
Nature-Based Solutions in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals
Theory and Practice
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 14. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-443-21782-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-21782-1 (9780443217821)
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Haozhi Pan | Zahra Kalantari | Carla Ferreira
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Theory and Practice
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Persons
Haozhi Pan integrates regional economics and spatial data science to explore how cities can achieve economic growth and digital smartness. His work also focuses on co-governance goals such as carbon neutrality and citizen participation.
Zahra Kalantari has successfully led and carried out interdisciplinary research with focus on understanding of earth and human systems to develop science, technology and innovation solutions to planet's most pressing environmental challenges associated with the combined effects of changes in climate, land-use and water-use in terrestrial environments.
Carla Ferreira's main research interests include land degradation and restoration, impacts of anthropogenic activities and climate change on land at different scales, nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, and sustainable land-use planning.
Cong Cong's research focuses on using data, computing, and informatic tools to inform more effective decision-making. She explores the intersection of computer science and urban planning and uses large-scale urban modeling, and spatial big data analysis as exploratory techniques.
Zahra Kalantari has successfully led and carried out interdisciplinary research with focus on understanding of earth and human systems to develop science, technology and innovation solutions to planet's most pressing environmental challenges associated with the combined effects of changes in climate, land-use and water-use in terrestrial environments.
Carla Ferreira's main research interests include land degradation and restoration, impacts of anthropogenic activities and climate change on land at different scales, nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, and sustainable land-use planning.
Cong Cong's research focuses on using data, computing, and informatic tools to inform more effective decision-making. She explores the intersection of computer science and urban planning and uses large-scale urban modeling, and spatial big data analysis as exploratory techniques.
Editor
Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Auxiliary Researcher, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Applied Research Institute, Portugal
Lecturer, Urban Science and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Content
Nature Based Solutions in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals
About the Editors
Introduction
1. NbS to Support Sustainable Development Goals
1.1 Forests for climate change mitigation: temporal dynamics of carbon sequestration in the forests of Stockholm County
1.2 Impact of green, grey and hybrid infrastructure on flood risk in partly urbanized catchment
1.3 Flood mitigation at catchment scale: assessing the effectiveness of constructed wetlands
1.4 A new framework for urban flood volume estimation using Low-Impact Development methods and intelligent models
1.5 Policy Nexus for Urban Resilience and Nature-based Solutions
2. Policy Approach to promote NbS
2.1 Policy, finance and capacity building innovations for scaling nature-based solutions
2.2 NbS and Policy Communication
2.3 The Integration and Adoption of the Concept of Urban Resilience into Policy in the Netherlands
About the Editors
Introduction
1. NbS to Support Sustainable Development Goals
1.1 Forests for climate change mitigation: temporal dynamics of carbon sequestration in the forests of Stockholm County
1.2 Impact of green, grey and hybrid infrastructure on flood risk in partly urbanized catchment
1.3 Flood mitigation at catchment scale: assessing the effectiveness of constructed wetlands
1.4 A new framework for urban flood volume estimation using Low-Impact Development methods and intelligent models
1.5 Policy Nexus for Urban Resilience and Nature-based Solutions
2. Policy Approach to promote NbS
2.1 Policy, finance and capacity building innovations for scaling nature-based solutions
2.2 NbS and Policy Communication
2.3 The Integration and Adoption of the Concept of Urban Resilience into Policy in the Netherlands