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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
Planning and governing nature-based solutions in river landscapes: Concepts, cases, and insights
Christian Albert1, Jochen Hack2, Stefan Schmidt3
1Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany. christian.albert@rub.de.
Abstract:
Nature-based solutions (NBS), understood as actions that use ecosystem processes to address societal needs, can play important roles to future-proof river landscape development for people and nature. However, knowledge gaps exist how NBS can be planned and implemented at landscape scales. This Special Issue brings together insights and experiences from studies of assessing, planning, and implementing NBS in river landscapes in Europe and beyond. It addresses three research fields: (i) NBS effects, looking at the effectiveness of NBS to achieve ecological, social, and/or economic outcomes, (ii) NBS planning, focusing on approaches for planning and designing NBS, and (iii) NBS governance, relating to governance and business models for implementation. The twelve contributions deliver evidence on how NBS outperform conventional, rather technical solutions, provide guidance and tools to operationalize the NBS concept into practice, and showcase successful governance models of NBS in different contexts. The editorial ends with an outlook on further research needs.
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