The role of Nature‐based Solutions in disaster resilience in coastal Jamaica: current and potential applications for ‘building back better’

Lee, Simone; Hall, Giselle; Trench, Camilo

doi:10.1111/disa.12539

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“…Fish and invertebrate communities, which play a fundamental part in preserving the health of coral reefs and mangroves, have also been negatively impacted by the macro and micro-plastic pollution reaching the bay [86]. Some promising signals have recently come from the mangrove restoration and planting projects implemented around Kingston Harbour [87]. However, such initiatives are still lacking the resources necessary to have significant large-scale impacts [28].…”

Section: Coastal Protection: Current State and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small Island City Flood Risk Assessment: The Case of Kingston, Jamaica

Rivosecchi,

Singh

2023

Water

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Jamaica has had over 200 floods in the past 50 years, causing significant human and economic losses. Kingston has often caused the most damage due to its high population density and capital exposure. Kingston is crucial to the country’s socio-economic stability, and climate change is increasing flood risk, but a local-scale assessment of its flood risk is unavailable. This study fills this gap in the literature by using two models of the integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (inVEST) suite to qualitatively assess Kingston metropolitan pluvial and coastal flood risk. Key locations like Kingston Container Terminal and downtown Kingston are at high coastal flood risk, according to the results. The study also shows that sea level rise (117%) and habitat loss (104%) will increase the highly exposed area. Instead of hard-engineering coastal protection, this study suggests investing in nature-based and ecoengineering solutions to improve coastal resilience and ecosystem services. The urban flood assessment finds downtown, particularly the Mountview and Minor catchments, at high risk due to poor runoff retention and high population density. To fully address downtown pluvial flood risk, structural social reforms are needed. To reduce short-term flood risk, local authorities should consider targeted adaptation measures. These may include maintaining the drainage gully system and reducing surface runoff in uphill downtown areas. Thus, this study seeks to inform Kingston urban planners about risk distribution and suggest adaptation measures to improve flood resilience.

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Section: Coastal Protection: Current State and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small Island City Flood Risk Assessment: The Case of Kingston, Jamaica

Rivosecchi,

Singh

2023

Water

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“…ers and beneficiaries need to address, such as water security, disaster prevention, and mitigation. (5) The feasibility analysis of the importance of the implementation plan: There is no analysis and tradeoff between the identified social challenges and the urgency of ecosystem problems…”

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“…For example, NbS interventions, such as a combination of restoration of wetlands, marshes, and dune systems and the creation of protected areas, are being deployed to address coastal erosion, risk of submersion, and marine biodiversity loss in coastal areas [2][3][4]. In Jamaica, coastal disaster risks are addressed through ecological conservation restoration projects such as protected area management, mangrove restoration, and coral restoration [5], and M. Acreman et al, argue that the social challenges of water issues in Africa, including flood disasters and water security, can be effectively addressed through ecosystem conservation and restoration [6]. However, NbS is used as a concept, and no specific measures are designed based on the framework of NbS.…”

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Research on the Application of NbS in Watershed Ecological Restoration: A Case Study of Jiulong River Watershed Shan-Shui Initiative

Li,

Sun,

Tian

2023

Sustainability

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Nature-based solutions (NbS) rapidly develop globally to address societal challenges and provide human well-being and biodiversity. Watershed restoration plays an essential role in enhancing the ecological and socio-economic benefits of the region. The design and implementation of watershed restoration projects are crucial to their effectiveness, and NbS has been applied as a concept in ecosystem-related projects. This paper proposes an evaluation method to assess the implementation of the Shan-Shui Initiative in the Jiulong River Watershed restoration projects based on the eight criteria proposed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Standard for Nature-Based Solutions. The aim is to standardize the implementation process of watershed restoration projects to achieve more significant benefits and practically apply the concept of NbS in watershed restoration. The implementation scheme of the Shan-Shui Initiative in the Jiulong River Watershed is designed to evaluate and improve the design and implementation scheme of ecological restoration projects in the actual basin. According to the assessment results, the degree of matching based on NbS for the implementation scheme of the Jiulong River Watershed Shan-Shui Initiative is 73%, which meets the criteria of NbS but needs to be improved in terms of monitoring and assessment, synergistic management, and benefit trade-offs.

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“…In essence, nature-based solutions emphasize the use of natural, ecosystem-based approaches [7,8] to restore and transform nature to achieve sustainable utilization of ecological resources [9]. Since its inception, this concept has been widely applied in various aspects, such as the development of the ecological industry [10][11][12], ecological conservation and restoration [13][14][15], and urban environmental planning [7,16,17]. It is similar to the mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and sands in terms of goals, emphasizing the need to balance nature, society, and economy to achieve sustainable development of humanity.…”

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The Comprehensive Management Zoning of Mountains, Rivers, Forests, and Farmlands Based on Element Recognition

Yu,

2023

Land

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Land subsidence, soil erosion, and landscape fragmentation frequently occur in regions of backward production capacity. Therefore, it is imperative to carry out efforts for ecological restoration in these mine-closed regions. The proposal of holistic conservation of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts provides important guidance for ecological restoration. To support the governance of regional ecology, this paper aims to discuss the layout of element governance zoning in four southern towns of Qijiang District, Chongqing. SBAS-InSAR technology, vulnerability assessment, linear trend analysis, and suitability evaluation were used to divide the mountain, water, forest, and farmland management areas. Regional comprehensive management work was implemented according to the severity of each element’s existing ecological questions. Eventually, a comprehensive management pattern of mountains, rivers, forests, and farmlands can be obtained. The results show that the mountain management area is 8.03 km2 (3.24% of the total management area), the hydrological management area is 212.07 km2 (85.80% of the total management area), the forest management area is 7.04 km2 (2.84% of the total management area), and the farmland management area is 20.07 km2 (8.12% of the total management area). In light of the current circumstances, this study advocates for the implementation of three integrated governance approaches, with a focus on managing hydrological factors. These approaches include ridge-based mountain, water, and forest governance, valley-based mountain, water, and farmland governance, and undergrowth economy-based water, forest, and farmland governance. This study explores the spatial layout and priority of the governance areas from the perspective of elements, which provides a new development direction for the current research on the life community based on policy analysis.

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The role of Nature‐based Solutions in disaster resilience in coastal Jamaica: current and potential applications for ‘building back better’

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

Small Island City Flood Risk Assessment: The Case of Kingston, Jamaica

Small Island City Flood Risk Assessment: The Case of Kingston, Jamaica

Research on the Application of NbS in Watershed Ecological Restoration: A Case Study of Jiulong River Watershed Shan-Shui Initiative

The Comprehensive Management Zoning of Mountains, Rivers, Forests, and Farmlands Based on Element Recognition

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