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Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security : An Action Agenda for the 21st Century.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cassin, Jan (Jan Louise)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water security.
- Environmental management.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (498 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Elsevier, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security: An Action Agenda for the 21st Century presents an action agenda for natural infrastructure on topics of standards and principles, technical evaluation and design tools, capacity building and innovative finance. Chapters introduce the topic and concepts of natural infrastructure, or nature-based solutions (NBS) and water security, with important background on the urgency of the global water crisis and the role that NBS can, and should play, in addressing this crisis. Sections also present the community of practice's collective thinking on a prioritized action agenda to guide more rapid progress in mainstreaming NBS. With contributions from global authors, including key individuals and organizations active in developing NBS solutions, users will also find important conclusions and recommendations, thus presenting a collaboratively developed, consensus roadmap to scaling NBS.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security: An Action Agenda for the 21st Century
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Authors' biographies
- Foreword
- Section 1 Introduction to nature-based solutions and water security
- Chapter 1 Setting the scene: Nature-based solutions and water security
- A global water crisis and water insecurity
- Water security and the contours of the water crisis
- The contours of the water crisis
- Growing demand, threatened supplies, unsustainable water management
- Impaired ecosystems, increasing hazards
- Can old solutions succeed for emerging challenges?
- Rethinking the nature of infrastructure
- The emergence of nature-base solutions for societal challenges
- A reference volume on nature-based solutions and water security
- Organization of this book
- References
- Chapter 2 History and development of nature-based solutions: Concepts and practice
- Introduction
- The long (mostly hidden) history of nature-based solutions
- The emergence of nature-based solutions
- Nature-based solutions for water security: Reimagining infrastructure
- Nature-based solutions as a unifying concept
- Evolving theory and practice
- Standards and principles
- Typologies and frameworks
- Section 2 State of science and knowledge
- Chapter 3 Addressing water security through nature-based solutions
- NBS: Building resilience in a changing world
- Elements of water security
- NBS and water quantity
- NBS effectiveness for water quantity
- Maintaining reliable flows
- Mitigating extremes: Floods and droughts
- NBS and water quality
- NBS effectiveness for water quality
- Key design and management considerations
- Monitoring and evaluation of NBS
- Tools and guidance
- The path ahead
- Chapter 4 Nature-based solutions, water security and climate change: Issues and opportunities
- Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
- Adaptation, resilience, and nature-based solutions
- Climate resilience for water security
- Importance of integrating NBS and hard adaptation approaches
- Adaptation services from nature
- Adaptive capacity of ecosystems
- What makes ecosystems resilient?
- What are the implications for nature-based adaptation?
- Nature-based solutions' vulnerability to climate impacts
- Abrupt ecological change
- How can NBS practitioners address these challenges?
- Chapter 5 Nature-based solutions, sustainable development, and equity
- Water, well-being, nature-based solutions and equity
- Organization of the chapter
- Nature-based solutions are an important tool for achieving multiple sustainable development goals
- Nature-based solutions for water and health
- SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- Nature-based solutions for water and food security
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cassin, Jan Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security
- ISBN:
- 0128198982
- 9780128198988
- 9780128198711
- 0128198710
- OCLC:
- 1262371939
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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