Making Nature’s City

A science-based framework for building urban biodiversity

Making Nature’s City provides a science-based framework for building urban biodiversity, allowing cities to create their vision for coexisting with nature. By bringing together diverse groups, including designers, planners, engineers, and residents, cities can connect the landscape through local parks, greenways, street trees, stormwater basins, and commercial and residential landscaping to support both functioning urban ecosystems and healthier communities.

Ecology for Health

Design guidance for fostering human health and biodiversity in cities

Building on Making Nature’s City’s Urban Biodiversity Framework, Ecology for Health: Design Guidance for Fostering Human Health and Biodiversity in Cities presents guidance to maximize the value that urban spaces generate for both native biodiversity and human health.

The guide supports urban designers and planners. It focuses on three distinct scales: urban planning, site design, and detailed design. Within each scale, practical strategies are presented to create urban green areas that maximize benefits for biodiversity conservation and human health and also help address conflicts that may occur when addressing both human and wildlife needs.