
Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security
An Action Agenda for the 21st Century
Description
Key Features
- Covers all issues of water security and natural infrastructures
- Presents a comprehensive state of synthesis, providing readers with a solid grounding in the field of natural infrastructures and water security
- Includes a fully workable and intuitive roadmap for action that is presented as a guide to the most important actions for practitioners, research questions for academics, and information on promising careers for students entering the field
Readership
Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction to nature-based solutions and water security
1. Setting the scene: Nature-based solutions and water security
Jan Cassin and John H. Matthews
2. History and development of nature-based solutions: Concepts and practice
Jan CassinSection 2: State of science and knowledge
3. Addressing water security through nature-based solutions
Kari Vigerstol, Robin Abell, Kate Brauman, Wouter Buytaert, and Adrian Vogl
4. Nature-based solutions, water security and climate change: Issues and opportunities
Jan Cassin and John H. Matthews
5. Nature-based solutions, sustainable development, and equity
Leah L. Bremer, Bonnie Keeler, Puaʻala Pascua, Rebecca Walker, and Eleanor SterlingSection 3: State of policy and governance
6. Why governments embrace nature-based solutions: The policy rationale
Kathleen Dominique, Nathanial Matthews, Lisa Danielson, and John H. Matthews
7. Nature-based solutions in international policy instruments
Ingrid Timboe and Kathryn Pharr
8. Legible rivers, resilient rivers: Lessons for climate adaptation policy from the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Denielle M. PerrySection 4: Nature-based solutions in action
9. Nature-based solutions for source water protection in North America
Jan Cassin
10. Protecting source waters in Latin America
Marta Echavarria, Jan Cassin, and Jose Bento da Rocha
11. Mobilizing funding for nature-based solutions: Peru’s drinking water tariff
Cheyenne Coxon, Gena Gammie, and Jan Cassin
12. Urban blue spaces, health, and well-being
Paula Vandergert, Pauline Georgiou, Lisa Peachey, and Sam Jelliman
13. Learning from indigenous and local knowledge: The deep history of nature-based solutions
Jan Cassin and Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi
14. Nature-based solutions and corporate water stewardship
Naabia Ofosu-Amaah, Robin Abell, Jehanne Fabre, Paul Fleming, Michael Matosich, Jason Morrison, and Tara Varghese
15. Funding and financing to scale nature-based solutions for water security
Sophie Trémolet, Brooke Atwell, Kathleen Dominique, Nathanial Matthews, Michael Becker, and Raul MuñozSection 5: Moving to scale: What is needed
16. Mainstreaming nature-based solutions through insurance: The five “hats” of the insurance sector
Elena Lopez-Gunn, Monica A. Altamirano, Mia Ebeltoft, Nina Graveline, Roxane Marchal, David Moncoulon, Beatriz Mayor, Florentina Nanu, Nora Van Cauwenbergh, Peter van der Keur, Josh Weinberg, Pedro Zorrilla Miras, and Jan Cassin
17. Operationalizing NBS in low- and middle-income countries: Redefining and “greening” project development
Alex Mauroner, Nureen F. Anisha, Ernesto Dela Cruz, Eugenio Barrios, and Sujith Sourab Guntoju
18. Nature-based solutions: Action for the 21st century
Jan Cassin, John H. Matthews, Elena Lopez-Gunn, Leah L. Bremer, Cheyenne Coxon, Kathleen Dominique, Marta Echavarria, Gena Gammie, Roxane Marchal, Alex Mauroner, Naabia Ofosu-Amaah, Denielle M. Perry, Eleanor Sterling, Ingrid Timboe, Paula Vandergert, Kari Vigerstol, and Sophie Trémolet
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: July 22, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128198711
- eBook ISBN: 9780128198988
About the Editors
Jan Cassin
Affiliations and Expertise
John Matthews
Affiliations and Expertise
Elena Gunn
Affiliations and Expertise
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