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Title
Nature-based solutions for flood-drought risk mitigation in vulnerable urbanizing parts of East-Africa |
Full text
https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/562389 |
Date
2018 |
Author(s)
Kalantari, Zahra; Ferreira, Carla S.S.; Keesstra, Saskia; Destouni, Georgia |
Abstract
Urbanization and climate changes have direct impacts on ecosystems and the services they provide to society, thus influencing human well-being and health. Urban sprawl may conflict with ecosystem services, e.g. enhancing water-related stresses and risks of, e.g., droughts and floods, with significant economic, environmental and societal impacts. Such hydro-climatic extremes and their societal impacts are evident around the world. East Africa is a region with highly vulnerable populations to frequent floods and droughts. To achieve long-term sustainable solutions to such water-related risks and problems, we need to understand and plan for the feedback mechanisms between population expansion and associated land-use changes and their impacts on ecosystem services. The potential of nature-based solutions to mitigate these risk and problems in urban development under climate change needs to be considered and accounted for in spatial planning and management strategies. |
Subject(s)
Climate change; Hydro-climatic extremes; Land use change; Natural hazards; Nature-based solution; Sustainable solutions |
Language
en |
Relation
https://edepot.wur.nl/517712 |
Type of publication
Article/Letter to editor |
Format
text/html |
Source
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 5 (2018) |
Rights
Wageningen University & Research |
Identifier
10.1016/j.coesh.2018.06.003 |
Repository
Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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