Bridging the science-practice gaps in nature-based solutions: A riverfront planning in China.

ABSTRACT: Prominent gaps exist between science and practice in the field of nature-based solutions (NBS) worldwide, with relatively well formulated concepts but less clear application procedures. China urgently needs to address this gap because many so called NBS practices advance rapidly nowadays, including river landscapes. Advocating planning as a bridging procedure in China's top down governance system, this study introduces NBS planning for the Jialing River in Wusheng County to address three challenges: how to transform the riverfront planning from specialized to holistic, how to effectively communicate NBS in planning, and how to incorporate both scientific results and local wisdom into NBS decision-making. A planning scope was negotiated to incorporate holistic solutions. Five NBS paradigms

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature