A chronological contextualisation of NbS and upscaling in scientific, policy, and grey literature. Extra research data to the cumulative PhD project: Arlati, A. (2025). The (re)imagination of urban biodiversity

Abstract

This dataset contains qualitative research materials collected for the cumulative PhD project, which concerns the integration of biodiversity-related thinking into urban planning and how the new concept of nature-based solutions (NbS) is influencing the creation of visions for the future. The methodology used in two of the four articles is discourse network analysis (DNA), which builds networks between actors based on the arguments they utter. The cumulative PhD project 'The (re)imagination of urban biodiversity. How nature-based solutions shape urban planning discourses, practices, and relations in Germany and Italy' is composed of four independent but connected scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and books. The dataset in this publication refers to an attempt to contextualise chronologically the concept of NbS from various source types. These data were never directly used in any publications, but they contributed to an understanding of the NbS phenomenon.