This book catalogs the evidence based on the social, economic and environmental effectiveness of Nature based Solutions (NbS) to face environmental challenges and simultaneously provide a better understanding of associated social-ecological interactions.
NbS are reframing discussion and policy responses worldwide to environmental challenges. The concept builds on and complements other closely related concepts, such as the ecosystem approach, ecosystem services, ecosystem-based adaptation/mitigation, disaster risk reduction, sponge cities, and green/blue infrastructures. The quantification of existing NbS’ effectiveness, their operationalization and replication in different environmental settings are presented here in such a way that allows them to be both widely accepted and incorporated in policy development and in practical implementation.
1. Nature-Based Solutions in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. About the Editors - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1.1 Forests for climate change mitigation: Temporal dynamics of carbon sequestration in the forests of Stockholm County - p. 3 9. Chapter 1.2 Impact of green, gray, and hybrid infrastructure on flood risk in partly urbanized catchment - p. 25 10. Chapter 1.3 Flood mitigation at catchment scale: Assessing the effectiveness of constructed wetlands - p. 53 11. Chapter 1.4 A new framework for urban flood volume estimation using low-impact development methods and intelligent models - p. 83 12. Chapter 1.5 Policy nexus for urban resilience and nature-based solutions - p. 111 13. Chapter 2.1 Policy, finance, and capacity-building innovations for scaling nature-based solutions - p. 129 14. Chapter 2.2 NbS and policy communication - p. 153 15. Chapter 2.3 The integration and adoption of the concept of urban resilience into policy in the Netherlands - p. 173 16. Index - p. 209
This book catalogs the evidence based on the social, economic and environmental effectiveness of Nature based Solutions (NbS) to face environmental challenges and simultaneously provide a better understanding of associated social-ecological interactions.
NbS are reframing discussion and policy responses worldwide to environmental challenges. The concept builds on and complements other closely related concepts, such as the ecosystem approach, ecosystem services, ecosystem-based adaptation/mitigation, disaster risk reduction, sponge cities, and green/blue infrastructures. The quantification of existing NbS’ effectiveness, their operationalization and replication in different environmental settings are presented here in such a way that allows them to be both widely accepted and incorporated in policy development and in practical implementation.
1. Nature-Based Solutions in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. About the Editors - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1.1 Forests for climate change mitigation: Temporal dynamics of carbon sequestration in the forests of Stockholm County - p. 3 9. Chapter 1.2 Impact of green, gray, and hybrid infrastructure on flood risk in partly urbanized catchment - p. 25 10. Chapter 1.3 Flood mitigation at catchment scale: Assessing the effectiveness of constructed wetlands - p. 53 11. Chapter 1.4 A new framework for urban flood volume estimation using low-impact development methods and intelligent models - p. 83 12. Chapter 1.5 Policy nexus for urban resilience and nature-based solutions - p. 111 13. Chapter 2.1 Policy, finance, and capacity-building innovations for scaling nature-based solutions - p. 129 14. Chapter 2.2 NbS and policy communication - p. 153 15. Chapter 2.3 The integration and adoption of the concept of urban resilience into policy in the Netherlands - p. 173 16. Index - p. 209
