Research
PBL Vulnerable Geographies
PBL The Netherlands Environmental
Assessment Agency
Applicability of NBS in socio-economic unequal urban/peri-urban contexts with waterrelated challenges
[2020-2021]
Co-Principal Investigator
To achieve inclusive and sustainable urban development, the introduction of water related Nature BasedSolutions (NBS) have proven to be effective in specific urban contexts. Different sources point out their contribution to various SDG’s in Europe, Australia and the United States, all of which are regions with high GDP levels with strong institutional contexts. However, in regions that are underdeveloped, have weak institutional contexts, high social and economic inequality and are situated in more vulnerable or extreme landscapes, the so called ‘vulnerable geographies’, the experience with Nature Based Solutions is less extensive (PBL, 2018). This study introduces the term ‘vulnerable geographies’ in which geographies are understood as both the human system (governance, socio-economic situation) and the environment (natural system, climate) as an acknowledged reciprocal relation. The notion of ‘extreme landscapes’ is defined as urbanizing landscapes under extreme climatic conditions.
[2020-2021]
Co-Principal Investigator
To achieve inclusive and sustainable urban development, the introduction of water related Nature BasedSolutions (NBS) have proven to be effective in specific urban contexts. Different sources point out their contribution to various SDG’s in Europe, Australia and the United States, all of which are regions with high GDP levels with strong institutional contexts. However, in regions that are underdeveloped, have weak institutional contexts, high social and economic inequality and are situated in more vulnerable or extreme landscapes, the so called ‘vulnerable geographies’, the experience with Nature Based Solutions is less extensive (PBL, 2018). This study introduces the term ‘vulnerable geographies’ in which geographies are understood as both the human system (governance, socio-economic situation) and the environment (natural system, climate) as an acknowledged reciprocal relation. The notion of ‘extreme landscapes’ is defined as urbanizing landscapes under extreme climatic conditions.
Hooimeijer, F. L., Kuzniecow Bacchin, T., Recubenis Sanchis, I., Meneses Di Gioia Ferreira, L., do Nascimento, L. F., Bijlsma, L., van Rijn, F., Bouwman, A., & Veerbeek, W. (2021).
