Order journalSubmit your articleGuide for authors Special issue The use of urban greening as nature-based solutions Last update 3 December 2024 Urbanization has led to the rapid expansion of cities, resulting in various environmental challenges such as air pollution, urban heat island effects, and ...
Urban areas are the largest source of pollutants that directly or indirectly will end up in the air, soil, and water. It is paramount to find solutions to reduce the impact of pollution on climate change, ecosystem services, biodiversity loss, and human
To improve coastal protection, resource managers, governments, local municipalities, tribal nations, military installations, non-governmental organizations, and private property owners are increasingly turning to nature-based solutions. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are broadly defined as “actions to protect...
To improve coastal protection, resource managers, governments, local municipalities, tribal nations, military installations, non-governmental organizations, and private property owners are increasingly turning to nature-based solutions. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are broadly defined as “actions to protect...
Official journal of the European Union L, 347 (924) (2013), pp. 1-24 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar European Commission, 2015 European Commission European Commission Towards an EU Research and Innovation Policy Agenda for Nature Based Solutions and Re-Naturing Cities (2015), pp. 1-74 Google ...
Metric 1: Citations-quality correlation. Despite long-standing critiques of citations and metrics derived from them, like journal impact factor andh-index, as a measure of quality, in practice they are often used as such by administrators and analysts4. Perhaps even more important is how resear...
research extension. It is also imperative to further explore and confer solutions to bridge the void between the development of accessible facilities and the conservation of the extant natural environment, as well as the impact of implementing accessibility measures on local communities living near ...
An unhealthy environment requires more strength from people to face the problems and to create solutions. It is a task that is stressful and emotionally taxing. While so many people are affected, feeling less helpless by being a part of the solution is an emotional salve. As clien...
Human pressures and global change are threatening water resources. Circumstances vary in each location; therefore, finding solutions that address local iss
evaluates the impact of nature-based solutions on near surface air temperature regulation focusing on different applications of green infrastructure. A field campaign was undertaken over the course of two summers to measure the impact of green roofs, green walls, urban vegetation and forestry systems...