Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas

1. Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas—Linkages Between Science, Policy and Practice
Nadja Kabisch, Horst Korn, Jutta Stadler, Aletta Bonn

Part I. Setting the Scene: Climate Change and the Concept of Nature-Based Solutions

2. Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Areas and Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation
Tobias Emilsson, Åsa Ode Sang

3. Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Change – Four Shades of Green
Stephan Pauleit, Teresa Zölch, Rieke Hansen, Thomas B. Randrup, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch

4. Double Insurance in Dealing with Extremes: Ecological and Social Factors for Making Nature-Based Solutions Last
Erik Andersson, Sara Borgström, Timon McPhearson

5. Nature-Based Solutions Accelerating Urban Sustainability Transitions in Cities: Lessons from Dresden, Genk and Stockholm Cities
Niki Frantzeskaki, Sara Borgström, Leen Gorissen, Markus Egermann, Franziska Ehnert

Part II. Evidence for Nature-Based Solutions to Adapt to Climate Change in Urban Areas

6. Integrating the Grey, Green, and Blue in Cities: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction
Yaella Depietri, Timon McPhearson

7. Urban Wetlands and Riparian Forests as a Nature-Based Solution for Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Their Surroundings
Dagmar Haase

8. Making the Case for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems as a Nature-Based Solution to Urban Flooding
McKenna Davis, Sandra Naumann

9. Assessing the Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services as Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas
Francesc Baró, Erik Gómez-Baggethun

10. Nature-Based Solutions and Buildings – The Power of Surfaces to Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change and to Deliver Biodiversity
Vera Enzi, Blanche Cameron, Péter Dezsényi, Dusty Gedge, Gunter Mann, Ulrike Pitha

Part III. Health and Social Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions in Cities

11. Effects of Urban Green Space on Environmental Health, Equity and Resilience
Matthias Braubach, Andrey Egorov, Pierpaolo Mudu, Tanja Wolf, Catharine Ward Thompson, Marco Martuzzi

12. Urban Green Spaces and the Potential for Health Improvement and Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate
Nadja Kabisch, Matilda Annerstedt Bosch

13. The Contribution of Nature-Based Solutions to Socially Inclusive Urban Development– Some Reflections from a Social-environmental Perspective
Annegret Haase

14. Urban Gardens as Multifunctional Nature-Based Solutions for Societal Goals in a Changing Climate
Ines Cabral, Sandra Costa, Ulrike Weiland, Aletta Bonn

Part IV. Policy, Governance and Planning Implications for Nature-Based Solutions

15. Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Governance and Planning
Christine Wamsler, Stephan Pauleit, Teresa Zölch, Sophie Schetke, André Mascarenhas

16. Partnerships for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas – Showcasing Successful Examples
Chantal Ham, Helen Klimmek

17. The Challenge of Innovation Diffusion: Nature-Based Solutions in Poland
Jakub Kronenberg, Tomasz Bergier, Karolina Maliszewska

18. Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas: Financing and Governance Aspects
Nils Droste, Christoph Schröter-Schlaack, Bernd Hansjürgens, Horst Zimmermann

19. Nature-Based Solutions for Societal Goals Under Climate Change in Urban Areas – Synthesis and Ways Forward
Nadja Kabisch, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Aletta Bonn

Keywords: Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Urban Ecology, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Human Geography