Incorporating nature-based solutions (NBSs) into the built environment supports the ongoing sustainability challenge as emphasized in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has particular relevance for SDG Goal #11 (Sustainable cities and communities), which seeks greater efficiencies in urban planning and management practices that address aging infrastructure and ongoing air, water, and soil pollution. The short communications and research articles in this special series exemplify many of these aspects, highlighting the application of NBSs and showcasing the latest environmental research and policy solutions to support this. Nature-based solutions in the built environment aim to promote the understanding of the transdisciplinary nature of NBSs and enhance the global awareness of the value of NBSs by providing a diversity of solutions to illustrate the positive economic, social, and environmental benefits of NBSs in the built environment. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2022;18:39-41. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).
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