Nature‐based solutions for meeting environmental and socio‐economic challenges in land management and development

Kalantari, Zahra; Ferreira, Carla Sofia Santos; Deal, Brian; Destouni, Georgia

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“…This concept is defined in EU as following; "(NBS are) inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience." (OPERANDUM, 2019b) The idea is to mitigate risks by working with nature instead of building against it and finding the "natural way" (Kalantari, Ferreira, Deal, & Destouni, 2019) for problem solving. Such methods may vary a lot in practice and are dependent on-site characteristics.…”

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of continuous cover forestry and buffer zones as Nature Based Solutions to preserve water quality level in Lake Puruvesi and in its sub-catchment area.

Jaakko¹

2020

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Mitigation of the perceived risks of climate change is urgent issue in many fields. This research focuses on providing information to support decision making in mitigation of hydro-meteorological risks that climate change causes to the water quality in Lake Puruvesi and in its sub-catchment area. This study reviews continuous cover forestry (CCF) and buffer zones as possible nature-based solutions (NBS) that could achieve the goal of keeping the water quality level in study site on current level or improve it. The main research question of this research is: Is it economically cost-efficient to implement continuous cover forestry and buffer zones as nature-based solutions to mitigate nutrient loading in research area so that the water quality will stay at least at the current level in the future?Previous research has shown that CCF can be economically feasible way to manage forests. In addition to this, continuous cover forestry and buffer zones can reduce nutrient loading from forests to nearby waters. These solutions are evaluated in the framework of cost-benefit analysis which is the main method in this study. The aim is to monetize costs and benefits that NBS implementation will cause. If the net social benefits after analysis are positive, the project should be recommended. In this study recreation values from the study site were obtained by utilizing pre-existing valuation studies made by Finnish Natural Resource Center. Costs on the other hand were derived by using size-structured forest optimization model. The economic loss for forest owners is the difference between their optimal forest management choice, and the optimized solution, where clearcutting is restricted. In the buffer zone case optimization was similar but the costs from buffer zones are directly the maximized profits from forest as the buffer zone is completely left out from any forestry.In both cases CCF was the optimal forest management regime for the sample forests. When these costs were compared to the benefits this study produced positive net social benefits and hence CCF and buffer zones should be recommended as NBS in the study site. However, there are quite large assumptions made in this study, and further modeling of nutrient flow in study site is required as the quantified impacts of nutrient run-off are still unclear. For this reason, further research is required for more precise analysis regarding quantified impacts.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of continuous cover forestry and buffer zones as Nature Based Solutions to preserve water quality level in Lake Puruvesi and in its sub-catchment area.

Jaakko¹

2020

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“…Connectivity of surface runoff and associated sediment transport and storage because of more complex landscape structures (geology, geomorphology, land use, slope length, man-made elements, etc.) affect hydrological and geochemical processes such as rainfall-infiltration rate, soil erosion rate, water storage capacity, sediment fate and temporal storage, and carbon sequestration potential [24,25]. How a soil functions within the landscape thus depends on land and water management of the soil, plants and the landscape.…”

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The role of soils in regulation and provision of blue and green water

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Sannigrahi

López‐Vicente

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims for clean water and sanitation for all by 2030, through eight subgoals dealing with four themes: (i) water quantity and availability, (ii) water quality, (iii) finding sustainable solutions and (iv) policy and governance. In this opinion paper, we assess how soils and associated land and water management can help achieve this goal, considering soils at two scales: local soil health and healthy landscapes. The merging of these two viewpoints shows the interlinked importance of the two scales. Soil health reflects the capacity of a soil to provide ecosystem services at a specific location, taking into account local climate and soil conditions. Soil is also an important component of a healthy and sustainable landscape, and they are connected by the water that flows through the soil and the transported sediments. Soils are linked to water in two ways: through plant-available water in the soil (green water) and through water in surface bodies or available as groundwater (blue water). In addition, water connects the soil scale and the landscape scale by flowing through both. Nature-based solutions at both soil health and landscape-scale can help achieve sustainable future development but need to be embedded in good governance, social acceptance and economic viability. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The role of soils in delivering Nature's Contributions to People’.

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“…Planning support systems (PSSs) are designed to help planning authorities and other urban and regional planners understand complex urban systems, and plan for more sustainable and resilient future cities (Deal et al, 2017a;Kalantari et al, 2019aKalantari et al, , 2018Pettit et al, 2018). PSSs are used to analyze and link different aspects of urban planning (e.g.…”

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Open-source planning support system for sustainable regional planning: A case study of Stockholm County, Sweden

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Mörtberg

Destouni

et al. 2020

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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Population increases and environmental degradation are challenges for urban sustainability. Planning support systems are available to assist local authorities in developing strategies toward sustainability and resilience of urban areas, but are not always used in practice. We adapted an open-source planning support system to the case of Stockholm County, Sweden, where there is a productive working relationship between researchers, city planners, and regional planners. We employed a collaborative approach in extending and updating the planning support system and analyzed the outcomes, in order to both improve the planning support system and to investigate the process of planner engagement in planning support system development. The approach involved systematic interactions with local planning authorities and e.g. additional data processing, integrating scientific knowledge, policy, and engagement by planners in the complex process of planning for sustainable urban development. This made the planning support system more user-friendly for local planners, facilitating adoption by planning authorities through overcoming common quality and acceptance barriers to the use of planning support system in practice. Involving planners in planning support system development thus increases (i) planning support system quality, producing relevant and up-to-date outputs, and (ii) acceptance for planning support system by regional planners. Further assessment is required to determine whether planners can operate the adapted planning support system unaided.

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Nature‐based solutions for meeting environmental and socio‐economic challenges in land management and development

Cited by 20 publications

References 24 publications

Cost-Benefit Analysis of continuous cover forestry and buffer zones as Nature Based Solutions to preserve water quality level in Lake Puruvesi and in its sub-catchment area.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of continuous cover forestry and buffer zones as Nature Based Solutions to preserve water quality level in Lake Puruvesi and in its sub-catchment area.

The role of soils in regulation and provision of blue and green water

Open-source planning support system for sustainable regional planning: A case study of Stockholm County, Sweden

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