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Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation and Resilience in Urban Areas
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering. Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Navarino Environmental Observatory, Messinia, Greece.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7978-0040
2022 (English)In: Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation, Springer Nature , 2022, p. 59-78Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Urban areas face several environmental problems and risks related to water management, such as floods and degradation of water quality, enhancing population vulnerability and threatening urban sustainability. These problems are expected to be exacerbated with increasing urbanization and climate change, which leads to higher frequency and intensity of hydrometeorological extremes. Moving towards more flood resilient cities has proven a major challenge, particularly considering the high concentration of population and economic activities and, thus, high pressure on limited available space. Nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban areas favour stormwater retention, infiltration, and filtration, contributing to flood mitigation and enhancement of water quality. The effectiveness of different NBS on stormwater management, however, is influenced by design and placement aspects, but a network of connected NBS elements can improve flood mitigation and enhance urban resilience. Stronger evidence of the advantages of NBS, however, is still required to overcome the current challenges and barriers impairing their wider implementation in urban areas.

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Springer Nature , 2022. p. 59-78
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Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, ISSN 1867-979X ; 107
Keywords [en]
Flood mitigation, Nature-based solutions, Urban areas, Urban resilience, Water pollution
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Environmental Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-318008DOI: 10.1007/698_2021_758Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131784723OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-318008DiVA, id: diva2:1696308
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Part of book: ISBN 978-3-030-77504-9

Available from: 2022-09-16 Created: 2022-09-16 Last updated: 2022-09-16Bibliographically approved

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