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Characterizing nature-based living labs from their seeds in the past

Bhatta, A. (author), Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Slinger, J (author)

Nature-based living labs combine the elements of nature-based solution design with a living lab context to address social and environmental resilience challenges. There is a need to deepen insights on the characteristics of the emergent phenomenon of nature-based living labs, with respect to their predecessors. Accordingly, the paper first...

review 2024

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Towards climate just nature-based solutions: A social vulnerability framework for mapping ecosystem service demand

van der Laarse, Gerdus (author)

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly being used around the globe as a climate action tool. In the Global South, which faces significant climate risks, higher urbanisation rates emphasise the importance of climate justice. While social valuations and interactions with nature-based solutions have been well researched, the relationships...

master thesis 2023

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Every Drop Counts: How to keep the Rhine functional in times of drought

van den Berg, Anna (author)

More and more frequently, the streamflow of the Rhine becomes dangerously low. Drought is exacerbated by climate change, glaciers are melting at rapid rates. These problems affect the functions and ecosystems around the Rhine. The Rhine accounts for two-thirds of all inland waterway transports across Europe and thus experiences severe economic...

master thesis 2023

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Sensitivity of salt intrusion to estuary-scale changes: A systematic modelling study towards nature-based mitigation measures

Hendrickx, G.G. (author), Kranenburg, W.M. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), Huismans, Y. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)

Estuaries are among the most densely populated and heavily utilised regions in the world, where crucial functions – e.g., freshwater availability and water safety – strongly relate to the natural dynamics of the system. When developing nature-based solutions to safeguard these essential functions, a thorough understanding of estuarine...

journal article 2023

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A co-design method for including stakeholder perspectives in nature-based flood risk management

Slinger, J (author), Cunningham, S. (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author)

Intervention methods to establish commitment to (collaborative) action are of potential interest to researchers and policymakers intent upon including stakeholder perspectives in natural risk governance (Scolobig, Nat Hazards 81:27–43, 2016). In this paper, a 6-step co-design method for engaging with local people in collaboratively...

journal article 2023

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Capitalized value of evolving flood risks discount and nature-based solution premiums on property prices

Mutlu, A. (author), Roy, Debraj (author), Filatova, T. (author)

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are a cornerstone of climate change adaptation worldwide. Yet, evidence on their economic benefits is scarce, especially since the provided environmental amenities usually spatially correlate with climate-induced hazards, effects of which NbS aim to curb. This lack of empirical evidence creates obscurity regarding...

journal article 2023

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Exchanging urban knowledge: Japan X Netherlands

van Eeden, Paul (author)

One of the many challenges facing the Netherlands is the government’s<br/>goal of building one million homes by 2030, as a solution to the housing<br/>deficiency that’s plaguing the Netherlands. The intended method is to densify current urban areas rather than continuously expand outward into green areas to keep the natural environment open for...

master thesis 2022

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Agroecologies for the Stateless: The case of Murcia, Spain

Inglezaki, Katerina (author)

Murcia, one of Spain’s autonomous communities, is located in south-eastern Spain. The region is a gigantic irrigation machine operated by farmers, cooperatives, and increasingly foreign-owned multinationals or large supermarkets that either cultivate their own land or lease from smaller plot owners. It comprises a sector that has managed to make...

master thesis 2022

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Regenerative Ruins: Reevaluating and implementing decentralized freshwater harvesting techniques as a tool to transform decaying monuments in the urban context of Willemstad, Curaçao

Da Costa Gomez, Alexander (author)

As freshwater scarcity has become one of the most important environmental and social issues of the 21st century, the way the built environment interacts with water must be reconsidered. Today’s urban water cycle in Curaçao is characterized by linear, centralized, polluting, costly, time and energy consuming and does not contribute to cultural...

master thesis 2022

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Cooperating for added value: Using participatory game theory in implementing nature-based flood defences

Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Janssen, Stephanie (author), Hermans, L.M. (author), Slinger, J (author)

The increasingly active role of stakeholders in the development of innovative nature-based solutions calls for appropriate instruments to support and realise added value from their involvement. In this paper we apply a newly developed instrument “Cooperation for Added Value” (Co-Add) to a study area on the Dutch coast. The instrument draws on...

journal article 2022

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Beyond TRL – Understanding institutional readiness for implementation of nature-based solutions

Van Cauwenbergh, N. (author), Dourojeanni, P.A. (author), van der Zaag, P. (author), Brugnach, M. (author), Dartee, K. (author), Giordano, R. (author), Lopez-Gunn, Elena (author)

This paper explores the concept of “institutional readiness” (IR) applied to the adoption and mainstreaming of Nature-based solutions (NBS) to deal with climate related risks. We argue that barriers towards up-scaling and mainstreaming of NBS are a manifestation of uncertainty, and are often associated with the ‘readiness’ of the...

journal article 2022

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In-Between Nature: Reconsidering Design Practices for Territories In-Between from a Social-Ecological Perspective

van den Brink, L. (author), Rooij, R.M. (author), Tillie, Nico (author)

During past decades, Territories in-Between (TiB) have gained increased attention among researchers in the field of urban planning and design. TiB are often considered to be underused, lack spatial quality and are under mounting pressure of urban densification. However, the rich diversity of land uses and abundance of semi-open spaces in the TiB...

book chapter 2022

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Landscape-Based Urbanism: Cultivating Urban Landscapes Through Design

Nijhuis, S. (author)

Sustainable urbanisation requires planning and design strategies and principles that take the (natural) landscape as the basis for working with natural processes for the benefit of socially and ecologically inclusive and thriving urban landscapes. Such an approach takes the landscape first and considers the biosphere the context for social and...

book chapter 2022

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A specific transdisciplinary co-design workshop model to teach a multiple perspective problem approach for integrated nature-based design

Slinger, J (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author)

Inter- and transdisciplinary place-based learning by international groups of students formed an integral component of the Partnerships for International Research and Education Coastal Flood Risk Reduction (PIRE-CFRR) program “Integrated, multiscale approaches for understanding how to reduce vulnerability to damaging events.” The program aimed to...

book chapter 2022

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The grey – green spectrum: A review of coastal protection interventions

Singhvi, Ankita (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), van Oudenhoven, Alexander P.E. (author)

In the face of uncertainties around coastal management and climate change, coastal engineering interventions need to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Nature-based solutions and other non-traditional, integrated interventions are gaining traction. However, system-based views are not yet embedded into coastal management strategies....

review 2022

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Factors regulating sediment fluxes over an engineered foredune and adjacent dune slack

Oude Vrielink, J.J. (author), Eleveld, M.A. (author), van Westen, B. (author), Galiforni-Silva, F. (author), Wijnberg, K.M. (author)

This study aims to identify and understand the annual scale sediment transport patterns in a fully engineered dune-dune slack system that was created from seabed sediments for grey dune and moist dune slack habitat creation at the Delfland coast (the Netherlands). The annual morphological development was analysed using LiDAR elevation data....

conference paper 2021

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Discrete frequency downshifting in wave spectra on shallow water

Saprykina, Ya.V. (author), Kuznetsov, S. Yu. (author), Shtremel, M.N. (author)

Wind waves propagating in the coastal zone, are subject to various changes associated primarily with the impact of nonlinear and dissipative processes. Wave transformation leads to change in the shape of wave spectrum. Sometimes, the major peak frequency shifts to the low-frequency region and so-called “frequency downshifting” are observed. It...

conference paper 2021

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A biophysical model for seedling establishment in mangrove forests

Gijsman, R. (author), Horstman, E.M. (author), Willemsen, P.W.J.M. (author), Swales, A. (author), Wijnberg, K.M. (author)

Mangrove seedling establishment is crucial to the long-term development of mangrove forests. This study incorporates a process-based approach for seedling establishment in a process-based hydrodynamic model. The biophysical model is used to simulate seedling establishment in the Firth of Thames estuary (New Zealand). The results are compared to...

conference paper 2021

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Towards a nature-based solution for the Brouwersdam beach in the Netherlands: Following the Building with Nature approach to counteract long-term erosion of a recreational beach as a consequence of large-scale morphological changes in a closed-off outer delta

Janssen, Pauline (author)

Since the Brouwersdam was built as part of the Delta plan, the Grevelingen outer delta undergoes large-scale morphological changes. These changes led to the formation of a shoal adjacent to the dam, which is referred to as the Brouwersdam beach. The beach has been eroding and shifting towards the northeast ever since. The beach has no safety...

master thesis 2021

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Principles Guiding NBS Performance and Impact Evaluation

Skodra, Julita (author), Connop, Stuart (author), Tacnet, Jean-Marc (author), Van Cauwenbergh, Nora (author), Almassy, D. (author), Baldacchini, C. (author), Basco Carrera, L. (author), Caitana, B. (author), Cardinali, M. (author)

The Handbook aims to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive NBS impact assessment framework, and a robust set of indicators and methodologies to assess impacts of nature-based solutions across 12 societal challenge areas: Climate Resilience; Water Management; Natural and Climate Hazards; Green Space Management; Biodiversity; Air Quality;...

book chapter 2021