The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have
increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to …

Urban areas require more investment to maintain greenery. Greener areas are becoming
increasingly attractive to stakeholders. As a result, urban parks are more valuable …

As a response to increasing urbanization and changing weather and climatic patterns, urban
green infrastructure (UGI) emerged as a concept to increase resilience within the urban …

Obtaining public and/or private finance for upscaling urban nature-based solutions (NBS) is
a key barrier for reaching urban sustainability goals, including climate mitigation and …

Green infrastructure (GI) revitalizes vegetation and soil, restores hydro-ecological processes
destroyed by traditional urbanization, and naturally manages stormwater on-site, offering …

Climate change is presenting one of the main challenges to our planet. In parallel, all
regions of the world are projected to urbanise further. Consequently, sustainable …

Cities increasingly have to find innovative ways to address challenges arising from climate
change and urbanization. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been gaining attention as …

Managing urban flood risk is a key global challenge of the twenty-first century. Drivers of
future UK flood risk were identified and assessed by the Flood Foresight project in 2002 …

Climate change and urbanization have resulted in several societal challenges for urban
areas. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been positioned as solutions for enhancing …

Green Infrastructure (GI) is considered to be an innovative stormwater management
approach that offers numerous other environmental benefits including reduction in air …