Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide

Publication | June 2022
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This guide explores the benefits of using nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resource-efficient infrastructure.

Price
  • US$30.00 (paperback)

Nature-based solutions are interventions to protect, restore, and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems to support both biodiversity and people’s well-being. This guide includes case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. It considers challenges and opportunities and shows how nature-based solutions can be mainstreamed in the portfolio of the Asian Development Bank.

Contents

  • What are Nature-Based Solutions?
  • Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions for Managing Climate and Disaster Risks
  • Initiating Green Options with Clients
  • Developing an Upstream Nature-Based Solutions Strategy
  • Moving Downstream: Developing Projects with Nature-Based Solutions
  • Choosing a Greener Future
  • Appendixes

Additional Details

Authors
Type
Subjects
  • Climate change
  • Environment
  • Disaster Risk Management
Countries
  • Bangladesh
  • China, People's Republic of
  • Nepal
  • Philippines
  • Viet Nam
Pages
  • 74
Dimensions
  • 8.5 x 11
SKU
  • TIM220215-2
ISBN
  • 978-92-9269-533-0 (print)
  • 978-92-9269-534-7 (electronic)
  • 978-92-9269-535-4 (ebook)

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