Platform Dedicated to Nature-Based Solutions for Risk Reduction and Environmental Issues in Hilly and Mountainous Lands

Audrey Baills, Manuel Garcin, Séverine Bernardie
2021 Sustainability  
In the context of global changes, nature-based solutions (NBSs) increasingly draw attention as a possible way to reduce disaster risk associated with extreme hydro-meteorological events while providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits at the same time. The PHUSICOS platform is dedicated to gather and analyse relevant NBSs used to reduce disaster risk associated with extreme hydro-meteorological events in mountainous and hilly lands. To design the platform, an in-depth review of 11
more » ... ting platforms has been performed. The PHUSICOS platform currently references 152 literature NBS cases and is continuously enriched through the contribution of NBS community. The platform also proposes a qualitative assessment of the NBSs collected according to 15 criteria related with five ambits: "disaster risk reduction", "technical and economical feasibility", "environment", "society", and "local economy". This paper presents the structure of the platform and a first analysis of its content.
doi:10.3390/su13031094 fatcat:whhigxfcvvbmrff5tizy3lh2ke