Introduction to the Special Series, “Incorporating Nature‐based Solutions into the Built Environment”

Suedel, Burton C.; Oen, Amy

doi:10.1002/ieam.4540

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“…2022; Sella et al. 2022; Suedel and Oen 2022). The Water Resources Development Act of 2020 directs the USACE to fully evaluate nature‐based projects.…”

Section: Engineering With Nature®mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Projects such as restoration of barrier islands and sand dunes to attenuate storm surges or floodplains along rivers to reduce flood risks protect human communities and restore wildlife habitat. Through demonstrating the benefits, the USACE' EWN initiative has raised the potential of prioritizing nature-based solutions to more fully protect communities (Cohn et al 2022;Geisthardt et al 2022;Sella et al 2022;Suedel and Oen 2022). The Water Resources Development Act of 2020 directs the USACE to fully evaluate nature-based projects.…”

Section: Engineering With Natureâmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An example of one of EWN's focus areas that connects land and water is Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF), a type of nature-based solutions application that reduces flood risks and enhances community resilience. Nature-based features are created by human design, engineering, and construction to mimic natural features such as reefs, barrier islands, dunes, beaches, wetlands, and maritime forest that provide flood and erosion protection (Bridges et al 2015;Suedel and Oen 2022).…”

Section: Re-envisioning Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nature‐based features are created by human design, engineering, and construction to mimic natural features such as reefs, barrier islands, dunes, beaches, wetlands, and maritime forest that provide flood and erosion protection (Bridges et al. 2015; Suedel and Oen 2022).…”

Section: Engineering With Nature®mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities

Endter‐Wada

Sternlieb²,

Welsh

et al. 2022

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Interconnected global environmental and societal risks threaten the health of human and ecological communities. Institutions are avenues through which people can mobilize to respond, but institutional landscapes are fragmented. We focus on the need for institutional change in environmental management and water services to better connect land and water in the United States. Using a historical institutionalist approach and insights from sustainability transitions research, we analyze four diverse examples of connecting land and water occurring across public and private institutions where people are putting innovative perspectives and principles into practice: National Environmental Policy Act, Engineering with Natureâ; Water Utilities as Anchor Institutions, and Growing Water Smart. Comparative analysis of these examples focuses on the particular risks these institutions are responding to, how each connects land and water to promote healthy communities, the institutional transformations that are occurring, how problems are being reframed, how leadership and mobilization are driving change, what tools help bridge multiple boundaries, and what new ways of knowing and action strategies are emerging. Our examples focus on transformations within and between institutions in recognition of their importance for driving larger system change. Findings reinforce previous research on the critical role of human agency and boundary spanning in facilitating and steering sustainability transitions.

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“…2022; Sella et al. 2022; Suedel and Oen 2022). The Water Resources Development Act of 2020 directs the USACE to fully evaluate nature‐based projects.…”

Section: Engineering With Nature®mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Engineering With Natureâmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Re-envisioning Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Engineering With Nature®mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Seeds of Transformative Learning: Investigating Past Experiences From Implementing Nature-Based Solutions

Wickenberg

Kiss

McCormick

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Nature-based solutions (NBS) attract a growing interest in research and practice due to their potential to address climate change while improving human health and well-being and safeguarding biodiversity. The integration of the NBS concept in urban governance, however, is still emerging and it faces regulatory, political, financial and cognitive barriers. While the literature acknowledges an increase in NBS experimentation in cities and documents new governance approaches for NBS, academic knowledge on transformative learning to advance the potential of NBS is scarce. This article unpacks enabling and constraining factors for transformative learning through interpretative case study analysis of two NBS projects in Malmö, Sweden: BiodiverCity and EcoCity Augustenborg. To map instances of learning and investigate conditions for transformative learning in NBS implementation, this article draws on the concepts of experimenting, governing and learning and uses an analytical framework resting on three pillars: visionary ideas and strategies; stakeholder participation; and institutional arrangements. The article identifies seeds of transformative learning and argues that cross-boundary collaboration, action-oriented knowledge production, reflexive governance and citizen involvement are key enablers for transformative learning, which requires supporting structures, evaluation, continuity and relational capacities to thrive. To advance the implementation of NBS and increase urban sustainability, transformative learning should be acknowledged as a key strategic component of change. This, however, requires transformative learning to be more seriously considered in research and practice related to nature-based urban transformations.

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Introduction to the Special Series, “Incorporating Nature‐based Solutions into the Built Environment”

Cited by 2 publications

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Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities

Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities

Seeds of Transformative Learning: Investigating Past Experiences From Implementing Nature-Based Solutions

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