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Hydromorphological and socio-cultural assessment of urban rivers to promote nature-based solutions in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic

  • In Latin America and the Caribbean, river restoration projects are increasing, but many lack strategic planning and monitoring. We tested the applicability of a rapid visual social–ecological stream assessment method for restoration planning, complemented by a citizen survey on perceptions and uses of blue and green infrastructure. We applied the method at three urban streams in Jarabacoa (Dominican Republic) to identify and prioritize preferred areas for nature-based solutions. The method provides spatially explicit information for strategic river restoration planning, and its efficiency makes it suitable for use in data-poor contexts. It identifies well-preserved, moderately altered, and critically impaired areas regarding their hydromorphological and socio-cultural conditions, as well as demands on green and blue infrastructure. The transferability of the method can be improved by defining reference states for assessing the hydromorphology of tropical rivers, refining socio-cultural parameters to better address river services and widespread urban challenges, and balancing trade-offs between ecological and social restoration goals.
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Author:Gonzalo Pradilla, Georg Lamberty, Johannes Hamhaber
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:832-epub4-21271
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01565-3
ISSN:0044-7447
ISSN:1654-7209
Parent Title (English):Ambio
Publisher:Springer Netherlands
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2021/08/01
Date of Publication (online):2023/04/25
Tag:Blue and Green Infrastructure; Latin America and the Caribbean; Nature-based Solutions; Rapid Stream Assessment; River Restoration; Sustainable Urban Planning
Volume:50
Issue:8
Page Number:17
Institutes:Fakultät für Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme (F12) / Fakultät 12 / Institut für Technologie und Ressourcenmanagement in den Tropen und Subtropen
Dewey Decimal Classification:500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
Open Access:Open Access
DeepGreen:DeepGreen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International