Water Retention in Nature-Based Solutions—Assessment of Potential Economic Effects for Local Social Groups

The upcoming trends related to climate change are increasing the level of interest of social groups in solutions for the implementation and the realization of activities that will ensure the change of these trends and can reduce the impact on the environment, including the health of the community ex...

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Published in:Water (Basel) 2020-12, Vol.12 (12), p.3347
Main Authors: Jerzy, Zwoździak, Łukasz, Szałata, Anna, Zwoździak, Kornelia, Kwiecińska, Maksym, Byelyayev
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Cities
Climate change
Decision making
Economic impact
Emissions
Environmental aspects
Humidity
Industrial plant emissions
Infrastructure
Natural resources
Operating costs
Rain
Research projects
Sustainable development
Trends
Urban heat islands
Water shortages
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Summary:The upcoming trends related to climate change are increasing the level of interest of social groups in solutions for the implementation and the realization of activities that will ensure the change of these trends and can reduce the impact on the environment, including the health of the community exposed to these impacts. The implementation of solutions aimed at improving the quality of the environment requires taking into account not only the environmental aspects but also the economic aspect. Taking into account the analysis of solutions changing the current state of climate change, the article focuses on the analysis of the potential economic effect caused by the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBSs) in terms of reducing the operating costs related to water retention for local social groups. The analysis is based on a case study, one of the research projects studying nature-based solutions, created as part of the Grow Green project (H2020) in Wrocław in 2017–2022. The results of the analysis are an observed potential positive change in economic effects, i.e., approximately 85.90% of the operating costs related to water retention have been reduced for local social groups by NBSs.
ISSN:2073-4441
2073-4441
DOI:10.3390/w12123347