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Article

Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research

by
José Luis Caparrós-Martínez
,
Juan Milán-García
,
Nuria Rueda-López
* and
Jaime de Pablo-Valenciano
Department of Business and Economics, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Water 2020, 12(6), 1760; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061760
Submission received: 2 June 2020 / Revised: 17 June 2020 / Accepted: 18 June 2020 / Published: 20 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Abstract

Green infrastructure (GI) is a nature-based solution that encompasses all actions that rely on ecosystems and the services they provide to respond to various societal challenges such as climate change, food security or disaster risk. The objective of this work is to analyze the state of the art and latest trends in research on GI related to the water cycle for the period 2002–2019. For this purpose, a bibliometric study is carried out taking as reference the two most important scientific databases, Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The results show that, as of 2013, there is an exponential increase in the number of publications. This is due to the fact that significant regions of the planet, such as Europe, have adopted strategies aimed at promoting the use of GI since 2013. The keyword analysis points out that ecosystem services is the most relevant concept, which shows the capacity of these infrastructures to facilitate multiple goods and services related to the water cycle. New lines of research are opened up which are based on the analysis of other elements of GI related to water, such as groundwater.
Keywords: green infrastructure; water resources; environmental services; sustainability; nature-based solutions; bibliometric analysis green infrastructure; water resources; environmental services; sustainability; nature-based solutions; bibliometric analysis

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Caparrós-Martínez, J.L.; Milán-García, J.; Rueda-López, N.; de Pablo-Valenciano, J. Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research. Water 2020, 12, 1760. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061760

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Caparrós-Martínez JL, Milán-García J, Rueda-López N, de Pablo-Valenciano J. Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research. Water. 2020; 12(6):1760. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061760

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Caparrós-Martínez, José Luis, Juan Milán-García, Nuria Rueda-López, and Jaime de Pablo-Valenciano. 2020. "Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research" Water 12, no. 6: 1760. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061760

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Caparrós-Martínez, J. L., Milán-García, J., Rueda-López, N., & de Pablo-Valenciano, J. (2020). Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research. Water, 12(6), 1760. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061760

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