TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of nature-based solutions for urbanwatermanagement in European circular cities: a critical assessment based on case studies and literature
AU - Volkan Oral, Hasan
AU - Carvalho, Pedro
AU - Gajewska, Magdalena
AU - Ursino, Nadia
AU - Masi, Fabio
AU - D. van Hullebusch, Eric
AU - K. Kazak, Jan
AU - Expositoh, Alfonso
AU - Cipolletta, Giulia
AU - Andersen, Theis Raaschou
AU - Christian Finger, David
AU - Simperler, Lena
AU - Regelsberger, Martin
AU - Rous, Vit
AU - Radinja, Matej
AU - Buttiglieri, Gianluigi
AU - Krzeminski, Pawel
AU - Rizzo, Anacleto
AU - Dehghanian, Kaveh
AU - Nikolova, Mariyana
AU - Zimmermann, Martin
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Nature-based solutions (NBS) can protect, manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems. They are a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to address societal challenges and some natural hazards effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. NBS applications can be easily noticed in circular cities, establishing an urban system that is regenerative and accessible. This paper aims to offer a review on NBS for urban water management from the literature and some relevant projects running within the COST Action ‘Implementing nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city’. The method used in the study is based on a detailed tracking of specific keywords in the literature using Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, ScienceDirect and Scopus. Based on this review, three main applications were identified: (i) flood and drought protection; (ii) the water-food-energy nexus; and (iii) water purification. The paper shows that NBS provide additional benefits, such as improving water quality, increasing biodiversity, obtaining social co-benefits, improving urban microclimate, and the reduction of energy consumption by improving indoor climate. The paper concludes that a systemic change to NBS should be given a higher priority and be preferred over conventional water infrastructure.
AB - Nature-based solutions (NBS) can protect, manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems. They are a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to address societal challenges and some natural hazards effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. NBS applications can be easily noticed in circular cities, establishing an urban system that is regenerative and accessible. This paper aims to offer a review on NBS for urban water management from the literature and some relevant projects running within the COST Action ‘Implementing nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city’. The method used in the study is based on a detailed tracking of specific keywords in the literature using Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, ScienceDirect and Scopus. Based on this review, three main applications were identified: (i) flood and drought protection; (ii) the water-food-energy nexus; and (iii) water purification. The paper shows that NBS provide additional benefits, such as improving water quality, increasing biodiversity, obtaining social co-benefits, improving urban microclimate, and the reduction of energy consumption by improving indoor climate. The paper concludes that a systemic change to NBS should be given a higher priority and be preferred over conventional water infrastructure.
KW - construction, environment and energy
KW - urbanwatermanagement
KW - watermanagement
KW - climate change resilience
KW - wastewater treatment
U2 - 10.2166/bgs.2020.932
DO - 10.2166/bgs.2020.932
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2617-4782
VL - 2
SP - 112
EP - 136
JO - Blue-Green Systems
JF - Blue-Green Systems
IS - 1
ER -