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Marina Alberti¹, Nancy B Grimm², Eric P Palkovacs³

¹Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Urban nature-based solutions (NBS) must account for evolution. Organismal evolution driven by urban stressors can impact NBS performance, necessitating adaptive design strategies for long-term resilience.

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Published on: August 8, 2014

Area of Science:

Urban ecology
Evolutionary biology
Environmental science

Background:

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly used for urban resilience.
Current NBS design often ignores the evolutionary dynamics of constituent organisms.
Urban environments impose unique stressors that drive rapid evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize evidence of evolutionary change in urban NBS.
To assess how evolution impacts NBS performance (enhancing or undermining).
To propose hypotheses and design strategies integrating evolutionary principles into NBS.

Main Methods:

Literature synthesis of evolutionary changes in urban NBS.
Analysis of how evolutionary processes affect NBS functionality.
Development of hypotheses linking evolutionary dynamics and NBS performance.

Main Results:

Evolutionary changes in species' traits, interactions, and ecosystem functions are evident in urban NBS.
These evolutionary shifts can significantly alter the performance and effectiveness of NBS.
Evidence suggests evolutionary processes can both benefit and compromise NBS outcomes.

Conclusions:

Integrating evolutionary considerations into NBS design is crucial for long-term urban resilience.
Adaptive strategies are needed to maintain the functional potential of NBS under environmental change.
Future NBS design must proactively incorporate evolutionary trajectories to ensure sustained performance.