Publication Detail

Planning and governing nature-based solutions in river landscapes: Concepts, cases, and insights

authored by
Christian Albert, Jochen Hack, Stefan Schmidt, Barbara Schröter
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.

External Organisation(s)
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Type
Artikel
Journal
Ambio
Volume
50
Pages
1405-1413
No. of pages
9
ISSN
0044-7447
Publication date
08.2021
Publication status
Veröffentlicht
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Ökologie, Umweltchemie
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01569-z (Access: Offen)