As a result of urbanisation and climate change, many cities experience the necessity of
efficient and sustainable land use. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are interventions that …

Climate change impacts increase pressure on challenges to sustainability and the
developmental needs of cities. Conventional,“hard” adaptation measures are often …

Nature-based solutions are proliferating in European cities over the past years as viable
solutions to urban challenges such as climate change, urban degeneration and aging …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Abstract 'Nature-based-solutions'(NbS) aim to use nature in tackling challenges such as
climate change, food security, water resources, or disaster risk management. The concept …

Transitions towards sustainability are urgently needed to address the interconnected
challenges of economic development, ecological integrity, and social justice, from local to …

Nature-based solutions are gaining prominence in urban sustainability discourses,
especially in climate adaptation, in efforts to increase resilience, and as a means of …

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures have been increasingly promoted in the
literature, as well as in policies and practices, for their environmental and socio-economic co …

Abstract Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being advocated as a climate
adaptation approach that can deliver multiple benefits to communities. EbA scholarship …

To address increasing climatic variability and extremes, cities are gradually forced to
develop climate change adaptation strategies that can ensure a continuous and …