Modelling of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Urban Water Management—Investment and Outscaling Implications at Basin and Regional Levels

Alemaw, Berhanu F.; Chaoka, Thebeyame Ron; Tafesse, Nata T.

doi:10.4236/jwarp.2020.1210050

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“…Further, an increase in density in housing developments helps to reduce the amount of land needed for development (Adabre & Chan 2019;Rauterkus & Miller 2011). According to Alemaw et al (2020), investing in green infrastructure, such as green roofs and promoting green building materials such as recycled materials and low-VOC paints, helps reduce construction's environmental impacts. Furthermore, it can enhance sustainable housing development (Sharma & Jha 2021).…”

Section: Housing Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better

Musonda,

Mwanaumo,

Onososen

et al. 2023

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Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better is about pressing and multidimensional challenges faced in constructing resilient, sustainable, and smart infrastructure in developing countries. The 32 case studies, literature reviews, comparative analyses and systematic reviews, cover a wide range of topics, including: l sustainable and resilient infrastructure development l smart cities l digital innovation in construction l infrastructure investment l construction ergonomics l socio-environmental sustainability l gender equity, and l climate change responsesThe contributions present innovative solutions, impactful insights, and substantive contributions to the discourse on sustainable infrastructure development, and illuminate the interplay between infrastructure development, social justice, environmental sustainability, and technological advancement.Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better is essential reading for academics, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students involved in the built environment, infrastructure delivery, investment in infrastructure, civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, environmental science, and other related disciplines.

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Section: Housing Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better

Musonda,

Mwanaumo,

Onososen

et al. 2023

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“…for the sake of urban infrastructure, without considering environmental destruction and degradation (Matthews and Cruz, 2022). In North America, approaches considering the low impact on the environment were first adopted in the 1990s and the movement was named Low Impact Development (Alemaw et al, 2020). Drinking water supply and sanitation were mostly provided through grey infrastructure.…”

Section: Environmental Perspectivementioning

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Nature-based Solutions for climate-resilient cities: A proposal of a model for successful implementation

Yılmaz

2023

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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) were introduced by the IUCN for the first time, but today have different definitions in the literature. NbS are deemed the key to urban sustainability and aim to enhance the built environment through ecological and environmental interventions to support the built environment for future extremes of climate change and related hazards. NbS include blue and green infrastructures, ecological engineering, ecosystem services and ecosystem-based adaptation. Various frameworks defined different key considerations and the literature suggests plenty of frameworks towards successful NbS applications. Current debates critique the extent to which innovative and adaptive the solutions are, whether they are implemented by considering social values and social equity, and the financial burden they often bring which strengthens the disparities between the world cities. Uncontrolled urbanization often causes cities to become an environmental problem. This paper conducts a literature review to lay out the current debates and to highlight the multidimensionality of NbS. It focuses on the potential of NbS in disaster risk reduction and so the paper draws a framework to successfully implement and provide improvements for NbS based on the theoretical ground. NbS are investments in the life quality of the residents and preventive tools in the risk management of cities. The paper attempted to frame the NbS clearer for scholars interested in the subject.

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“…The results from recent research (e.g., [63,[66][67][68][69][70]) have been providing contributions to an integrated framework that can evaluate different co-benefits of NBS to the urban environment. Most of these frameworks are mostly focused on assessing NBS' effectiveness for climate resilience and specific urban challenges, such as green space management or air quality, while others have been proposed specifically to assess their resilience in cities.…”

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Accessing Synergies and Opportunities between Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Drainage Systems

2022

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Urban drainage systems face intrinsic constraints related to the deterioration of infrastructure, the interaction between systems, and increasing requirements and stresses that lower the quality of provided services. Furthermore, climate change and the need for the efficient use of resources are providing additional pressures that cannot be addressed solely with “Business-as-usual” solutions. In this paper, the consequences of such problems and limitations on the urban environment have been assessed through the identification of linked major impacts (e.g., urban flooding and pollution events) and societal externalities (e.g., economic losses, health and social issues, and environmental risks). Since Nature-based Solutions (NBS) consider human well-being, socio-economic development, and governance principles, they open new perspectives regarding urban sustainability, quality of life, and climate change adaptation. To highlight their added value to existing Urban Drainage Systems (UDS), the synergies that result from implementing NBS with traditional urban drainage systems were identified and assessed. Based on a comprehensive framework, for both wastewater and stormwater, the relevant opportunities for rethinking UDS and NBS were identified. Most relevant positive effects go beyond the mitigation of existing intrinsic constraints of traditional systems (e.g., dealing with the control of pollutants or stormwater management) since NBS also provide important economic, social, and environmental co-benefits by including water in urban planning and providing greener open spaces. This integrated and complementary solution not only represents a contribution to the sustainable management of urban water, but also enables an increase in the resilience of urban areas and, in particular, water services against climate change and for additional social co-benefits.

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Modelling of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Urban Water Management—Investment and Outscaling Implications at Basin and Regional Levels

Cited by 11 publications

References 56 publications

Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better

Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better

Nature-based Solutions for climate-resilient cities: A proposal of a model for successful implementation

Accessing Synergies and Opportunities between Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Drainage Systems

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