Urban Ecosystem-Level Biomimicry and Regenerative Design: Linking Ecosystem Functioning and Urban Built Environments

By 2050, 68% of the world’s population will likely live in cities. Human settlements depend on resources, benefits, and services from ecosystems, but they also tend to deplete ecosystem health. To address this situation, a new urban design planning approach is emerging. Based regenerative design, ecosystem-level biomimicry, theories, it proposes designing projects that reconnect space natural ecosystems regenerate whole socio-ecosystems, contributing health production. In paper, we review as models for recent research We examine two illustrative case studies using approach: Lavasa Hill India Lloyd Crossing U.S.A. With increasing conceptualisation application, argue contributes positive impacts socio-ecosystems enables scale jumping practices at scale. However, biomimicry create impact still lack crucial integrated knowledge functioning productions, making less effective than potentially could be. identify gaps where further needed pose relevant questions make approaches aiming more effective.