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Dr. Harini Nagendra
Azim Premji University, PES Institute of Technology Campus, Pixel Park, B Block, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100, India

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Viewpoint
Published: 01 July 2021 in The Lancet Planetary Health
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Summary Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure. Adaptation measures that integrate technological, nature-based, and social solutions can provide multiple co-benefits to address complex socioecological issues in cities while increasing resilience to potential impacts. However, there remain many challenges to developing and implementing integrated solutions. In this Viewpoint, we consider the value of integrating across the three solution sets, the challenges and potential enablers for integrating solution sets, and present examples of challenges and adopted solutions in three cities with different urban contexts and climates (Freiburg, Germany; Durban, South Africa; and Singapore). We conclude with a discussion of research directions and provide a road map to identify the actions that enable successful implementation of integrated climate solutions. We highlight the need for more systematic research that targets enabling environments for integration; achieving integrated solutions in different contexts to avoid maladaptation; simultaneously improving liveability, sustainability, and equality; and replicating via transfer and scale-up of local solutions. Cities in systematically disadvantaged countries (sometimes referred to as the Global South) are central to future urban development and must be prioritised. Helping decision makers and communities understand the potential opportunities associated with integrated solutions for climate change will encourage urgent and deliberate strides towards adapting cities to the dynamic climate reality.

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Brenda B Lin; Alessandro Ossola; Marina Alberti; Erik Andersson; Xuemei Bai; Cynnamon Dobbs; Thomas Elmqvist; Karl L Evans; Niki Frantzeskaki; Richard A Fuller; Kevin J Gaston; Dagmar Haase; Chi Yung Jim; Cecil Konijnendijk; Harini Nagendra; Jari Niemelä; Timon McPhearson; William R Moomaw; Susan Parnell; Diane Pataki; William J Ripple; Puay Yok Tan. Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health 2021, 5, e479 -e486.

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Brenda B Lin, Alessandro Ossola, Marina Alberti, Erik Andersson, Xuemei Bai, Cynnamon Dobbs, Thomas Elmqvist, Karl L Evans, Niki Frantzeskaki, Richard A Fuller, Kevin J Gaston, Dagmar Haase, Chi Yung Jim, Cecil Konijnendijk, Harini Nagendra, Jari Niemelä, Timon McPhearson, William R Moomaw, Susan Parnell, Diane Pataki, William J Ripple, Puay Yok Tan. Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5 (7):e479-e486.

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Brenda B Lin; Alessandro Ossola; Marina Alberti; Erik Andersson; Xuemei Bai; Cynnamon Dobbs; Thomas Elmqvist; Karl L Evans; Niki Frantzeskaki; Richard A Fuller; Kevin J Gaston; Dagmar Haase; Chi Yung Jim; Cecil Konijnendijk; Harini Nagendra; Jari Niemelä; Timon McPhearson; William R Moomaw; Susan Parnell; Diane Pataki; William J Ripple; Puay Yok Tan. 2021. "Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change." The Lancet Planetary Health 5, no. 7: e479-e486.

Review
Published: 20 January 2021 in Land
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Urbanization poses a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. We focused on birds as a well-studied taxon of interest, in order to review literature on traits that influence responses to urbanization. We review 226 papers that were published between 1979 and 2020, and aggregate information on five major groups of traits that have been widely studied: ecological traits, life history, physiology, behavior and genetic traits. Some robust findings on trait changes in individual species as well as bird communities emerge. A lack of specific food and shelter resources has led to the urban bird community being dominated by generalist species, while specialist species show decline. Urbanized birds differ in the behavioral traits, showing an increase in song frequency and amplitude, and bolder behavior, as compared to rural populations of the same species. Differential food resources and predatory pressure results in changes in life history traits, including prolonged breeding duration, and increases in clutch and brood size to compensate for lower survival. Other species-specific changes include changes in hormonal state, body state, and genetic differences from rural populations. We identify gaps in research, with a paucity of studies in tropical cities and a need for greater examination of traits that influence persistence and success in native vs. introduced populations.

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Swaroop Patankar; Ravi Jambhekar; Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi; Harini Nagendra. Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A review. Land 2021, 10, 92 .

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Swaroop Patankar, Ravi Jambhekar, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, Harini Nagendra. Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A review. Land. 2021; 10 (2):92.

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Swaroop Patankar; Ravi Jambhekar; Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi; Harini Nagendra. 2021. "Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A review." Land 10, no. 2: 92.

Journal article
Published: 29 December 2020 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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There has been limited research on understanding access to public green spaces in cities of the global South. In a study in Hyderabad, India, we interview visitors in four parks to understand their perceptions of and access to ecosystem services. Of these, two parks charge entry fees and two provide free entry or entry at minimal cost. Most users value the park as a recreational space, but are largely unable to access provisioning services such as food and fodder. This poses a particular challenge for low income residents. In the large parks with high vegetation cover, visitors could identify a variety of trees, plants, and birds, while in the smallest neighbourhood park which has the least amount of greenery, they could only identify a small number of species. Parks were visited more by men than by women, who cited challenges of lack of time, and lack of safety. Park entry fees also acted as barriers, for low income groups. The two parks located in wealthy and gentrifying neighbourhoods were almost exclusively accessed by middle class and wealthy visitors, because of the entry fee. Surveys of willingness to pay found that wealthy visitors were keen to pay an entry fee and did not seem to understand the implications of such a fee on exclusion, low income visitors expressed negative views. A central role of the urban park as a ‘public space’ within a city is to nourish the sense of community. Yet some parks have been converted into landscaped and designed areas with high public investment, and entry charges, with limited provision for harvesting ecosystem services. Thus even in public spaces like parks, we observe stark gender and income inequalities, leading to the uneven access to green space.

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Sukanya Basu; Harini Nagendra. Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2020, 57, 126959 .

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Sukanya Basu, Harini Nagendra. Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2020; 57 ():126959.

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Sukanya Basu; Harini Nagendra. 2020. "Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 57, no. : 126959.

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Published: 24 November 2020 in Resonance
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You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Reproduced from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Copyright ©1962 by Rachel L. Carson, Copyright (©renewed 1990 by Roger Christie. Reprinted by permission. Reprints and Permissions Nagendra, H., Carson, R. Of Man and the Stream of Time. Reson 25, 1637–1644 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-020-1080-1 Download citation Published: 24 November 2020 Issue Date: November 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-020-1080-1

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Harini Nagendra; Rachel Carson. Of Man and the Stream of Time. Resonance 2020, 25, 1637 -1644.

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Harini Nagendra, Rachel Carson. Of Man and the Stream of Time. Resonance. 2020; 25 (11):1637-1644.

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Harini Nagendra; Rachel Carson. 2020. "Of Man and the Stream of Time." Resonance 25, no. 11: 1637-1644.

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Published: 24 November 2020 in Resonance
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Linda Lear, Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, Maemillan, 1998. William Soulder, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Crown, New York, 2012. Google Scholar The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, www.rachelcarson.org Download references Azim Premji University, Sarjapur Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru, 562 125, India Harini Nagendra You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Correspondence to Harini Nagendra. Reprints and Permissions Nagendra, H. Rachel Carson: 1907–1964. Reson 25, 1481–1490 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-020-1070-3 Download citation Published: 24 November 2020 Issue Date: November 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-020-1070-3

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Harini Nagendra. Rachel Carson: 1907–1964. Resonance 2020, 25, 1481 -1490.

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Harini Nagendra. Rachel Carson: 1907–1964. Resonance. 2020; 25 (11):1481-1490.

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Harini Nagendra. 2020. "Rachel Carson: 1907–1964." Resonance 25, no. 11: 1481-1490.

Journal article
Published: 06 September 2020 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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The aim of this paper is to understand dynamic processes of environmental stewardship in global urban cities, using an analytical lens of environmental placemaking. We demonstrate the importance of using the conceptual framework of environmental placemaking to understand newer forms of environmental consciousness, through a case study of the Indian megacity of Bengaluru – a heterogenous, multicultural urban landscape. Drawing on in- depth conversations with lake visitors and lake workers around three recently restored lakes in south-eastern Bengaluru – Kaikondrahalli, Kasavanahalli and Sowle Kere – we explore how these lakes are harnessed as ‘places’ by migrants to the city. Through representations of lakes as coupled ‘social’ and ‘environmental’ places, we explore the role of placemaking in shaping contemporary environmentalism and an interest in stewardship action for lake conservation. We argue that environmental placemaking leads to a fundamental transformation in human-nature conservation relationships in modern cities. We demonstrate how experiences of environmental placemaking are constituted by migrants into cities and are fundamental in making the city and local ecosystem a place of cohabitation, fostered by growing emotional attachment which stimulates a desire for environmental action.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. Local community engagement, environmental placemaking and stewardship by migrants: A case study of lake conservation in Bengaluru, India. Landscape and Urban Planning 2020, 204, 103933 .

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Amrita Sen, Harini Nagendra. Local community engagement, environmental placemaking and stewardship by migrants: A case study of lake conservation in Bengaluru, India. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2020; 204 ():103933.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. 2020. "Local community engagement, environmental placemaking and stewardship by migrants: A case study of lake conservation in Bengaluru, India." Landscape and Urban Planning 204, no. : 103933.

Research article
Published: 28 May 2020 in International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
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This research assesses the differentiated impacts of urbanisation on communities of Bengaluru, who earlier inhabited agrarian and rural commons landscapes. Drawing on empirical observations from residents of peri-urban erstwhile villages of Bengaluru located next to lakes, we examine changes in their social-ecological practices, linked to the urban transformation of these landscapes. Urbanisation has transformed once-rural landscapes into fast growing urban areas at peripheries of Bengaluru. We show that impacts of urban transition are not homogenous or representative of uniform trends, but diverse, shaped by differing power relationships that manifest themselves within the Indian caste hierarchy. Urban transitions, while undoubtedly bringing about disconnects with the social-ecological landscape, have been disenfranchising in some aspects but emancipatory in other ways, liberating underprivileged castes from the worst practices of exploitation. We argue that urbanisation experiences vary, depending on the past and opens up prospects for challenging the received understanding of urbanisation, through individual experiences.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. The differentiated impacts of urbanisation on lake communities in Bengaluru, India. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 2020, 13, 17 -31.

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Amrita Sen, Harini Nagendra. The differentiated impacts of urbanisation on lake communities in Bengaluru, India. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 2020; 13 (1):17-31.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. 2020. "The differentiated impacts of urbanisation on lake communities in Bengaluru, India." International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 13, no. 1: 17-31.

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Published: 09 April 2020 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Urban street trees provide critical ecosystem services such as shade and contribute to the health and well-being of urban residents - especially those who spend much of the day outdoors. Our paper focusses on one of the most vulnerable groups in a city: street vendors, who spend much of their time on streets, with or without trees. Most contemporary visions for green cities ignore street vendors and fail to consider their uses and expectations of public green spaces. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 75 street vendors in 11 market streets in the hot Indian city of Hyderabad, we discuss their perceptions of the importance of trees for their daily work and livelihood and describe the challenges that street vendors face in accessing shade in a hot city. In several instances, “development” of urban areas has led to gentrification, with the felling of trees and displacement of street vendors, bringing into question their ‘right to the city’. We argue that street vendors are largely left out of considerations of urban ecological planning, despite being one of the groups most affected by the availability of wooded streets in cities. Ecologists, urban researchers, planners and landscape designers must explicitly consider greening strategies from the perspective of street vendors for inclusive, sustainable urban development.

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Sukanya Basu; Harini Nagendra. The street as workspace: Assessing street vendors’ rights to trees in Hyderabad, India. Landscape and Urban Planning 2020, 199, 103818 .

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Sukanya Basu, Harini Nagendra. The street as workspace: Assessing street vendors’ rights to trees in Hyderabad, India. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2020; 199 ():103818.

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Sukanya Basu; Harini Nagendra. 2020. "The street as workspace: Assessing street vendors’ rights to trees in Hyderabad, India." Landscape and Urban Planning 199, no. : 103818.

Articles
Published: 03 February 2020 in Urban Geography
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This paper uses the example of a lost urban lake – the Dharmambudhi within the south Indian city of Bengaluru to illustrate the profound and long-standing effects of historical socio-technical infrastructural change. We demonstrate processes by which capitalist urban development and notions of the sanitary city in the nineteenth century led to the collapse of the lake system and its conversion into a bus station. We also show how by removing the use of the water body, it became possible to destroy a critical urban ecological infrastructure, thus making it unusable to people who depended upon it to sustain their lives and livelihoods. This coupled with technocratic narratives of efficiency and scarcity led to the co-opting of the resource rendering them separate from urban life.

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Hita Unnikrishnan; Manjunatha B.; Harini Nagendra; Vanesa Castán Broto. Water governance and the colonial urban project: the Dharmambudhi lake in Bengaluru, India. Urban Geography 2020, 42, 263 -288.

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Hita Unnikrishnan, Manjunatha B., Harini Nagendra, Vanesa Castán Broto. Water governance and the colonial urban project: the Dharmambudhi lake in Bengaluru, India. Urban Geography. 2020; 42 (3):263-288.

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Hita Unnikrishnan; Manjunatha B.; Harini Nagendra; Vanesa Castán Broto. 2020. "Water governance and the colonial urban project: the Dharmambudhi lake in Bengaluru, India." Urban Geography 42, no. 3: 263-288.

Perspective
Published: 20 January 2020 in Nature Sustainability
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Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when ‘co-produced’ by academics and non-academics. Co-production promises to address the complex nature of contemporary sustainability challenges better than more traditional scientific approaches. But definitions of knowledge co-production are diverse and often contradictory. We propose a set of four general principles that underlie high-quality knowledge co-production for sustainability research. Using these principles, we offer practical guidance on how to engage in meaningful co-productive practices, and how to evaluate their quality and success.

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Albert V. Norström; Christopher Cvitanovic; Marie F. Löf; Simon West; Carina Wyborn; Patricia Balvanera; Angela T. Bednarek; Elena M. Bennett; Reinette Biggs; Ariane De Bremond; Bruce M. Campbell; Josep G. Canadell; Stephen R. Carpenter; Carl Folke; Elizabeth A. Fulton; Owen Gaffney; Stefan Gelcich; Jean-Baptiste Jouffray; Melissa Leach; Martin Le Tissier; Berta Martín-López; Elena Louder; Marie-France Loutre; Alison M. Meadow; Harini Nagendra; Davnah Payne; Garry D. Peterson; Belinda Reyers; Robert Scholes; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza; Marja Spierenburg; Mark Stafford Smith; Maria Tengö; Sandra Van Der Hel; Ingrid Van Putten; Henrik Österblom. Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability 2020, 3, 182 -190.

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Albert V. Norström, Christopher Cvitanovic, Marie F. Löf, Simon West, Carina Wyborn, Patricia Balvanera, Angela T. Bednarek, Elena M. Bennett, Reinette Biggs, Ariane De Bremond, Bruce M. Campbell, Josep G. Canadell, Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Owen Gaffney, Stefan Gelcich, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Melissa Leach, Martin Le Tissier, Berta Martín-López, Elena Louder, Marie-France Loutre, Alison M. Meadow, Harini Nagendra, Davnah Payne, Garry D. Peterson, Belinda Reyers, Robert Scholes, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Marja Spierenburg, Mark Stafford Smith, Maria Tengö, Sandra Van Der Hel, Ingrid Van Putten, Henrik Österblom. Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability. 2020; 3 (3):182-190.

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Albert V. Norström; Christopher Cvitanovic; Marie F. Löf; Simon West; Carina Wyborn; Patricia Balvanera; Angela T. Bednarek; Elena M. Bennett; Reinette Biggs; Ariane De Bremond; Bruce M. Campbell; Josep G. Canadell; Stephen R. Carpenter; Carl Folke; Elizabeth A. Fulton; Owen Gaffney; Stefan Gelcich; Jean-Baptiste Jouffray; Melissa Leach; Martin Le Tissier; Berta Martín-López; Elena Louder; Marie-France Loutre; Alison M. Meadow; Harini Nagendra; Davnah Payne; Garry D. Peterson; Belinda Reyers; Robert Scholes; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza; Marja Spierenburg; Mark Stafford Smith; Maria Tengö; Sandra Van Der Hel; Ingrid Van Putten; Henrik Österblom. 2020. "Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research." Nature Sustainability 3, no. 3: 182-190.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2020 in Ecosystems and People
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Patricia Balvanera; Sander Jacobs; Harini Nagendra; Patrick O’Farrell; Peter Bridgewater; Emilie Crouzat; Nicolas Dendoncker; Sean Goodwin; Karin M. Gustafsson; Andrew N. Kadykalo; Cornelia B. Krug; Fernanda Ayaviri Matuk; Ram Pandit; Juan Emilio Sala; Matthias Schröter; Carla-Leanne Washbourne. The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people: challenges and opportunities. Ecosystems and People 2020, 16, 345 -353.

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Patricia Balvanera, Sander Jacobs, Harini Nagendra, Patrick O’Farrell, Peter Bridgewater, Emilie Crouzat, Nicolas Dendoncker, Sean Goodwin, Karin M. Gustafsson, Andrew N. Kadykalo, Cornelia B. Krug, Fernanda Ayaviri Matuk, Ram Pandit, Juan Emilio Sala, Matthias Schröter, Carla-Leanne Washbourne. The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people: challenges and opportunities. Ecosystems and People. 2020; 16 (1):345-353.

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Patricia Balvanera; Sander Jacobs; Harini Nagendra; Patrick O’Farrell; Peter Bridgewater; Emilie Crouzat; Nicolas Dendoncker; Sean Goodwin; Karin M. Gustafsson; Andrew N. Kadykalo; Cornelia B. Krug; Fernanda Ayaviri Matuk; Ram Pandit; Juan Emilio Sala; Matthias Schröter; Carla-Leanne Washbourne. 2020. "The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people: challenges and opportunities." Ecosystems and People 16, no. 1: 345-353.

Articles
Published: 02 November 2019 in Journal of Land Use Science
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It is important to understand environmental and conservation consciousness, commonly referred to as ‘environmentalism’, considering the crisis of global environmental change. Environmentalism of the North has been characterized as focused on ‘pristine’ landscapes of wilderness. In contrast, discussions on environmentalism of the South focus on indigenous and long-settled communities with intrinsic associations to nature, keeping social justice at the core. In an increasingly globalized world characterized by migration, teleconnections and changing ecologies, environmental placemaking helps us move beyond these dichotomies to understand the dynamic process by which diverse social and ecological practices, meanings and attachments to nature can be collectively harnessed for conservation. We discuss the growing body of literature that examines environmental placemaking and argue that this literature contributes significant explanatory power to land change science, by helping understand the motivations that act as precursors to shape both proximate drivers of land change, and responses to them.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. The role of environmental placemaking in shaping contemporary environmentalism and understanding land change. Journal of Land Use Science 2019, 14, 410 -424.

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Amrita Sen, Harini Nagendra. The role of environmental placemaking in shaping contemporary environmentalism and understanding land change. Journal of Land Use Science. 2019; 14 (4-6):410-424.

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Amrita Sen; Harini Nagendra. 2019. "The role of environmental placemaking in shaping contemporary environmentalism and understanding land change." Journal of Land Use Science 14, no. 4-6: 410-424.

Articles
Published: 02 November 2019 in Journal of Land Use Science
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The rapid expansion of cities and the impacts of urbanization on local and global environmental factors such as biodiversity and climate change are of great concern. Reliable rapid approaches for mapping the expansion of cities are of increasing importance today. In this paper, we explore the use of Google Earth Engine to classify land cover in Indian cities from Landsat imagery, using a Random Forest approach, a robust per-pixel approach to supervised classification which generates classification trees based on the band values of the desired classes. Cities were classified into four classes – urban, vegetation, waterbody, and fallow land. We developed global and individual random forest models and used them to classify India’s 10 largest cities. Our results show that the global model produces accuracies greater to individual models, with an overall classification accuracy greater than 80% for each city. This research provides an empirically grounded method to map cities.

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Shivani Agarwal; Harini Nagendra. Classification of Indian cities using Google Earth Engine. Journal of Land Use Science 2019, 14, 425 -439.

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Shivani Agarwal, Harini Nagendra. Classification of Indian cities using Google Earth Engine. Journal of Land Use Science. 2019; 14 (4-6):425-439.

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Shivani Agarwal; Harini Nagendra. 2019. "Classification of Indian cities using Google Earth Engine." Journal of Land Use Science 14, no. 4-6: 425-439.

Journal article
Published: 29 August 2019 in Land
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Attempts to study shifting cultivation landscapes are fundamentally impeded by the difficulty in mapping and distinguishing shifting cultivation, settled farms and forests. There are foundational challenges in defining shifting cultivation and its constituent land-covers and land-uses, conceptualizing a suitable mapping framework, and identifying consequent methodological specifications. Our objective is to present a rigorous methodological framework and mapping protocol, couple it with extensive fieldwork and use them to undertake a two-season Landsat image analysis to map the forest-agriculture frontier of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, in Northeast India. We achieve an overall accuracy of ~80% and find that shifting cultivation is the most extensive land-use, followed by tree plantations and old-growth forest confined to only a few locations. We have also found that commercial plantation extent is positively correlated with shortened fallow periods and high land-use intensities. Our findings are in sharp contrast to various official reports and studies, including from the Forest Survey of India, the Wastelands Atlas of India and state government statistics that show the landscape as primarily forested with only small fractions under shifting cultivation, a consequence of the lack of clear definitions and poor understanding of what constitutes shifting cultivation and forest. Our results call for an attentive revision of India’s official land-use mapping protocols, and have wider significance for remote sensing-based mapping in other shifting cultivation landscapes.

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Amit John Kurien; Sharachchandra Lele; Harini Nagendra. Farms or Forests? Understanding and Mapping Shifting Cultivation Using the Case Study of West Garo Hills, India. Land 2019, 8, 133 .

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Amit John Kurien, Sharachchandra Lele, Harini Nagendra. Farms or Forests? Understanding and Mapping Shifting Cultivation Using the Case Study of West Garo Hills, India. Land. 2019; 8 (9):133.

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Amit John Kurien; Sharachchandra Lele; Harini Nagendra. 2019. "Farms or Forests? Understanding and Mapping Shifting Cultivation Using the Case Study of West Garo Hills, India." Land 8, no. 9: 133.

Perspective
Published: 16 July 2018 in Nature Sustainability
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Urbanization is a global phenomenon with strong sustainability implications across multiple scales. We argue that much of the associated challenges, and opportunities, are found in the global south. We show that urban issues in the global south are distinctly and statistically different from those in the global north, but our current urban knowledge is predominantly shaped by research on and from the global north. Cities in the global south have strong imperatives, and unique but often overlooked capacity, to innovate and experiment for sustainability. We call for a renewed research focus on urbanization in the south, and suggest targeted efforts to correct structural biases in the knowledge production system.

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Harini Nagendra; Xuemei Bai; Eduardo Brondizio; Shuaib Lwasa. The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability. Nature Sustainability 2018, 1, 341 -349.

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Harini Nagendra, Xuemei Bai, Eduardo Brondizio, Shuaib Lwasa. The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability. Nature Sustainability. 2018; 1 (7):341-349.

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Harini Nagendra; Xuemei Bai; Eduardo Brondizio; Shuaib Lwasa. 2018. "The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability." Nature Sustainability 1, no. 7: 341-349.

Journal article
Published: 13 June 2018 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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Biodiversity includes multiscalar and multitemporal structures and processes, with different levels of functional organization, from genetic to ecosystemic levels. One of the mostly used methods to infer biodiversity is based on taxonomic approaches and community ecology theories. However, gathering extensive data in the field is difficult due to logistic problems, especially when aiming at modelling biodiversity changes in space and time, which assumes statistically sound sampling schemes. In this context, airborne or satellite remote sensing allows information to be gathered over wide areas in a reasonable time. Most of the biodiversity maps obtained from remote sensing have been based on the inference of species richness by regression analysis. On the contrary, estimating compositional turnover (β‐diversity) might add crucial information related to relative abundance of different species instead of just richness. Presently, few studies have addressed the measurement of species compositional turnover from space. Extending on previous work, in this manuscript, we propose novel techniques to measure β‐diversity from airborne or satellite remote sensing, mainly based on: (1) multivariate statistical analysis, (2) the spectral species concept, (3) self‐organizing feature maps, (4) multidimensional distance matrices, and the (5) Rao's Q diversity. Each of these measures addresses one or several issues related to turnover measurement. This manuscript is the first methodological example encompassing (and enhancing) most of the available methods for estimating β‐diversity from remotely sensed imagery and potentially relating them to species diversity in the field.

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Duccio Rocchini; Sandra Luque; Nathalie Pettorelli; Lucy Bastin; Daniel Doktor; Nicolò Faedi; Hannes Feilhauer; Jean‐Baptiste Féret; Giles M. Foody; Yoni Gavish; Sérgio Godinho; William E. Kunin; Angela Lausch; Pedro J. Leitão; Matteo Marcantonio; Markus Neteler; Carlo Ricotta; Sebastian Schmidtlein; Petteri Vihervaara; Martin Wegmann; Harini Nagendra. Measuring β‐diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2018, 9, 1787 -1798.

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Duccio Rocchini, Sandra Luque, Nathalie Pettorelli, Lucy Bastin, Daniel Doktor, Nicolò Faedi, Hannes Feilhauer, Jean‐Baptiste Féret, Giles M. Foody, Yoni Gavish, Sérgio Godinho, William E. Kunin, Angela Lausch, Pedro J. Leitão, Matteo Marcantonio, Markus Neteler, Carlo Ricotta, Sebastian Schmidtlein, Petteri Vihervaara, Martin Wegmann, Harini Nagendra. Measuring β‐diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2018; 9 (8):1787-1798.

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Duccio Rocchini; Sandra Luque; Nathalie Pettorelli; Lucy Bastin; Daniel Doktor; Nicolò Faedi; Hannes Feilhauer; Jean‐Baptiste Féret; Giles M. Foody; Yoni Gavish; Sérgio Godinho; William E. Kunin; Angela Lausch; Pedro J. Leitão; Matteo Marcantonio; Markus Neteler; Carlo Ricotta; Sebastian Schmidtlein; Petteri Vihervaara; Martin Wegmann; Harini Nagendra. 2018. "Measuring β‐diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring." Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9, no. 8: 1787-1798.

Book part
Published: 05 May 2018 in Urban Planet
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Susan Parnell; Thomas Elmqvist; Timon McPhearson; Harini Nagendra; Sverker Sörlin; Xuemei Bai; Niki Frantzeskaki; Corrie Griffith; David Maddox; Patricia Romero-Lankao; David Simon; Mark Watkins. Situating Knowledge and Action for an Urban Planet. Urban Planet 2018, 1 -16.

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Susan Parnell, Thomas Elmqvist, Timon McPhearson, Harini Nagendra, Sverker Sörlin, Xuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, Corrie Griffith, David Maddox, Patricia Romero-Lankao, David Simon, Mark Watkins. Situating Knowledge and Action for an Urban Planet. Urban Planet. 2018; ():1-16.

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Susan Parnell; Thomas Elmqvist; Timon McPhearson; Harini Nagendra; Sverker Sörlin; Xuemei Bai; Niki Frantzeskaki; Corrie Griffith; David Maddox; Patricia Romero-Lankao; David Simon; Mark Watkins. 2018. "Situating Knowledge and Action for an Urban Planet." Urban Planet , no. : 1-16.

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Published: 05 May 2018 in Urban Planet
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David Simon; Corrie Griffith; Harini Nagendra; Thomas Elmqvist; Xuemei Bai; Niki Frantzeskaki; David Maddox; Timon McPhearson; Susan Parnell; Patricia Romero-Lankao; Mark Watkins. Rethinking Urban Sustainability and Resilience. Urban Planet 2018, 149 -162.

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David Simon, Corrie Griffith, Harini Nagendra, Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, David Maddox, Timon McPhearson, Susan Parnell, Patricia Romero-Lankao, Mark Watkins. Rethinking Urban Sustainability and Resilience. Urban Planet. 2018; ():149-162.

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David Simon; Corrie Griffith; Harini Nagendra; Thomas Elmqvist; Xuemei Bai; Niki Frantzeskaki; David Maddox; Timon McPhearson; Susan Parnell; Patricia Romero-Lankao; Mark Watkins. 2018. "Rethinking Urban Sustainability and Resilience." Urban Planet , no. : 149-162.

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Published: 01 May 2018 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Madhumitha Jaganmohan; Lionel Sujay Vailshery; Seema Mundoli; Harini Nagendra. Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2018, 32, 64 -70.

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Madhumitha Jaganmohan, Lionel Sujay Vailshery, Seema Mundoli, Harini Nagendra. Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2018; 32 ():64-70.

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Madhumitha Jaganmohan; Lionel Sujay Vailshery; Seema Mundoli; Harini Nagendra. 2018. "Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 32, no. : 64-70.

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Published: 26 April 2018 in Urban Planet
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Cambridge Core - Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry - Urban Planet - edited by Thomas Elmqvist

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Harini Nagendra; Sverker Sörlin; Dagmar Haase; Burak Güneralp; Bharat Dahiya; Marina Alberti; Andrew Gonzalez; Abel Chávez; Chris Kennedy; Bin Chen; Marian Chertow; Tim Baynes; Shaoqing Chen; Olga Wilhelmi; Mikhail Chester; Franz W. Gatzweiler; Jo Ivey Boufford; Anna Pomykala; Michael Cohen; Lena Simet; David Gómez-Álvarez; Eduardo López-Moreno; Edgardo Bilsky; Karina Blanco Ochoa; Efrén Osorio Lara; Andrew Rudd; Maruxa Cardama; Eugénie L. Birch; Aromar Revi; Sandra Naumann; McKenna Davis; Michele-Lee Moore; Kes McCormick; Ulrich Mans; Sarah Giest; Thomas Baar; Karen MacClune; Kanmani Venkateswaran; Bolanle Wahab; Sascha Petersen; Nivedita Mani; Bijay Kumar Singh; Adina Dumitru; Julia Wittmayer; Flor Avelino; Sarah Burch; Sara Hughes; Heike Schroeder; Laura M. Pereira; Elena Bennett; Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs; Garry Peterson; Albert Norström; Per Olsson; Rika Preiser; Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne; Joost Vervoort; Mahim Maher. Urban Planet. Urban Planet 2018, 1 .

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Harini Nagendra, Sverker Sörlin, Dagmar Haase, Burak Güneralp, Bharat Dahiya, Marina Alberti, Andrew Gonzalez, Abel Chávez, Chris Kennedy, Bin Chen, Marian Chertow, Tim Baynes, Shaoqing Chen, Olga Wilhelmi, Mikhail Chester, Franz W. Gatzweiler, Jo Ivey Boufford, Anna Pomykala, Michael Cohen, Lena Simet, David Gómez-Álvarez, Eduardo López-Moreno, Edgardo Bilsky, Karina Blanco Ochoa, Efrén Osorio Lara, Andrew Rudd, Maruxa Cardama, Eugénie L. Birch, Aromar Revi, Sandra Naumann, McKenna Davis, Michele-Lee Moore, Kes McCormick, Ulrich Mans, Sarah Giest, Thomas Baar, Karen MacClune, Kanmani Venkateswaran, Bolanle Wahab, Sascha Petersen, Nivedita Mani, Bijay Kumar Singh, Adina Dumitru, Julia Wittmayer, Flor Avelino, Sarah Burch, Sara Hughes, Heike Schroeder, Laura M. Pereira, Elena Bennett, Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Garry Peterson, Albert Norström, Per Olsson, Rika Preiser, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Joost Vervoort, Mahim Maher. Urban Planet. Urban Planet. 2018; ():1.

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Harini Nagendra; Sverker Sörlin; Dagmar Haase; Burak Güneralp; Bharat Dahiya; Marina Alberti; Andrew Gonzalez; Abel Chávez; Chris Kennedy; Bin Chen; Marian Chertow; Tim Baynes; Shaoqing Chen; Olga Wilhelmi; Mikhail Chester; Franz W. Gatzweiler; Jo Ivey Boufford; Anna Pomykala; Michael Cohen; Lena Simet; David Gómez-Álvarez; Eduardo López-Moreno; Edgardo Bilsky; Karina Blanco Ochoa; Efrén Osorio Lara; Andrew Rudd; Maruxa Cardama; Eugénie L. Birch; Aromar Revi; Sandra Naumann; McKenna Davis; Michele-Lee Moore; Kes McCormick; Ulrich Mans; Sarah Giest; Thomas Baar; Karen MacClune; Kanmani Venkateswaran; Bolanle Wahab; Sascha Petersen; Nivedita Mani; Bijay Kumar Singh; Adina Dumitru; Julia Wittmayer; Flor Avelino; Sarah Burch; Sara Hughes; Heike Schroeder; Laura M. Pereira; Elena Bennett; Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs; Garry Peterson; Albert Norström; Per Olsson; Rika Preiser; Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne; Joost Vervoort; Mahim Maher. 2018. "Urban Planet." Urban Planet , no. : 1.