Barriers to the Adoption of Urban Living Labs for NBS Implementation: A Systemic Perspective

Urban Living Labs (ULLs) are widely believed to provide a safe environment for experimentation, co-creation and evaluation of innovations in real-life settings. A growing number cities have been adopting ULLs co-create test Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). However, many these facing major barriers trying adopt the ULL approach implementing NBS. In this study, we seek identify systemic understanding. Barriers identified by means workshops interviews. Subsequently, interpretive structural modelling serves interdependencies among barriers, resulting model Our results show that political institutional significantly limiting adoption ULLs. Moreover, knowledge brokers other intermediaries, as well cross-sectoral collaboration, play key role getting adopted. The findings from study can help develop strategies overcome main context nature-based solutions.