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Deliberating options for nature-based river development: Insights from a participatory multi-criteria evaluation

Mario Brillinger1, Sebastian Scheuer2, Christian Albert3

  • 1Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Geography, Universitätsstraße 150, 44805, Bochum, Germany; Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Environmental Planning, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419, Hannover, Germany.

Journal of Environmental Management
|June 1, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Nature-based solutions (NBS) show promise for river landscape challenges, with participants agreeing on their positive impacts on biodiversity and water quality. Deliberation helped align preferences for medium NBS interventions, though implementation hurdles remain.

Keywords:
Multi-criteria evaluationNature-based solutionsParticipatory approachRiver basin planning

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