Nature-based solutions (NBS) can play a critical role in sustainability transitions in both urban and rural areas, but their uptake is hindered by a wide variety of barriers. While networks have been identified as a support structure for mainstreaming NBS, it is unclear what specific roles networks play in addressing the multiple barriers that NBS mainstreaming faces. Through qualitative research using focus group meetings and semi-structured interviews within two sectors in the Netherlands where attempts towards a nature-based transition are observed – i.e., agriculture and construction – we identify seven different functions through which networks address six specific barrier categories. We find network functions (e.g., knowledge sharing) that address multiple types of barriers simultaneously and network functions (e.g., lobbying towards policy makers) aimed at alleviating one specific type of barrier. We also document that networks leave certain barriers unaddressed, such as technological and political barriers in the construction sector and social barriers in both sectors. Our results contribute to a more in-depth understanding of network function – barrier combinations for nature-based sustainability transitions, both in an urban and a rural context, which can help networks to further strategize and allocate their resources.

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网络如何解决基于自然的解决方案的障碍？荷兰农业和建筑业的案例


基于自然的解决方案（NBS）可以在城市和农村地区的可持续转型中发挥关键作用，但其应用受到各种障碍的阻碍。虽然网络已被确定为国家统计局主流化的支持结构，但尚不清楚网络在解决国家统计局主流化面临的多重障碍方面发挥什么具体作用。通过使用焦点小组会议和半结构化访谈对荷兰两个部门（即农业和建筑业）进行基于自然的转型的尝试进行定性研究，我们确定了网络解决六种特定障碍类别的七种不同功能。我们发现网络功能（例如，知识共享）可以同时解决多种类型的障碍，而网络功能（例如，对政策制定者进行游说）旨在减轻一种特定类型的障碍。我们还记录了网络留下了某些未解决的障碍，例如建筑行业的技术和政治障碍以及这两个行业的社会障碍。我们的研究结果有助于更深入地了解网络功能——城市和农村背景下基于自然的可持续转型的障碍组合，这可以帮助网络进一步制定战略和分配资源。