Greening Water Risks : Natural Assurance Schemes /

Confronted with an increase in floods, droughts and other natural hazards, cities and regions are alert to find climate proof solutions that overcome the limitations of traditional grey infrastructure. Nature-based solutions are proposed as a valid way to address risk and adapt to climate change whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	López-Gunn, Elena (Editor), van der Keur, Peter (Editor), Van Cauwenbergh, Nora (Editor), Le Coent, Philippe (Editor), Giordano, Raffaele (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Series:	Water Security in a New World,
Subjects:	Human ecology-Study and teaching. Water. Hydrology. Urban ecology (Biology). Geography. Natural disasters. Freshwater ecology. Marine ecology. Environmental Studies. Urban Ecology. Regional Geography. Natural Hazards. Freshwater and Marine Ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMING
Chapter 1: Introduction- water security / NBS-NAS context
Chapter 2: Natural Assurance Schemes: NAS making a case for NBS for risk reduction and prevention
Chapter 3: The Assurance and the Insurance Value of Ecosystems
SECTION 2: ASSESSMENT, TOOLS AND METHODS
Chapter 4: Methodologies to assess and map NBS effect
Chapter 5: Risk perception in implementation of NBS
Chapter 6: Economic assessment of NBS for water-risk reduction and co-benefits
SECTION 3: INTEGRATION PROCESSES
Chapter 7: Integrated Decision Support for Adaptive Planning
Chapter 8: Business models for NBS implementation
Chapter 9: Developing an implementation strategy for hybrid water security strategies: closing the implementation gap
SECTION 4: DEMONSTRATION IN CASE STUDIES
Chapter 10: ROMANIA Lower Danube Case Case Study
Chapter 11: SPAIN Medina Case Case Study
Chapter 12: UNITED KINGDOM Thames Case Case study
Chapter 13: FRANCE Brague Case Study
Chapter 14: FRANCE Lez Case Study
Chapter 15: SLOVENIA Glinscica Case Study
Chapter 16: THE NETHERLANDS Rotterdam Case Study
Chapter 17: DENMARK Copenhagen Case Study
Chapter 18: POLAND Lodz Case study.