The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is the most comprehensive effort to date to assess the state of knowledge and practice of nature-based solutionS (NbS) in cities and urbanized regions around the world.As cities face escalating challenges — from climate change and biodiversity loss to public health crises and social inequities — the need for sustainable, resilient solutions has never been more urgent. NbS offers a powerful, adaptable approa...

The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is the most comprehensive effort to date to assess the state of knowledge and practice of nature-based solutionS (NbS) in cities and urbanized regions around the world.As cities face escalating challenges — from climate change and biodiversity loss to public health crises and social inequities — the need for sustainable, resilient solutions has never been more urgent. NbS offers a powerful, adaptable approa...

The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is the most comprehensive effort to date to assess the state of knowledge and practice of nature-based solutionS (NbS) in cities and urbanized regions around the world.As cities face escalating challenges — from climate change and biodiversity loss to public health crises and social inequities — the need for sustainable, resilient solutions has never been more urgent. NbS offers a powerful, adaptable approa...

The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is the most comprehensive effort to date to assess the state of knowledge and practice of nature-based solutions (NbS) in cities and urbanized regions around the world.As cities face escalating challenges — from climate change and biodiversity loss to public health crises and social inequities — the need for sustainable, resilient solutions has never been more urgent. NbS offers a powerful, adaptable approa...

"Sustainability" is more than the latest "green" buzzword. It represents a new way of viewing the interactions of human society and the natural world. Sustainability in America's Cities highlights how America's largest cities are acting to develop sustainable solutions to conflicts between development and environment.As sustainability rises to the top of public policy agendas in American cities, it is also emerging as a new discipline in colleges and universities. Specifically desi...

Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary ...

This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show why cities must wage simultaneous battles to curb global climate change trends while adapting and transforming to address local climate impacts. This book addresses how cities develop anticipatory and long-range planning capacities for more resilient futures, earnest collaboration across disciplines, and radical reconfigurations of...

This open access book presents the state-of-the-art environmental governance research and practices in Indonesia. It offers a wide scope, covering different sectors (e.g., forestry, mining) and geographical landscapes (e.g., inland and coastal areas). This book engages with existing theories and frameworks, including Earth System Governance, Adaptive and Interactive Governance, among others to trigger a debate regarding the operationalization of such concepts, which are mostly developed fo...

This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It demonstrates how urbanization processes change...

Climate change has had a significant impact globally, predominantly for those vulnerable to its influence. The first book of its kind, The Climate Resilient Organization assesses the issues that have mounted for decision-makers in the field, while providing strategies to tackle them.With a particular focus on building climate-resilient pathways for private sector organizations, the expert authors offer practical tools and decision-making criteria for evaluating adaptation ...

The role and meaning of sustainable development have been recognized in the scientific literature for decades. However, there has recently been a dynamic increase in interest in the subject, which results in numerous, in-depth scientific research and publications with an interdisciplinary dimension. This edited volume is a compendium of theoretical knowledge on sustainable development. The context analysed in the publication includes a multi-level and multi-aspect analysis starting from th...

With a current world population that exceeds seven billion, resource consumption awareness is more important than ever. Investing in sustainable technologies and renewable resources is a necessary step to ensure the future quality of life of all human beings. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics explores topics such as poverty, gender equality, health, security, and the environment through global empirical studies and fundamental frameworks. With the goal of pr...