Raquel Marijuan , Bárbara Díez , Sara Peláez-Sánchez , Claudia Sánchez , Jesús Iglesias , Başar Şirin , Alper Baba , Orhan Gündüz , Raúl Sánchez
{"title":"Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions on the provision of water-related and water-dependant ecosystem services","authors":"Raquel Marijuan , Bárbara Díez , Sara Peláez-Sánchez , Claudia Sánchez , Jesús Iglesias , Başar Şirin , Alper Baba , Orhan Gündüz , Raúl Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100194","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100194","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Water scarcity is a pressing issue in the Mediterranean region, exacerbated by overuse of resources for agriculture and the impacts of climate change. Addressing this challenge requires improved water cycle management and the adoption of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enhance infrastructure efficiency and sustainability. With the aim of promoting the implementation and assessment of NbS, we have developed a monitoring framework that integrates the assessment of ecological, socio-economic and cultural aspects under the umbrella of the IUCN Global Standard for NbS. A list of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) was selected following standard methodologies. We have applied the framework to five case studies in the Mediterranean region to evaluate its efficiency to assess NbS tailored to local challenges and contexts. As part of the monitoring framework, we used the IUCN self-assessment tool for the Global Standard for NbS, demonstrating adherence of 50–75 % across all case studies. Common KPIs were identified, streamlining monitoring efforts and providing guidance from the design phase onwards. Our monitoring framework offers a comprehensive approach to evaluating NbS interventions, ensuring alignment with global standards and enhancing resilience in water management. By integrating the IUCN Global Standard, it provides robust guidance for future execution, contributing to sustainable water resource management in the Mediterranean and beyond.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"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","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100192","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stormwater-related blue-green infrastructure (BGI) has been shown to play an important role in enhancing the socio-ecological-cultural resilience of communities under stress from climate change and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. BGI has been defined as natural, semi-natural, and artificial spaces that deliver valued bio-physical and socio-cultural benefits to communities through the facilitation of natural processes, with a particular focus on stormwater management. While studies have identified a range of benefits associated with BGI, research has only partially examined their valuation, especially concerning socio-cultural outcomes. Research has also failed to consider the ways in which BGI operates at community scales, and how this may be influenced by the design process of individual projects. This study examines the range of socio-cultural benefits associated with BGI projects, alongside the design characteristics which may influence these outcomes using a mixed-methods case study of Wigram Basin. Results show that while a range of benefits were associated with the implementation of local BGI, broader socio-cultural outcomes such as social cohesion, the facilitation of a sense of place, and the ability to practice cultural values were infrequently identified by respondents. Results also demonstrated that the transdisciplinary design team, specific project priorities, and the approach taken to community and Indigenous engagement may have influenced the range of benefits achieved by Wigram Basin. As such, this research recommends that the design of BGI considers the range of disciplines required to be involved in project design, the pathways required to provide socio-cultural benefits, early, ongoing, and place-based community and Indigenous engagement and education, and the ongoing assessment and valuation of all project outcomes to maximize BGI implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kota Tawa , Shigeya Nagayama , Jun Nishihiro , Keigo Nakamura , Yuichi Kayaba
{"title":"Complementary functions of created wetlands along river channels and rice paddies in floodplain biodiversity conservation","authors":"Kota Tawa , Shigeya Nagayama , Jun Nishihiro , Keigo Nakamura , Yuichi Kayaba","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100190","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100190","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The creation of wetlands along river channels, or inter-levee floodplain wetlands (ILWs), increases the cross-sectional area of rivers for flood control and is an effective nature-based solution (NbS) that is expected to achieve both flood control and biodiversity conservation in floodplains in riverine areas in Japan. To clarify the differences in habitat functions between ILWs and rice paddy fields, we surveyed the species assemblage and habitat usage of aquatic animal assemblages in ILWs and nearby rice paddies in the Nobi Plain of central Japan. <em>Rana japonica</em> bred in the ILWs, and taxon numbers of Odonata larvae and aquatic Hemiptera were greater in ILWs than in rice paddies. Fish taxa were also more abundant in the ILWs. ILWs were characterized mainly by taxa with a preference for permanent water bodies in their life history, whereas <em>Dryophytes japonicus, Pelophylax porosus brevipodus</em>, and <em>Fejervarya kawamurai</em> inhabited and bred mainly in the rice paddies, and the number of taxa of aquatic Coleoptera was also higher. The assemblages in the rice paddies were characterized by pioneer taxa with a preference for temporary waters as their primary breeding sites. Our results show that the creation of ILWs for flood control and the maintenance of rice paddies could help to conserve the original floodplain biodiversity through the complementarity of these different wetland types.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haye H. Geukes , Tosca T. Kettler , Eva M. Lansu , Vincent Bax , Solveig Höfer , Matthieu A. de Schipper , Renske de Winter , Arjen P. Luijendijk , Valerie C. Reijers , Peter M. van Bodegom , Wietse I. van de Lageweg , Tjisse van der Heide , Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven
{"title":"Sand nourishment for multifunctional coastal climate adaptation: three key implications for researchers","authors":"Haye H. Geukes , Tosca T. Kettler , Eva M. Lansu , Vincent Bax , Solveig Höfer , Matthieu A. de Schipper , Renske de Winter , Arjen P. Luijendijk , Valerie C. Reijers , Peter M. van Bodegom , Wietse I. van de Lageweg , Tjisse van der Heide , Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100191","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Increased climate impacts threaten coastal functions globally, highlighting the need for multifunctional coastal climate adaptation. Sand nourishment can adapt sandy coasts to sea level rise, mitigate erosion, increase flood safety, enhance ecological habitats and expand recreational space. Therefore, sand nourishment is increasingly regarded as a promising nature-based strategy for coastal climate adaptation. However, despite this growing recognition, the assessment of how sand nourishment design impacts multifunctional adaptation remains limited. In this perspective article, we argue for three key lessons for researchers to optimise assessing multifunctional coastal climate adaptation by sand nourishment. We conducted stakeholder workshops to scope and inform our perspective, performed semi-structured literature reviews to concretise and validate this for international applications, built a qualitative model to visualise our interdisciplinary overview of how nourishments impact coastal multifunctionality, reflected on this in expert workshops, and identified implications for researchers. In this manner, we assessed the effects of nourishment design on coastal morphology, ecology, socio-economics and ecosystem services in realising the key policy goals of flood safety, nature and recreation. We found that sand nourishment design can result in conflicts between policy goals, generate ambiguous outcomes and lead to system-wide feedback effects. As such, we identified three key lessons: (1) conflicts between policy goals require informing political decision-making on prioritisation between coastal functions, (2) concreteness is needed on otherwise ambiguous functions, and (3) ongoing, multidisciplinary system-wide monitoring is essential. We thus call for a holistic approach to sand nourishment design and encourage researchers from diverse expertise and localities to expand on and adapt our findings to optimise informing sand nourishment design for delivering multifunctional coastal climate adaptation worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric Mortensen , Timothy Tiggeloven , Joshua Kiesel , Philip J. Ward
{"title":"For resilient rural shorelines: reviewing Nature-based Solutions for flood risk reduction in small coastal communities","authors":"Eric Mortensen , Timothy Tiggeloven , Joshua Kiesel , Philip J. Ward","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100189","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Coastal flood risk poses a serious, existential threat to shoreline populations around the world both now and in the future. Unsurprisingly, global decision makers are considering their options – one of these being Nature-based Solutions – for effective disaster risk reduction which specifically targets coastal flooding. While strides have been made in the field of Nature-based Solutions for coastal flooding, much of this attention has been directed towards the urban setting, with a wealth of scholastic documentation to support this notion. The sizeable rural populations scattered throughout the world's small coastal communities, meanwhile, have been largely neglected in academic literature. Without this information, it is impossible to properly capture the full potential of Nature-based Solutions in (global) flood risk modelling endeavours or understand their role in the future of equitable disaster risk reduction. In light of this gap, we have reviewed the limited amount of existing literature from around the world involving the implementation and effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions in small coastal communities. We analysed 28 peer-reviewed studies to gather common themes and insights about the barriers and opportunities unique to these rural shorelines. Takeaways we have identified include a near consistent scarcity of resources (e.g., technical, financial, institutional) to implement disaster risk reduction measures; an abundance of space and opportune land use regimes which make Nature-based Solutions a highly plausible option; amplified nature contributions to people leading to larger benefits reaped from investments into Nature-based Solutions; and the presence of local knowledge regarding societal norms, climate patterns, and ecosystem capabilities. We argue that these four common themes point to the fact that more attention must be given to coastal flooding-focused Nature-based Solutions in the rural setting. As such, we present this collation as a starting point for future projects of similar setting and scope. We also recommend improving benefit-cost analysis methods as well as including local knowledge and other perspectives in future global assessments of coastal flood risk.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142551539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruby Naomi Michael , Javier Cortes-Ramirez , Negar Omidvar , Katherine Horsfall , Ruwan Amila Fernando
{"title":"Soil density specification ranges to optimise plant water use and root growth for phytocapping and urban greening projects","authors":"Ruby Naomi Michael , Javier Cortes-Ramirez , Negar Omidvar , Katherine Horsfall , Ruwan Amila Fernando","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil density or compaction is one of the key variables that need to be specified for designed soil profiles as part of urban greening. Examples include land rehabilitation (mining), waste containment (phytocapping), stormwater infrastructure (bioretention basins) and green infrastructure (green roofs and street trees). This study investigates the impact of a range of specified soil densities on plant water use and root development. Native Australian plant species selected for the study include: the C4 and C3 grasses, <em>Themeda triandra</em> and <em>Microlaena stipoides</em> respectively; the Eucalyptus trees, <em>E. camaldulensis</em> and <em>E. cladocalyx</em>; and the nitrogen-fixing pioneer trees, <em>Acacia mearnsii</em> and <em>Allocasuarina verticillata</em>. The plants were established at four soil density (compaction) levels: 72, 77, 82, and 87 % MDD (maximum dry density) in tall cylinders with weekly plant water use measurement over 8 months. Root growth was analysed using WinRhizo image analysis. The experimental results were used to create generalisable models for root length density (RLD), root diameter and plant water use. The models for RLD and plant water use were parabolic in nature, revealing clear optimum ranges that could be used to guide soil density specification. Root diameter provided additional insight into the allocation of resources to root thickening above a threshold soil density of 87 % MDD, indicating plant allocation of resources towards penetrating highly compacted soils. There were correlations between plant water use and RLD that were moderate and significant, particularly for grasses. Notably, <em>T. triandra</em> had the greatest mean RLD, thickest roots and plant water use at 16.8cm/cm<sup>3</sup>, 0.18 mm and 10mm/week, respectively. Findings demonstrate that RLD and plant water use can be optimised together within practically achievable soil density specification ranges that are sensitive to the pitfalls of both excessively low <em>and</em> excessively high soil densities. Recommended soil density specification ranges include: 75–82 % MDD with plant performance within 5 % of optimum (considered excellent), 74–84 % MDD with plant performance within 10 % of optimum (considered good) and 73–85 % MDD with plant performance within 15 % of optimum (considered fair). Within these ranges, plant water use and root growth performance is well balanced with practical achievement of the soil density ranges. Due to the use of %MDD, the modelled results can be usefully generalised for any soil type. Implementation of these specifications for urban greening and phytocap projects will optimise plant growth, transpiration and hydrological function while maintaining root networks essential for establishing and maintaining resilient living infrastructure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Greenness visibility in urban living environments as pathway to promote health and well-being: Mapping spatial differentiation in Flanders (Belgium) based on viewshed analysis","authors":"Peter Vervoort , Stijn Vanderheiden , Lorenz Hambsch , Lien Poelmans , Frédéric Vandermoere , Ilse Loots","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A substantial body of evidence links green space to positive health outcomes. Beyond the availability of dedicated green spaces such as parks and the overall presence of vegetation and trees, visual exposure to greenery has also been shown to be important for well-being. Enhancing visual access to greenery may thus represent a pathway to promoting health and well-being. However, at regional or national scales, insights into disparities in visual access to greenery remain scarce. Most research and policy efforts rely on two-dimensional (top-down) data, which often fails to accurately capture the amount of greenery visible from individual perspectives, such as from within homes.</div><div>This study builds on the work of Labib et al. [20], who developed a high-resolution (5 m grid) Viewshed Greenness Visibility Index (VGVI) for the Greater Manchester area (UK). By introducing technical improvements that significantly increased computational efficiency, we extended this approach to create a comprehensive VGVI map for Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. The resulting map enabled a broad assessment of VGVI disparities across Flanders. Our findings reveal evidence of distributive environmental injustice, as demonstrated by a strong negative correlation (Spearman's Rho = -0.48) between neighbourhood deprivation levels and VGVI scores. In Flanders, residents of more deprived neighbourhoods are exposed to significantly lower levels of visible greenery.</div><div>We further explored the differences and similarities between traditional top-down greenness mapping and VGVI, which provides an eye-level perspective. Although a strong positive correlation was observed at the regional scale (Pearson's r = 0.80), this relationship weakens at the local level. Our findings suggest that VGVI analysis is particularly valuable at smaller geographic scales, making it especially relevant for research or spatial policies that address disparities in individual living conditions or target specific locations, such as schools, nurseries, hospitals, retirement homes, and community centres.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toke Emil Panduro, Doan Nainggolan, Marianne Zandersen
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness analysis of urban nature-based solutions: A stepwise ranking approach","authors":"Toke Emil Panduro, Doan Nainggolan, Marianne Zandersen","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite increasing interest in Nature-based Solutions (NbS), there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the costs of different types of NbS and their variations. Cost information is crucial for economic assessments of the viability of NbS compared to other alternatives. In this paper, we provide an overview of NbS costs in urban settings, drawing primarily from a literature review of both gray and scientific literature. We present cost estimates for establishing green and blue spaces in urban and peri-urban areas, street trees, green roofs, and green walls. Our findings show that median costs are 56 EUR/m² for green spaces, 73 EUR/m³ for blue spaces, and 201 EUR/m² for green roofs.</div><div>Furthermore, we demonstrate how an economic assessment can be carried out utilizing the calculated cost estimates while providing a systematic procedure to handle the multiple potential benefits provided by NbS. We argue that a step-wise ranked cost-effectiveness analysis, based on ranking local policy objectives, is a feasible approach for making informed choices on competing solutions relative to conventional cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis. The proposed approach could prove useful due to its relatively straightforward application and the fact that it does not require the aggregation of multiple benefits into one common measurement or valuation unit.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suitability mapping for alternative crops: A consistent, high-resolution approach for the United States","authors":"Monika E. Shea, Kevin J. Wolz","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Alternative crops are a key aspect of many nature-based solutions in agriculture, and there is a need for more consistent geographic information on biophysical suitability to aid in both farm-level planning and larger-scale analyses. Here we describe an approach for generating consistent, replicable, high-resolution suitability maps for any alternative crop species across the USA. The method employs a criteria-based approach to map potential species performance using a simple suitability index. Criteria for suitable and ideal ranges of values for influential biophysical variables are created using data collected from published sources and are reviewed by experts. Publicly available soil and climate map data are used with the criteria to map suitability for each variable which are integrated into an overall suitability index map. Maps of unsuitable locations are combined to produce a limiting variable map showing which category of environmental variables is most limiting. We demonstrate the application of this approach for two alternative perennial crops, apple (<em>Malus</em> spp.) and Chinese chestnut (<em>Castanea mollissima</em>) and validate its accuracy using known farm locations. Maps of apple and chestnut in four distant study regions show varying patterns of suitability and potential performance depending on the climate and geophysical characteristics of the region. The maps can be used to identify areas of high suitability and compare across regions or between species and be combined with socio-economic and environmental datasets for further analysis. Compared to other approaches, ours can be applied to multiple. species with a range of pre-existing knowledge in a consistent way, allowing for reliable mapping and subsequent research and planning for alternative crops and nature-based solutions in agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the inclusion of multicultural ecosystem services values in environmental planning","authors":"Lorena Alves Carvalho Nascimento , Peter Fung","doi":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper advocates including and comprehending multicultural values for cultural ecosystem services (CES) in environmental planning metrics. CES can provide metrics for assessing the effectiveness of environmental planning. Environmental planning metrics sometimes adopt models that do not fairly incorporate perspectives from historically excluded ethnic groups. Including multicultural ecological values can improve the quality of policies that seek to conserve and preserve the biophysical environment. This paper proposes an unfolding framework for reimagining ecosystem-based adaptations, a nature-based solution that overlaps ideas of socioecological benefits through cultural ecosystem services. In addition, the authors offer examples of including missing cultural values in environmental planning, drawing on a review of ecosystem-based adaptations and frameworks of reimagination.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100945,"journal":{"name":"Nature-Based Solutions","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}