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Nature Based Solutions And Urban Resilience

within a basin in the cities to improve the ecological structure within the basin.
These solutions are quite effective in mitigating disaster risks and increasing
urban climate resilience (Figure 4).
In water basins, naturalizing rivers and reformulating meandering streams,
and restoration of wetlands and coastal ecosystems will contribute to the
increase in the water captured by natural systems, decrease in the amount of
surface runoff, and provides efficient protection against floods and overflows
(EC, 2015; Morecroft et al, 2019). These precautions are very effective in
preventing sudden floods in the cities located in the lower basin caused by
heavy precipitation in the upper basin.
The nature-based solutions in water ecosystems offer many additional
benefits such as preservation of biodiversity, carbon storage and various
recreational opportunities such as swimming, rafting, fishing and wildlife
watching (EC, 2015; Morecroft et al, 2019; Tremolet, 2019).
Utilizing nature-based solutions in agricultural ecosystems will contribute
to the prevention of water and soil loss, decreasing heat and water stress,
disease and pest control, carbon capture and storage, supporting biodiversity,
improving soil quality and increasing water capture capacity of the soil.
The nature-based solutions in coastal ecosystems and coastal areas will
preserve coastal ecosystems, reduce coastal overflows and floods, prevent
coastal erosion, enable carbon capture and storage, preserve biodiversity and
create recreational opportunities.

Figure 4: The plan and section view of the nature-based solutions for different sectors
at the basin scale

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