Designing Green Spaces for Biodiversity and Human Well-Being

Nature-Water Design: Integrating biodiversity and water sensitive urban design

F Hoegh-Guldberg, T Fletcher, YE Chee, C Visintin, H Kirk, G Garrard, M Selinske, SA Bekessy

2026-06-01

The global rise of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) presents a key opportunity to find synergies between social and environmental obje..

Resolving the Conflict between Infectious Disease and Beneficial Urban Nature

Katherine Robertson, Holly Kirk, Jacinta Humphrey, Sarah Bekessy

2026-02-12

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Urban nature offers critical benefits for urban residents and is found..

Towards an Everyday Nature Index for biodiversity in urban streets

T Croeser, H Kirk, WW Weisser, S Snow, ASR Xiao, C Visintin, SA Bekessy

2026-02-01

Vegetation in contemporary urban streetscapes is generally limited to street trees and grassy verges, with limited understorey, sp..

Defining ‘adequate’ tree protection: Meeting urban canopy targets requires careful retention of mature trees

T Croeser, WW Weisser, J Hurley, T Rötzer, L Parhizgar, Q Sun, SA Bekessy

2025-12-01

Canopy cover is increasingly recognised as an important aspect of the urban landscape, and as a result urban forestry plans have b..

Designing cities for everyday nature

C Visintin, GE Garrard, WW Weisser, M Baracco, RJ Hobbs, SA Bekessy

2025-02-01

The motivations for incorporating nature into the design of cities have never been more compelling. Creating experiences with natu..

Developing a new tool to capture the nature dose to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life

AL Sachs, M Maso-Aguado, A Bach, N Opacin, N Hill, L Cattaneo, L Coll-Planas, K Johnson, L Hidalgo, C Daher, J Litt, S Bekessy

2024-12-01

Recognition of the health benefits of nature contact has increased. Simultaneously, growing numbers of people worldwide experience..

Dealing with the risk of fire in carbon sequestration strategies: Diverse forests or plantation monocultures?

WJS Smith, SA Bekessy, M Ward, BA Wintle

2024-09-01

Climate and land-use change pose unprecedented threats to ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. To help mitigate the c..

Action research for transformative change

T Croeser, S Clement, M Fernandez, GE Garrard, I Mell, SA Bekessy

2024-03-01

As major policy actors (e.g. governments, global organisations) grapple with 'wicked’ sustainability challenges, the use of demons..

A Review of Existing Ecological Design Frameworks Enabling Biodiversity Inclusive Design

C Hernandez-Santin, M Amati, S Bekessy, C Desha

2022-12-01

Built environment practitioners currently seek options and opportunities to respond to the biodiversity emergency. Biodiversity In..

A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

N Frantzeskaki, C Oke, G Barnett, S Bekessy, J Bush, J Fitzsimons, M Ignatieva, D Kendal, J Kingsley, L Mumaw, A Ossola

2022-06-01

Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation, biodiversity loss and climate change felt at la..

What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy

B Giles-Corti, AV Moudon, M Lowe, E Cerin, G Boeing, H Frumkin, D Salvo, S Foster, A Kleeman, S Bekessy, TH de Sá, M Nieuwenhuijsen, C Higgs, E Hinckson, D Adlakha, J Arundel, S Liu, AL Oyeyemi, K Nitvimol, JF Sallis

2022-06-01

This Series on urban design, transport, and health aimed to facilitate development of a global system of health-related policy and..

Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis

C Oke, SA Bekessy, N Frantzeskaki, J Bush, JA Fitzsimons, GE Garrard, M Grenfell, L Harrison, M Hartigan, D Callow, B Cotter, S Gawler

2021-12-01

Cities globally are greening their urban fabric, but to contribute positively to the biodiversity extinction crisis, local governm..

Punching above their weight: the ecological and social benefits of pop-up parks

L Mata, GE Garrard, F Fidler, CD Ives, C Maller, J Wilson, F Thomas, SA Bekessy

2019-01-01

Current global enthusiasm for urban greening and bringing nature back into cities is unprecedented. Evidence of the socioecologica..