Nature-based solutions for flood and water management in a climate change [Editorial]

Wilson, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7128-590X, Penning, Ellis and Findikakis, Angelos 2025. Nature-based solutions for flood and water management in a climate change [Editorial]. Hydrolink 1-2025 (1) , p. 2.

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Abstract

Techniques that use nature to reduce runoff and floods, reduce soil erosion, ‘slow the flow’ and retain water within the landscape have been used by civilisations for thousands of years for managing water for consumption, washing, and improving agricultural production for food security. This includes the use of forests,trees, hedges, terraces, swales, ponds, and (constructed) wetlands to attenuate runoff, enhance infiltration, and control flow. In addition, coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, corals, oyster reefs, and dune systems provide coastal flood defence systems. Such approaches where ecosystems provide important roles in water management can therefore be considered the earliest types of Nature-based Solutions.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Engineering
Publisher:	IAHR
ISSN:	1388-3445
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 July 2025
Date of Acceptance:	1 April 2025
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2025 11:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180018

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