Beyond Green Facades: Integrating Ecology and Architecture

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..

Evaluating Biodiversity Criteria in Green Building Rating Schemes: Toward ‘Nature Positive’ Development

BM Kiss, C Visintin, GE Garrard, SA Bekessy

2025-08-01

Aiming for a ‘nature positive’ future, built environment professionals increasingly adopt green building schemes as their roadmap...

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..

Where is the nature in nature-based flood management? Biodiversity is not considered enough

F Hoegh-Guldberg, C Visintin, P Lentini, M Selinske, S Bekessy

2024-12-20

The rise of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) represents a shift toward design approaches that harness and facilitate natural processes..

Acute canopy deficits in global cities exposed by the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature

T Croeser, R Sharma, WW Weisser, SA Bekessy

2024-12-01

The 3-30-300 rule is a recently proposed metric that sets minimum standards for access to nature in cities for human wellbeing. It..

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..