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How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?
… and mitigation approaches that rely on nature-based solutions. These solutions are approaches that offer the potential to reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions. Examples include forest restoration, coastal wetland conservation, and no-till agriculture, among other practices. In this …
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Mitigating Investment Risks in Nature-Based Solutions: A Strategic Approach Towards Sustainable Project Implementation
Reforestation plays a crucial role in combating global warming while promoting biodiversity conservation and restoring ecosystems. However, poorly planned reforestation efforts can lead to increased emissions and long-term damage to landscapes, biodiversity, and livelihoods. In addition, low carbon …
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Scaling Nature-based Solutions in Urban Areas: Assessment Methods and Insights for Planning and Design
Nature-based solutions, through the protection, restoration, management, and creation of new and novel urban ecosystems and the provision of ecosystem services, constitute a promising option for pursuing urban sustainability. Despite the scientific evidence of numerous environmental, social, and …
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Spatial biophysical-economic impact assessment of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Urban Climate Change Adaptation
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Nature based solutions for coastal defense: Wave attenuation and economic analysis of marsh-fronted seawalls
A seawall fronted by salt marshes is a hybrid, nature-based solution for rural and urban coastal protection. A one-dimensional wave attenuation model was developed using first principles to capture four mechanisms that impact wave evolution: Wave breaking, vegetation drag, shoaling, and bed …
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From toots to returns: a thesis on financing climate adaptation via nature-based solutions in South Africa
… particularly those from the private sector. Nature-based solutions (NbSs) encompass actions and strategies that rely on the use of natural processes to address environmental challenges and have been highlighted as a potentially cost effective and eco-system enhancing means of building climate …
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Social equity and sustainability considerations in the planning of Nature-based solutions in Southern African Water Towers
Nature-based solutions (NbS) – ecosystem protection, restoration, sustainable management, and creation – are increasingly being promoted to support human well-being and ecosystem health, particularly in the context of a changing climate. As such, NbS are gaining popularity globally in international …
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Assessing the spatial and temporal distribution of nature-based solutions benefits. Combining economic valuation, participatory GIS and stakeholder perspectives
… how the spatial and temporal dynamics of nature-based solutions (NBS)—in particular the distribution of their benefits across space and time—shape their economic valuation, stakeholder perceptions, and public acceptability. While NBS are known to deliver benefits that vary across locations …
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NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR FLOOD RISK MITIGATION: MAPPING AND HYDROLOGICAL MODELING IN AN UNDER-RESOURCED URBAN AREA ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST
… States, affecting people disproportionately based on environmental, societal, and economic limitations. Through stakeholder engagement, open-access research, and nature-based solutions (NBS), ecology and hydrology can be bridged with local-scale politics to raise awareness of local issues and …
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EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ON FLOOD VULNERABILITY AND LOSS IN SMALL URBANIZING REGIONS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are becoming increasingly popular in cities around the world; however, such efforts have not been widely incorporated into analyses of urban flood vulnerability nor the total population and property loss of flooding to date, except for a few studies that examined the …
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nature-based solutions for territorial socio-economic innovation in the inner area of the Simeto Valley [Soluzioni basate sulla natura per l’innovazione socio-economica territoriale nell’Area Interna della Valle del Simeto]
… partecipativi per promuovere strategie place-based di riduzione del rischio e rigenerazione ecologica. Nonostante una generale mancanza di consapevolezza e un’inattività istituzionale, emergono il significativo interesse e la creatività della comunità, in particolare tra le giovani …
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Differentiated use and value of river and riparian ecosystem services and local perspectives on future safeguarding: A case study of the upper Mutale sub-catchment, Limpopo River Basin, South Africa
… to these challenges has led to the adoption of nature-based solutions, emphasizing the restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems to enhance biodiversity and human well-being. Advocates stress the necessity of local engagement and knowledge integration in nature-based solutions, …
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Community Ecosystem Services Values Support Conservation and Sustainable Landscape Development: Perspectives From Four University of California Campuses
… ecosystem conservation, turf replacement and nature-based solutions. Our study focuses on universities in Southern California, where native ecosystem remnants, nature-based solutions, lawns, and ornamental gardens co-exist, which is necessary to compare community support for transitions among …
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