Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) as Policy and Spatial Planning Measures to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change with a Special Focus on Blue and Green Infrastructure

“Nature-based solutions” (NBS) or “building with nature” have received global attention as a multidimensional approach to reduce impacts of climate change and associated meteorological disaster risks such as heat waves, droughts, floods as well as provide solutions to global challenges, such as poverty and social justice. The European Commission (EC) recognizes that NBS can support innovation and address social, economic and environmental challenges. NBS can be the use of green areas in cities to tackle the adverse impacts of heatwaves in addition to improving air quality, promoting urban farming, or providing areas for water detention. In this research, together with students, we would like to analyse the relation between NBS and mitigation of climate change impacts in urban areas and to investigate the potential ways to integrate multiple dimensions (social, economic and environmental) and mitigate climate change impacts.