Human welfare depends on the health of nature. Decades of ill-conceived management
practices caused a decline in the quality of human life, as well as in biological and cultural …

Conventional flood control has emphasized structural measures such as levees, reservoirs,
and engineered channels—measures that typically simplify river channels and cut them off …

Although increasing concern about climate change has raised awareness of the
fundamental role of forest ecosystems, forests are threatened by human-induced impacts …

In recent years, a worldwide expansion in the frequency of large, uncontrolled, and
catastrophic wildfire events has occurred, creating drastic social, economic, and …

Abstract Urban Blue Spaces provide multiple benefits to city dwellers and, therefore, are a
key element in the social-ecological system. To responsibly maximise these benefits, it is …

Urban river restorations focus on restoring aquatic and riparian habitats, increasing flood
protection, and enhancing recreational potential. The increased recreational value such …

Urban rivers deliver a broad range of contributions of nature to human development. The
exploitation of the riverine ecosystem services evolves with uncertainty. In addition to the …

Resilience, which can also be described as absorbing capacity, describes the amount of
change that a system can undergo in response to disturbance and maintain a characteristic …

Rivers are social-ecological systems. Yet, in urban contexts, they have often been degraded
to lifeless conduits, failing to promote human-nature interactions. As a countermeasure, river …

River restoration initiatives are now widespread across the world. The research efforts
undertaken to support them are increasingly interdisciplinary, focusing on ecological but …