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Lawns in Cities: From a Globalised Urban Green Space Phenomenon to Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions

Maria Ignatieva,
Dagmar Haase,
Diana Dushkova and
Annegret Haase

Land2020, 9(3), 73;https://doi.org/10.3390/land9030073

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2 March 2020

This opinion paper discusses urban lawns, the most common part of open green spaces and urban green infrastructures. It highlights both the ecosystem services and also disservices provided by urban lawns based on the authors’ experience of working wi...

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36 Pages

Rethinking Urban Lawns: Rewilding and Other Nature-Based Alternatives

Diana Dushkova and
Maria Ignatieva

Diversity2025, 17(12), 830;https://doi.org/10.3390/d17120830

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1 December 2025

Ongoing urbanization, biodiversity decline, and intensifying climate change increasingly challenge the sustainability of urban green spaces (UGS) dominated by conventional, intensively maintained lawns. Although widespread across cities worldwide, la...

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3,842 Views

22 Pages

Nature-Based Solutions for the Sustainable Management of Urban Soils and Quality of Life Improvements

Slaveya Petrova,
Iliana Velcheva,
Bogdan Nikolov,
Nikola Angelov,
Gergana Hristozova,
Penka Zaprjanova,
Ekaterina Valcheva,
Irena Golubinova,
Plamen Marinov-Serafimov and
Petar Petrov
+ 7 authors

Land2022, 11(4), 569;https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040569

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12 April 2022

The rehabilitation and restoration of land-based ecosystems is a key strategy for recovering the services (goods and resources) ecosystems offer to humankind. The use of nature-based solutions (NBSs) to restore degraded soil functions and improve soi...

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