. B., O'Kelly, B. C., Paleologos, E. K., Peduto, D. & Ricketts, E. J. & 9 others, Sadegh, M., Sarris, T. S., Singh, D. N., Singh, P., Tang, C.-S., Tardio, G., Vaverikova, M. D., Veneris, M. & Winkler, J., Aug 2024, In: Fire. 7, 8, 20 p., 295.
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Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures
Mickovski, S. B., 2 Apr 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024. ISSMGE
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A case history of co-design and co-deployment of a nature-based solution (NbS) against erosion and slope instability

A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment

Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures

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