Operationalizing ecosystem-based adaptation: Harnessing ecosystem services to buffer communities against climate change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wamsler, Christine ^a,b   Niven, Lisa ^a   Beery, Thomas H ^c   Bramryd, Torleif ^d   Ekelund, Nils ^e   Jönsson, K Ingemar ^c   Osmani, Adelina ^a   Palo, Thomas ^f   Stålhammar, Sanna ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Societal Resilience   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Municipal planning; Nature based solutions; Renaturing cities; Risk reduction; Spatial planning; Sustainability transitions; Urban planning; Urban resilience; Urban transformation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84962758880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08266-210131     Document Type: Review

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