Synthesis Report Summarizing the Comparative Analysis of Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions Implementation in Europe and China

To address the complexity and multidimensionality of UF-NBS and to make the best of the multiple geographic, thematic, and disciplinary expertise present in the consortium, we realised what could be called an "articles-based report". This is an approach to the research where we tackle the research question by looking at its multiple dimensions through a number of articles and reports. Deliverable 2.2, thus, is a combination of a synthesis report (the present document) and a clip of 13 research articles. This document brings together all the findings and formulates lessons learnt from a Sino-European perspective, within a coherent and comprehensive picture. It summarises the articles focusing on the elements that are critical to realise the comparative in-depth analysis and illustrates the thread that connects all of them. It includes both original texts, as well as portions of the articles that are referred to. In the interest of clarity, this cumulative document also re-proposes some key elements of other tasks and deliverables (e.g. in relation to the context, to the methods, and to key findings). The individual articles can be read either as chapters of this report (i.e. after each and every individual sub-chapter), or separately. All of them can be read as independent pieces of research. They describe their respective objectives and research questions, refer to the relevant bibliograph, illustrate the methodology, the empirical material, and the findings (see Appendix 3 for a complete list of articles followed by the full versions).