A Nature-based Solutions framework for embedding climate change mitigation and adaptation into urban land use plans through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Gallardo, Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo and Bond, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-5805 (2024) A Nature-based Solutions framework for embedding climate change mitigation and adaptation into urban land use plans through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Environmental Management. ISSN 0364-152X

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Abstract

Climate change impacts comprise a particular challenge for authorities when reconciling the implications of land use planning decisions. Whilst Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is typically applied to the development of urban land use plans, the selection of mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change impacts can have knock-on effects on nature. However, Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) could provide an innovative means of addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation without these knock-on effects. The main aim of this research is therefore to propose a conceptual framework for embedding NbSs into the main stages of the SEA process to potentially enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban land use planning. This is achieved through a systematic literature review of academic and grey literature sources, with subsequent content analysis. This study demonstrates the value of matching these manifold NbS approaches to climate change impacts potentially addressed in SEA process stages and suggests how this might be achieved in practice focusing on urban land use plans.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	strategic environmental assessment,nature-based solutions,climate change,land use plans,framework,environmental science(all),sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2024 18:30
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97582
DOI:	10.1007/s00267-024-02073-2

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