WS3 | Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions for Water Management (Theme 1)
Session Details
| Moderator: | Mukand Babel Victor Shinde Andreas Haarstrick |
| Date/Time: | 10.10.2024, 14:15 – 16:15 |
| Location: | Biologischer Hörsaal |
Description
While engineering solutions for water management are still much required to address the water woes, it is now well established that careful management, use, protection and restoration of urban ecosystems can provide multifunctional services to address water-related and other societal challenges. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) is a conceptual framework that seeks to use properties of nature to co-produce ecosystem services to build climate change resilience and improve quality of life by mitigating the relationship between health inequality and socio-economic adversity.
The workshop will use a three-stage approach for the delivery. Correspondingly, there are three main sections of the workshop. These are:
- Understanding NbS
The purpose of this session is for participants to have a common understanding about the various facets of NbS—context, need, benefits, application, scope, and limitations. It will highlight and discuss practical examples from different geoclimatic and socioeconomic settings. - Implementing NbS
This session will focus on introducing participants to a practical tool for NbS decision-making called “Decode NbS”. The tool will help the participants understand the practical application of different types of NbS interventions in relevant context covering aspects related to land suitability, cost, time to realize benefits, scope, operations and maintenance, co-benefits, and limitations. - Mainstreaming NbS
This session will involve participants in a moderated discussion on city-wide application of NbS vis-à-vis policy measures, institutional mechanism, and community participation.