Urban Wetlands in Latin America : Protection, Conservation, Innovation, Restoration, and Community for Sustainable and Water Sensitive Cities / edited by Carolina Rojas Quezada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rojas Quezada, Carolina.

Series:

Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2523-3092

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Biology).

Freshwater ecology.

Marine ecology.

Sustainability.

Urban policy.

Ecology.

Geography.

Urban Ecology.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Urban Policy.

Environmental Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Urban Ecology.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Sustainability.

Urban Policy.

Environmental Sciences.

Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book is about the contribution of urban wetlands in livable cities. Urban wetlands are very valuable blue-green infrastructure spaces for human settlements, yet they are disappearing as a result of urbanization. This phenomenon is worldwide, but is particularly intense in Latin America. Although international literature has made an effort to document the multiple ecosystem services provided by these ecosystems, such as water and air cleansing, flood mitigation and recreation, among others, we want to draw attention to the fact that the loss of urban wetlands affects the sustainability of cities and future generations. Therefore, and given the weakness of public policies implemented in the region for their protection, it is essential to highlight good practices, mechanisms and strategies aimed at Protection, Conservation, Innovation, Restoration, and work with the Community, all of this hand in hand with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The book offers a comprehensive coverage combining the need to protect and conserve urban wetlands from the pressures of urban growth, as well as highlighting successful experiences of regulation and of course applied research aimed at nature-based solution design for flood management and wastewater treatment, restoration areas, green infrastructure plans, as well as experiences of collective work with communities in contexts of political tensions for the defense of wetlands. .

Contents:

Chapter 1 Urban wetland losses and land-use conservation challenges in three Latin American cities

Chapter 2 Regulation and protection of urban wetland: a comparative analysis in Chile, Colombia, and Peru

Chapter 3 Urban wetlands for sustainable cities in México

Chapter 4 Urban wetlands protection Law in Chile. A successful tool

Chapter 5 Urban Wetlands in Latin America as support to 17 SDG: A guideline to sustainable cities

Chapter 6 Exploring the behaviour of LLanquihue´s urban wetlands: Lessons learnt and perspectives for water-sensitive urban design

Chapter 7 The use of Urban Wetlands as an Integrating element for Wastewater and Stormwater solutions in an Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Approach: a case study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chapter 8 Collective actions to defend rivers and wetlands from urbanization in Mexico

Chapter 9 Urban wetlands as resilient landscape infrastructure. Thecase of Llanquihue Green Infrastructure Plan, Chile

Chapter 10 Restoration in the Rocuant Andalién coastal wetland (Chile): a transdisciplinary proposal

Chapter 11 Social and ecological restoration in Quebrada Parque, Puerto Varas

Chapter 12 BIORUTAS Wetlands of the Mapocho River. A Revaluation Opportunity around Itineraries and Communities Mapocho.-Chapter 13 The role of citizenship in wetlands protection. Comparative analysis of three urban wetlands in Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783031695902

3031695909

OCLC:

1473701093