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Estifanos Addisu Yimer¹, Lien De Trift¹, Stefaan Dondeyne²

¹Department of Water and Climate, Vrije University of Brussels, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

|July 10, 2024

Summary

Nature-based solutions (NBS) effectively mitigate drought impacts. A new framework identifies suitable areas for detention basins and managed aquifer recharge, crucial for managing water scarcity and climate change.

Keywords:

Detention basin Drought-induced water scarcity Managed aquifer recharge Multi-criteria decision-making Nature-based solutions Suitability mapping

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Water Resource Management
Climate Change Adaptation

Background:

Droughts are costly climate disasters with increasing frequency and intensity.
Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer effective drought mitigation strategies.
Existing frameworks lack drought-specific criteria for NBS suitability mapping.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel framework for identifying drought-coping NBS suitability at a regional scale.
To assess the effectiveness of detention basins and managed aquifer recharge for drought mitigation.
To incorporate drought-specific criteria and climate change scenarios into suitability analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilized two multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques: Boolean logic and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).
Developed a framework incorporating climate change scenarios for surface/groundwater, recharge, and groundwater characteristics.
Applied the framework regionally in Flanders, Belgium, to map NBS suitability.

Main Results:

Boolean logic identified 298.7 km² for detention basins and 867.5 km² for managed aquifer recharge in Flanders.
AHP analysis revealed broader suitability: 2552.2 km² for detention basins and 2538.7 km² for managed aquifer recharge.
Detention basins showed potential to partially offset high regional groundwater demand.

Conclusions:

The proposed framework effectively identifies suitable NBS locations for drought management.
Both Boolean logic and AHP approaches demonstrate the adaptability and scalability of the framework.
Implementing NBS is vital for sustainable water resource management under increasing drought conditions.