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| Title | Nature Based Solutions for water management |
| Group | Water Systems and Global Change |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | L Ho Huu
J van Loon C Arslan K Williams M del Pozo |
| Examiner(s) | L Ho Huu |
| Contact info | Maria del Pozo (maria.delpozogarcia@wur.nl) MIL
Wouter Smolenaars (wouter.smolenaars@wur.nl) MCL, MES and MUE |
| Begin date | 2024/01/01 |
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| Description | ‘Nature Based Solutions' (NBS) are increasingly seen as a promising approach to solve climate-related problems, including SLR and flood risk. In addition, NBS provide co-benefits including enhanced delivery of Ecosystem Services (ESS) and improved Biodiversity (BD). NBS are solution-oriented activities or measures that are based on, inspired by, or copied from nature. They vary from the direct use of existing or restored natural systems and processes, to solutions with green elements, sometimes adjoined with other types of measures. Although the NBS concept is enthusiastically embraced by e.g. policy makers and water managers, applications in flood risk management are still limited, and usually on a small scale. There are still important knowledge gaps in NBS’s performance in coastal risk reduction, as well as in their impact on the (social) environment. Moreover, implementation of NBSs often requires a change in the current, technology driven, management of natural systems and associated governance arrangements.
Development of an approach to upscale nature based solutions for water management. Projects (with SA and SEA partners): https://nbs4asia.com/projects/ Projects (with Dutch partners) on the development of flood proof landscapes. Governance related topics on implementing and learning from NBS for coastal resilience within governance/policy networks (100 Resilient Cities; The Covenant of Mayors; etc.) Any topics developed by students on the NBS-related theme. |
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