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HS1.1.6 | Nature-based solutions for resilience to hydrological extremes, from site to landscape-scales
PICO
Nature-based solutions for resilience to hydrological extremes, from site to landscape-scales
Convener: Diego PaniciECSECS | Co-conveners: Alan Puttock, Roger AusterECSECS, R.E. Brazier
Hydrological extremes including both drought and flood already pose a significant risk globally, one that is predicted to increase as climate change leads to an increase in severe climate events. With the significant environmental, social and economic cost associated with such extremes, there is an increasing need for sustainable catchment management strategies that attenuate flow regimes, minimising the risk of flooding and ensuring a sustainable water supply and ecosystem resilience during drought periods. Consequentially in recent years there has been a notable uptake in interest in the value of ‘nature-based solutions’ at the catchment scale that work with or are inspired by nature to restore the natural functioning of our anthropogenically modified landscapes, providing both greater hydrological resilience to extreme events but critically also a host of additional benefits, particularly for biodiversity, climate and society.

As the popularity of nature-based solutions increases, trans-disciplinary research is required to: (1) determine what constitutes a nature-based solution; (2) maximise the effectiveness of such solutions and how they can be implemented alongside existing water management strategies; and (3) consider the social factors that are inherent in the successful implementation of nature-based solutions, overcoming the conflicts or barriers that may otherwise be associated with their implementation.

This session aims to attract abstracts that define the state of the art for current research addressing hydrological nature-based solutions and identify gaps in understanding that will need to be addressed to ensure their success. We especially welcome submissions that whilst focusing on hydrological nature-based solutions take into account the co-benefits that may be delivered.