Nature-Based Solutions for Improving Resilience in the Caribbean

Valero, Sara; Miranda, Juan José; Murisic, Maja

doi:10.1596/36421

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“…The development of HDMA-UGSs is one of the most proposed measures for mitigation of UHIs and improvement in thermal comfort satisfaction, which causes lower cooling energy consumption and indirectly improves the urban air quality [130]. These findings emphasise the significance of considering and further exploring the scale dependence of the UGS cooling effect in mitigating urban heat [131]. These findings further prove that many HDMA-UGSs and green infrastructure functions are complementary to resiliency goals [132].…”

Section: Mitigating Urban Heat In High-density Metropolitan Areasmentioning

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Roles of Urban Green Spaces for Children in High-Density Metropolitan Areas during Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review

Wang,

Desha,

Caldera

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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For children living in one of the 30 megacities around the world, green spaces may be far away or tokenistic, with growing accounts of youth exhibiting a variety of nature deficit disorders. Amidst increasing pressure for more high-density metropolitan areas (HDMAs), international advocacy agencies are calling for policy makers and service providers to ensure good quality urban green spaces (UGSs) for all children. Furthermore, these green spaces need to be purposefully designed to cater to children’s needs, which continue to evolve amidst extreme weather such as heat waves. Recently, pandemics have placed additional constraints on how far children can travel and their time spent outdoors, making the quality of this experience for children even more important. This systematic literature review explored the roles of HDMA-UGSs for children during pandemics. From 551 studies retrieved and curated using the PRISMA methodology, 40 papers were subsequently thematically analysed. Four roles were synthesised for HDMA-UGSs in supporting children’s experiences during pandemics, which also benefit children during ‘normal’ day-to-day life’: (1) sustaining growth and development, (2) bridging social stratifications, (3) encouraging self-agency, and (4) facilitating independent mobility. Thirteen principles were distilled to support decision making in enabling these outcomes in new-build and refurbishment projects. The results are of immediate use for decision makers who are responsible for HDMA-UGS planning, procurement, installation, and maintenance. The UGS role descriptions enable targeted design interventions for supporting children’s health and well-being, including during times of constrained outdoor time.

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Section: Mitigating Urban Heat In High-density Metropolitan Areasmentioning

confidence: 70%

Roles of Urban Green Spaces for Children in High-Density Metropolitan Areas during Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review

Wang,

Desha,

Caldera

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review

Atchison,

Foster,

Bell-James

2024

Glob. Sustain.

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Non-technical summary Substantive carbon is sequestered in mangrove, saltmarsh, seagrass, and other marine ecosystems. Blue carbon is considered to offer potential for enhanced carbon sequestration. Bringing blue carbon to market, however, presents risks to local people and communities with livelihood and other connections to these environments. While efforts are forged to establish payments for ecosystem services, blue carbon presents critical challenges to social and environmental justice. In this paper, we synthesize insights from relevant literature and provide direction for future research on the social and cultural dimensions of blue carbon. Technical summary Blue carbon has been proposed as a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change and is the focus of concerted scientific and policy attention. The rush to operationalize blue carbon however, presents significant risks for social and environmental justice where it intersects with inequality and marginalization. To date, the reasonable and just consequences of the social transformation that will accompany blue carbon are under-examined. We undertake a structured literature review of research published over the past decade that addresses the social and cultural dimensions of blue carbon, and chart four themes: (1) conceptual issues, (2) governance issues; (3) emergent lessons (from practice); and (4) future research directions that address: social acceptability; processes to address social justice including engagement, participation, and benefit sharing; information and data deficits; and institutional governance reform. If the stated opportunities are to be fully realized, we argue the social and cultural dimensions of blue carbon, and its intersections with social justice, must be attended to explicitly and clarified. Social media summary Just transitions to climate change mean attending to people, culture, and livelihoods as blue carbon is operationalized.

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Caribbean small island developing states must incorporate water quality and quantity in adaptive management of the water-energy-food nexus

Crisman

Winters

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The 10 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean in this study have unsustainable water-energy-food Nexus conditions, with stress becoming more acute via climate change, population demographics and increasing tourist demands. Water resources are limited, and wastewater treatment is inadequate or missing. Nature-based solutions (NBS), especially constructed wetlands, are effective treatment options for all SIDS and have added value for recreation, conservation and product development. On islands with abundant rainfall, NBS treated water adds little to total water resources, but can be important for small scale agriculture. Rainwater harvesting is an important alternative water source for individual households and small communities, but water reuse from tourist infrastructure has the greatest potential for SIDS to reach water sustainability, while protecting coastal waters from sewage pollution. Tourism is a two-edged sword. It swells populations and associated water demand significantly and can degrade coastal waters if wastes are not treated effectively. However, a partnership among the tourist industry, local communities and national government must be given top priority to ensure sustainability of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus in the face of progressively increasing tourist numbers and pressures. Effective governance is needed at the island and regional level to develop sound adaptative management approaches for sustainability.

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Nature-Based Solutions for Improving Resilience in the Caribbean

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Roles of Urban Green Spaces for Children in High-Density Metropolitan Areas during Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review

Roles of Urban Green Spaces for Children in High-Density Metropolitan Areas during Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review

Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review

Caribbean small island developing states must incorporate water quality and quantity in adaptive management of the water-energy-food nexus

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