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Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas
Global Environmental Change, 2016Abstract Climate change impacts increase pressure on challenges to sustainability and the developmental needs of cities. Conventional, “hard” adaptation measures are often associated with high costs, inflexibility and conflicting interests related to the dense urban fabric, and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has emerged as a potentially cost ...
Brink, Ebba +16 more
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Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Bangladesh Experience
2013Bangladesh is confronting multitude threats of climate change related extreme events. The decadal observation provides strong evidences of climate changes in terms of excessive or minimum rainfall events, changing frequency and intensity of floods, cyclone and tidal surge, and sea level rise have been gradually increasing fast and slow impacts.
Paramesh Nandy +3 more
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in the Urban Environment
2011Healthy ecosystems provide vital services for urban centres as well as for adaptation of urban communities to climate change. This paper will describe the value of ecosystem services and ecosystem-based adaptation for urban centres, giving examples of the effectiveness of this approach.
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) as an Adaptation Strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali
2017This study analyzed the dimensions of Ecosystem Services (ES) in the adaptation projects. We examined the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) concept based on thirty one sample projects from Burkina Faso and Mali. Results showed that 49% of the adaptation projects were within the agricultural sector, with generally low budgetary consideration and medium ...
Muthee, Kennedy +3 more
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Unlocking ecosystem based adaptation opportunities in coastal Bangladesh
Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2013Coastal ecosystems generate diverse services, such as protection, production of food, climate regulation and recreation across the globe. These services are vital for extremely vulnerable coastal areas for enhancing present and future adaptation capacity under changing climate.
Ronju Ahammad +2 more
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in the Pacific Islands
2023Weir, Tony, Dovey, Liz, Okrupa, Mauro
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Waves of Change: Towards Ecosystem-Based Management to Climate Change Adaptation
Sustainability, 2022Luciana Yokoyama Xavier +2 more
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