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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined as efficient and adaptable interventions. They are ap proaches that use natural processes and systems to address environmental, social, and economic challenges in a sustainable way. NbS are aimed at protecting, managing, or restoring natural or modified systems. NbS are territorial intervention approaches that seek to solve environmental and social challenges through the sustainable use and restoration of natural ecosystems (Rojas et al., 2023). These include, among others, coasts, cities, watersheds, and rivers (World Bank, 2023). When applied in urban spaces, NbS address a diversity of objectives and strategies for the adap tation and sustainable management of urban life, offering a significant opportunity to mitigate environmental impacts and strengthen resilience against climate change. In the context of urban green spaces, NbS optimize ecosystem benefits, promoting climate change adaptation, reducing pollution and carbon footprint, controlling temperatures, mitigating floods and droughts, and caring for and promoting biodiversity, ultimately improving the quality of life. Incorporating NbS into the planning and development of urban green projects represents an alternative to other types of infrastructure, such as grey infrastructure, which could also provide solutions to similar problems. The difference lies in the fact that NbS offer additional benefits by working in harmony with natural processes, thereby enhancing sustainability and resilience in the complex context of urban development characteristic of Latin American cities. Given this reality, it is crucial to generate a wide range of possible NbS and have effective tools to select the most appropriate ones in each specific context. This implies a thorough approach in the evaluation of each NbS, ensuring that they align with the unique needs and characteristics of urban environments in Latin America. To achieve this objective, it is important to consider the generic standards of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which are mechanisms that allow the development of a consistent approach to the design and verification of concrete solution-oriented results. The use of these standards and the systematic deployment of NbS ensure the quality of design and implementation

Criteria for the Selection of Nature-based Solutions(NbS) for the Management of Urban Green Spaces in Latin American Developing Countries

Resource Key: Q7JPNGMR

Document Type: Report

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Author:

  • Verónica Gilberti
  • Melina Santomauro
  • Marcela Palermo Arce

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Place: Fargo, USA

Institution: IAIA

Date: July 2024

Language: en

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined as efficient and adaptable interventions. They are ap proaches that use natural processes and systems to address environmental, social, and economic challenges in a sustainable way. NbS are aimed at protecting, managing, or restoring natural or modified systems. NbS are territorial intervention approaches that seek to solve environmental and social challenges through the sustainable use and restoration of natural ecosystems (Rojas et al., 2023). These include, among others, coasts, cities, watersheds, and rivers (World Bank, 2023). When applied in urban spaces, NbS address a diversity of objectives and strategies for the adap tation and sustainable management of urban life, offering a significant opportunity to mitigate environmental impacts and strengthen resilience against climate change. In the context of urban green spaces, NbS optimize ecosystem benefits, promoting climate change adaptation, reducing pollution and carbon footprint, controlling temperatures, mitigating floods and droughts, and caring for and promoting biodiversity, ultimately improving the quality of life. Incorporating NbS into the planning and development of urban green projects represents an alternative to other types of infrastructure, such as grey infrastructure, which could also provide solutions to similar problems. The difference lies in the fact that NbS offer additional benefits by working in harmony with natural processes, thereby enhancing sustainability and resilience in the complex context of urban development characteristic of Latin American cities. Given this reality, it is crucial to generate a wide range of possible NbS and have effective tools to select the most appropriate ones in each specific context. This implies a thorough approach in the evaluation of each NbS, ensuring that they align with the unique needs and characteristics of urban environments in Latin America. To achieve this objective, it is important to consider the generic standards of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which are mechanisms that allow the development of a consistent approach to the design and verification of concrete solution-oriented results. The use of these standards and the systematic deployment of NbS ensure the quality of design and implementation

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