Nature-based solutions and water security : an action agenda for the 21st century / Jan Cassin, John H. Matthews.

Section 1: Introduction to Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security -- Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: Nature-based Solutions and Water Security -- Chapter 2. History and Development of Nature-based Solutions: Concepts and Practice -- Section 2: State of Science and Knowledge -- Chapter 3. Addressing Water Security through Nature-based Solutions -- Chapter 4. Nature-based Solutions and Climate Change -- Chapter 5. Nature-based Solutions, Sustainable Development, and Equity -- Section 3: State of Policy and Governance -- Chapter 6. Why Governments Embrace Nature-based Solutions: The Policy Rationale -- Chapter 7. Nature-based Solutions in International Policy Instruments -- Chapter 8. Legible Rivers, Resilient Rivers: Lessons for Climate Adaptation Policy from the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act -- Section 4: Nature-Based Solutions in Action -- Chapter 9. Nature-based Solutions for Source Water Protection in North America -- Chapter 10. Protecting Source Waters: Focus on Latin America -- Chapter 11. Mobilizing Funding for Nature-based Solutions: Peru’s Drinking Water Tariff -- Chapter 12. Urban Blue Spaces, Health and Well-being: The Healthy New Towns Programme -- Chapter 13. Learning from Indigenous and Local Knowledge: the Deep History of Nature-based Solutions -- Chapter 14. Nature-based Solutions in Corporate Water Stewardship -- Chapter 15. Funding and Financing to Scale Nature-based Solutions for Water Security -- Section 5: Emerging Innovations, Moving to Scale -- Chapter 16. Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions through (Re)Insurance: the Five ‘Hats’ of the Insurance Sector -- Chapter 17. Operationalizing NBS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Redefining and "Greening" Project Development -- Chapter 18. Nature-based Solutions: An Action Agenda for the 21st Century.

Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security: An Action Agenda for the 21st Century presents an action agenda for natural infrastructure on topics of standards and principles, technical evaluation and design tools, capacity building and innovative finance. Chapters introduce the topic and concepts of natural infrastructure, or nature-based solutions (NBS) and water security, with important background on the urgency of the global water crisis and the role that NBS can, and should play, in addressing this crisis. Sections also present the community of practice’s collective thinking on a prioritized action agenda to guide more rapid progress in mainstreaming NBS. With contributions from global authors, including key individuals and organizations active in developing NBS solutions, users will also find important conclusions and recommendations, thus presenting a collaboratively developed, consensus roadmap to scaling NBS -- Publisher's website.

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