Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-123

  Brink, Ebba ^a,b   Aalders, Theodor ^a   Ádám, Dóra ^a   Feller, Robert ^c   Henselek, Yuki ^d   Hoffmann, Alexander ^a   Ibe, Karin ^c   Matthey Doret, Aude ^a   Meyer, Moritz ^c   Negrut, N Lucian ^a   Rau, Anna Lena ^c   Riewerts, Bente ^c   von Schuckmann, Lukas ^a   Törnros, Sara ^a   von Wehrden, Henrik ^c   Abson, David J ^c   Wamsler, Christine ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem services cascade model; Ecosystem based management; Green and blue infrastructure; Nature based solutions; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODING; GREENSPACE; PARK DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VALUATION; WETLAND;

EID: 84953882758     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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