Nature-based Solutions for Water - World Water Development Report 2018
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
The United Nations World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water 2018 demonstrates how nature‐based solutions (NBS) offer a vital means of moving beyond business‐as‐usual to address many of the world’s water challenges while simultaneously delivering additional benefits vital to all aspects of sustainable development.
NBS use or mimic natural processes to enhance water availability (e.g., soil moisture retention, groundwater recharge), improve water quality (e.g., natural and constructed wetlands, riparian buffer strips), and reduce risks associated with water‐related disasters and climate change (e.g., floodplain restoration, green roofs).
Currently, water management remains heavily dominated by traditional, human‐built (i.e. ‘grey’) infrastructure and the enormous potential for NBS remains under‐utilized. NBS include green infrastructure that can substitute, augment or work in parallel with grey infrastructure in a cost‐effective manner.
The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and grey investments to maximize benefits and system efficiency while minimizing costs and trade‐offs.
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Taxonomy
- Drinking Water Treatment
- Water Access
- Water Supply
- Sustainability
- Water Supply
- Drinking Water Managment
- Water Management
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure Management
- Sustainable Development
- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
3 Comments
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A Time for Change - System Change. Draining the Land of scarce water, only to waste to Nature's Waterways to damage & destroy Life-essential ecosystems is illogical. Ending Marine Pollution is a necessary Climate Action: Returning "fit-for-purpose" water to land for horticulture preserves Nature's water cycle and combats Climate Change. Onshore ecosystems are robustly efficient for water recycling, while Offshore ecosystems are NOT! Visit www.baleen.com & www.twitter.com/ObstYuri for supporting information.
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This has been a very HOT topic since the end of last week.
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I am pleased to see a positive step in this direction. The solution they desire has been completed years ago. Hopefully now UN and others are agreeing this is a valid course of action. The top scientists in the world put this simple natural process together to be used insitu. Extremely inexpensive and 100% pathogen and toxins free. The technical name is Bioremediation. It involves DNA and RNA microbial groups. If UN is serious let me know. This is not a big secret.