Nature-Based Solutions for Climate and Environmental Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Forestry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 March 2023) | Viewed by 12139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem services; land use change; ecology; green infrastructures; nature-based solutions; wetland ecology
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Interests: urban forestry; ecosystem services; ecological modeling; tree ecophysiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The climate crisis and human pressures have triggered significant environmental changes, causing considerable risks to the health of ecosystems and people. Population growth and related effects, such as land consumption and alteration of ecological processes, demand reconsidering the planning and management of natural capital. Nature-based solutions (NbS) such as green (e.g., green walls and roofs, urban trees and parks) and natural infrastructures (e.g., forests, floodplains, wetlands) can increase resilience to climate impacts (i.e., heat waves, stormwater management), improve environmental quality (i.e., biodiversity, air pollution removal, soil remediation), and provide multiple other ecosystem services for society (e.g., physical and mental health). This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of nature-based solution applications to address climate and environmental change mitigation and adaptation. The purpose is to supply selected contributions on the management of natural capital and the evaluation of multifunctional ecosystem services, also considering possible trade-offs in the light of global changes.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Natural capital management and conservation;
- Application of NbS in urban and natural areas;
- Design and planning of green–natural infrastructures;
- Assessment of multifunctional ecosystem services;
- Effects of NbS on ecosystems and human health;
- Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies.
Dr. Mattias Gaglio
Dr. Rocco Pace
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural capital
- nature-based solutions
- green infrastructures
- ecosystem services
- climate change adaptation
- ecosystem restoration
- human health
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