A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

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“…Hunt et al [34] state that vegetation selection for bioretention can be categorized according to three main moisture levels as follows: (1) plant species that can withstand standing water and variations in level can be found at the lowest elevation of BRs; (2) a slightly drier set of plants that grow on standard planting material but can withstand some variation in water levels is supported by the middle elevation; and (3) plants adapted to drier circumstances are found at the outer border of BRs, which is higher than the ponding level. Plant species being reported to survive in the flooding conditions in BRs are mostly different native species found in floodplains, primarily because of their adaptation to changing environmental conditions like variations in soil saturation and inundation [35]. However, there is also evidence demonstrating that the survival of plants differs in artificial conditions relative to their naturally occurring habitat and that plants have various survival strategies.…”

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The Value of Vegetation in Nature-Based Solutions: Roles, Challenges, and Utilization in Managing Different Environmental and Climate-Related Problems

Greksa,

Ljubojević,

Blagojević

2024

Sustainability

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To address the challenges of the twenty-first century, particularly the negative effects of climate change, mitigation measures such as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are being employed. Vegetation, being a part of various NbS interventions, provides different ecosystem services that help combat current climate-related vulnerabilities. This research aims to illustrate the connection between plants’ contribution to adapting to climate change and the creation of more sustainable spaces, focusing on the usage of bioretention systems (BRs) as an example of NbS. Some of the main aspects of how vegetation is selected for BRs according to qualities that may contribute to developing sustainable landscapes, along with providing key features of plants’ adaptation, different taxonomic data, and specific plant species that have been demonstrated to be good candidates for planting in BRs, are also discussed. Therefore, the importance of this paper is in providing a comprehensive systematization of vegetation with insightful suggestions on plant species for future BR implementation.

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Section: Plant Utilization For Brs In Response To Stress From Floodin...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Value of Vegetation in Nature-Based Solutions: Roles, Challenges, and Utilization in Managing Different Environmental and Climate-Related Problems

Greksa,

Ljubojević,

Blagojević

2024

Sustainability

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Landscape-Based Urbanism: Cultivating Urban Landscapes Through Design

Nijhuis

2022

Contemporary Urban Design Thinking

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Sustainable urbanisation requires planning and design strategies and principles that take the (natural) landscape as the basis for working with natural processes for the benefit of socially and ecologically inclusive and thriving urban landscapes. Such an approach takes the landscape first and considers the biosphere the context for social and economic development. In this chapter, the concept of landscape-based urbanism is introduced, taking the physical landscape structure, and associated natural processes as a foundation to generate favourable conditions for future development and to guide and shape spatial transformation. Therefore, this approach offers a multiscale and integrative model for urban development and transformation, the preservation of biodiversity, water resource management, improved leisure facilities, community building, stronger cultural identity and economic development while taking the landscape as the basis. Landscape-based urbanism identifies and guides urban development towards the most advantageous places, functions, scales and inter-relationships through the development of robust landscape structures. Design explorations utilise knowledge of the natural and social context and are used as a systematic search for possible solutions to a spatial problem. At the same time, the design explorations make clear which landscape structures and elements, for example from an ecological or cultural-historical point of view, should be preserved.

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