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Nature-based solutions in the urban context: terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services

Computers and Society 2021-05-18 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban challenges. However, there is still a considerable lack of agreement on the conceptualization of NBS, especially concerning typologies, nomenclature, and performance assessments in terms of ecosystem services (ES) and urban challenges (UC). Therefore, this article consolidates the knowledge from 4 European projects to set a path for a common understanding of NBS and thus, facilitate their mainstreaming.

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@article{arxiv.2105.07814,
  title  = {Nature-based solutions in the urban context: terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services},
  author = {Joana. A. C. Castellar and Lucia . A. Popartan and Josep Pueyo-Ros and Natasa Atanasova and Gunter Langergraber and Ina Saumel and Lluis Corominas and Joaquim Comas and Vicenc Acuna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.07814},
  year   = {2021}
}