Assessment of Community Gardens’ role in mitigating air pollution and expanding social opportunities: Lessons from a neighborhood with limited green infrastructure in Tehran city

Authors: Mahsa Khanpoor-Siahdarka, Mohammad Reza Masnavi

Source: Energy Nexus, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 100363- (2025)

Subject Terms: Community gardens, Urban sustainability, Tehran, Socio-environmental disparities, Nature-based solutions (NBS), Renewable energy sources, TJ807-830, Agriculture (General), S1-972

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Achieving socio-economic resilience in neighborhood through nature-based solutions: A systematic review

Authors: Basem Hegazy, Laila Khodeir, Fatma Fathy

Source: Results in Engineering, Vol 25, Iss , Pp 104266- (2025)

Subject Terms: Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), Socio-economic resilience, Environmental justice, Circular economy, Technology

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A nature-based solutions assessment framework integrating indigenous biocultural and ecosystem services perspectives: An Australian example

Authors: Kamaljit K. Sangha, Ronju Ahammad, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Leigh-Ann Woolley

Source: Ecological Indicators, Vol 172, Iss , Pp 113230- (2025)

Subject Terms: Biocultural indicators, Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC), Integrated ecological and socio-cultural indicators framework, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), Nature repair market, Northern Australia, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Recommendations for a successful assessment of Nature-based Solutions in an urban context. URBAN GreenUP project lessons learnt

Authors: Esther San Jose, Bárbara Díez, Silvia Gómez, Raquel Marijuán, Jorge Calvo, Thami Croeser, Trinh Tran Duc, Raúl Sánchez

Source: Nature-Based Solutions, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 100221- (2025)

Subject Terms: Nature-based solutions (NbS), KPI (key performance indicators), Assessment, Performance, Barriers, Recommendations, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Natural Disasters Occurrence, Reduction, and Restoration in Mountain Regions

Contributors: Chen, Su-Chin

Subject Terms: debris flow occurrence, rainfall index, rainfall return period, probability, extreme drought, Mekong, SPI, Mann–Kendall, time series clustering, integrated multi-satellite retrievals (IMERG), harmony, preference, cognitive factors, physical elements, questionnaire survey, landslide potential, random forest, antecedent landslides, machine learning, landslide evolution, landslide activity, vegetation recovery time, spatiotemporal hotspot, landslide susceptibility analysis, event-based landslide inventory, ensemble model, Shihmen watershed, water quality, deep learning, recursive neural network, actions, reorganization, artificial disaster, young farmer, resilience community, land use, quantitative landslide assessment, Rize, satellite images, tea garden, debris flow, sediment transport mode, transition process, changing streambed gradient, sediment transport concentration, flow depth, gravel migration velocity, flume experiment, landslide hazard, land use evaluation, multiple logistic regression, rainfall variability, sediment disaster prevention, SABO, adaptation measure, climate change, Japan, discharge measurement, mean surface velocity, non-contact measurement, acoustic doppler flowmeter, magnetic-inductive current meter, genetic algorithm (GA), landslide-prone area, landslide scarp assessment, ellipse-referenced idealized curved surface (ER-ICS), flow paths, scenario investigation, sediment-related disaster, non-structural measurement, socio-economic conditions, human loss, community-based analysis, natural hazards, landslide, susceptibility, GIS, Vietnam, landslides, 3D engineering geological model, grid- and vector-based, surface and subsurface displacement monitoring, failure mechanisms, geotechnical engineering design, earthquake-induced landslides, landslide mobility, pumice, perennial groundwater zone, organic soil layers, clay mineral soil layers, headwater catchment, serpentine, unsaturated upward flux, rainfall-induced landslide, sediment disaster, Keras, multilayer perceptron, hyperparameter tuning, mountain disaster risk reduction, large-scale landslide, triggering rainfall, early warning system, linear regression, nonlinear regression, uncertainty, visual language translation, mountain stream facilities, perception, qualitative analysis, scenic beauty estimation (SBE), caption evaluation method (CEM), landslide mitigation, monitoring, micro-hydro plant, costs reduction, gray-box model, physical modeling, rainfall, wedge slope, the intersection angle, half-wedge angle, landslide recovery rate, local outlier analysis, Mann–Kendall trend test, spatiotemporal analysis, sub-watershed scale, Taiwan, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), ecosystem services, disaster reduction, industry-government-academia collaboration, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

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Sustainable Rural Development: Strategies, Good Practices, and Opportunities Ⅱ

Contributors: Masot, Ana Nieto, Gascón, José Luis Gurría

Subject Terms: China, dilemmas, global leadership, national development strategy, policy implementation, rural revival and development, urban and rural development, focus groups, interest groups, stakeholders, tourism, Extremadura, specialized agricultural villages, geographical factor, the underdeveloped region, arable land ecological compensation, arable land support services, food production, farmland rental market, household income, agricultural productivity, rural land reform, rural settlement, mountainous areas, spatial reconstruction, SEM, driving forces, mountain region, facility status transformation, imbalanced tourism development, unequal benefits, sustainable tourism, Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone (SNPBZ), agriculture subsidy program, land use, farm size, difference-in-difference, local development strategy, rural jobs, demographic decline, rural areas, territorial approach, area-based strategies, Leader Method, rural tourism, survival of tourist infrastructures, network embeddedness, environmental awareness, improving rural human settlements (IRHS), farmers’ participation behavior, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), economic–ecological coordination, grassland management, ecological conservation, animal husbandry, rural development, depopulation, diversification, sustainable development goals, co-working, points of interest, urban planning, 15-Minute City, Natura 2000, impact, resident, expert, opinion, wellbeing, case study, land-use optimization, legume plant, competition, above-ground resources, sustainable agriculture, food security, territorial development, facilitators, social economy, LEADER, social relations, governance, networks, attitude, innovation policy, spatial distribution, spatial agglomeration, standard deviation ellipse, spatial regression model partial differential method, agricultural land transfer, rural human settlement, household livelihood capital, employment choices, regional differences, protected spaces, production specialization, recovery of the territories, natural parks, biocultural, social participation, natural protected area, conservation, analytic hierarchy process, LEADER approach, multicriteria analysis, optimal localization model, vegetation screening, building silhouette lines, visual impact assessment, sustainable rural development, planning policies, land use policy, community-based tourism, tourism community resilience, DM2, comprehensive evaluation, MAGDM, probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set, unbalanced linguistic set, information measure, travelers, overnight stays, smart village, GIS analysis, public transport, credit constraint, interlinked insurance and credit contract, technological adoption, innovative seeds, field experiment, Applied mathematics

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Assessing the potential effects of climate change on the morphodynamics of the tropical coral reef islands in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian Ocean

Authors: Hossain, SK Ariful ^{a, b}, Murali R, Mani ^{a, b, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Environmental Management February 2025 375

Raising standards for stakeholder engagement in Nature-based Solutions: Navigating the why, when, who and how

Authors: Ibrahim, Alhassan ^⁎, Marshall, Keith, Carmen, Esther, Blackstock, Kirsty L., Waylen, Kerry A.

Source: In Environmental Science and Policy January 2025 163

Exploring the potential for nature-based solutions to cool the streetscapes of a densely urbanised Mediterranean city

Authors: Mark D.C. Mansoldo, Claudia de Luca, Mario V. Balzan

Source: Nature-Based Solutions, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100177- (2024)

Subject Terms: Urban Heat Island (UHI), Nature-based Solutions (NbS), Cooling capacity, Climate change, Urban greening, Participatory planning, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Design and implementation of blue-green infrastructure for socio-cultural benefits at community scales: The case of Wigram Basin in Ōtautahi Christchurch

Authors: Tyler McNabb, Frances Charters, Rita Dionisio, Edward Challies

Source: Nature-Based Solutions, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100192- (2024)

Subject Terms: Case study, Community engagement, Community well-being, Indigenous engagement, Nature-based solutions (NBS), Transdisciplinary design, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Urban forest indicator assessment for nature-based solutions to connect biodiversity and people

Authors: Jinsuk Jeong, Chan-Ryul Park

Source: Ecological Indicators, Vol 169, Iss , Pp 112843- (2024)

Subject Terms: Urban forests, Nature-based solutions (NbS), Availability, Accessibility, Connectivity, Biodiversity, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Slope stability time evolution of a shallow landslide restored by Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWBE) techniques: A case study in Northwest Tuscany (Italy)

Authors: Preti, Federico ^{a, b, c}, Dani, Andrea ^a, Giambastiani, Yamuna ^{b, c}, Giachi, Emanuele ^{a, b, ⁎}

Source: In Ecological Engineering April 2025 214

A community-scale study on nature-based solutions (NBS) for stormwater management under tropical climate: The case of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

Authors: Fahad Ahmed, Ho Huu Loc, M. S. Babel, Juergen Stamm

Source: Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol 26, Iss 5, Pp 1080-1099 (2024)

Subject Terms: bioretention system, community-scale, multi-criteria decision analysis, nature-based solutions (nbs), storm water management model (swmm), urban climate adaptation, Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066

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COMMUNITY-LED BIOECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE G20

Authors: Hannah Sack, Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar, Hannah Reid, Anvita Pandey

Source: Revista Tempo do Mundo, Iss 34, Pp 345-368 (2024)

Subject Terms: nature-based solutions (nbs), bioeconomy, communities, g20, climate change, Social Sciences, International relations, JZ2-6530, Political science (General), JA1-92

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Designing for Climate Adaptation: A Case Study Integrating Nature-Based Solutions with Urban Infrastructure

Authors: Juan Sádaba, Arantzazu Luzarraga, Sara Lenzi

Source: Urban Science, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 74 (2025)

Subject Terms: climate adaptation, Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), urban resilience, research through design, urban infrastructure, transdisciplinary design, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Social Sciences

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Saturated constructed wetlands for the remediation of cylindrospermopsin and microcystin-LR: Plants, microbes, and biodegradation pathways

Authors: Martinez i Quer, Alba ^a, Arias, Carlos Alberto ^{b, c}, Ellegaard-Jensen, Lea ^{a, c}, Johansen, Anders ^{a, c}, Paulsen, Maria Lund ^{d, e}, Pastor, Ada ^{b, f}, Carvalho, Pedro N. ^{a, c, ⁎}

Source: In Science of the Total Environment 20 October 2024 948

Win-wins or trade-offs? Site and strategy determine carbon and local ecosystem service benefits for protection, restoration, and agroforestry

Authors: Robert I. McDonald, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Mark Mulligan, Chahan M. Kropf, Sarah Hülsen, Preston Welker, Erin Poor, James T. Erbaugh, Yuta J. Masuda

Source: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol 12 (2024)

Subject Terms: climate adaptation, climate mitigation, nature-based solutions (NBS), nature’s benefits to people, natural climate solutions (NCS), Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Research Progress in Biodiversity and Human Well-Being, Based on CiteSpace

Authors: Sunbowen Zhang, Linsheng Wen, Aifang Weng, Dongliang Cheng, Baoyin Li

Source: Biology, Vol 13, Iss 12, p 1020 (2024)

Subject Terms: biodiversity, human well-being, bibliometrics, knowledge graph, nature-based solutions (NbS), Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Assessing the Role of Forest Grazing in Reducing Fire Severity: A Mitigation Strategy

Authors: Raffaella Lovreglio, Julian Lovreglio, Gabriele Giuseppe Antonio Satta, Marco Mura, Antonio Pulina

Source: Fire, Vol 7, Iss 11, p 409 (2024)

Subject Terms: preventive management, forest-grazed pastures, fire severity, FlamMap, nature-based solutions (NBS), fuel model, Physics, QC1-999

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Incorporating suburban cropland into urban green infrastructure: A perspective of nature-based solutions in China

Authors: Tao Lin, Jiayu Cai, Hongkai Geng, Yicheng Zheng, Zhiwei Zeng, Yunkai Zheng

Source: Nature-Based Solutions, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100122- (2024)

Subject Terms: Suburban cropland, Green infrastructure (GI), Nature Based Solutions (NbS), Green exposure, China, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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