Nature-Based Solutions Guidance

These selected guidance documents provide resources for practitioners involved in Engineering With Nature projects, including project managers, engineers, scientists, landscape architects, and policy makers. The collection includes publicly available documents authored by experts from the US and worldwide, offering technical, policy, and economic guidance. This list is not exhaustive, and we welcome suggestions for additional references to include in the repository.

Guidelines for Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disasters

Hauer, Moritz (for the Coordination of Assessments for Environment in Humanitarian Action Initiative in consultation with Charles Kelly). (2018). Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre.

The Guidelines for Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disaster (REA) is a tool to identify, define, and prioritize potential environmental impacts in disaster situations. A simple, consensus-based qualitative assessment p...

ThinkNature Nature-based Solutions Handbook

Somarakis, Giorgos & Stagakis, Stavros & Chrysoulakis, Nektarios. (2019). ThinkNature Nature-Based Solutions Handbook. 10.26225/jerv-w202.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions inspired by, supported by or copied from nature, which deploy various natural features and processes, are resource efficient and adapted to systems into diverse spatial areas, facing soc...

Ecoshape; Building with Nature

Ecoshape. (2020). Building with Nature. URL: https://www.ecoshape.org/en/

EcoShape develops and shares knowledge about Building with Nature: a new approach to hydraulic engineering that harnesses the forces of nature to benefit environment, economy and society. This interactive web portal is well des...

Engineering with Nature: An Atlas

Bridges, T.S.; Bourne, E.M.; King, J.K.; Kuzmitski, H.K.; Moynihan, E.B. and Suedel, B.C. (2018). Engineering With Nature: an atlas. ERDC/EL SR-18-8. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. https://dx.doi. org/10.21079/11681/27929.

The 56 projects presented in this atlas reveal the diversity of applications and benefits that can be achieved through Engineering With Nature. A hard copy can be requested on the EWN site here.

Greening the Grey: A Framework for Integrated Green Grey Infrastructure (IGGI)

Naylor, L.A.; Kippen, H.; Coombes, M.A..; et. al. (2017). Greening the Grey: a framework for integrated green grey infrastructure (IGGI). University of Glasgow report. URL: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/150672/

The University of Glasgow (with Oxford University and NERC) have created a Framework for green-grey infrastructure. The IGGI report includes16 detailed case studies and 30 vignette examples of costed, innovative real world exem...

Guide to Hydropower Construction Good Practice

A joint publication by SNH, SEPA and Scottish Renewables. (2019). Guide to Hydropower Construction Good Practice. Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

The Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) support hydro development as a key means of tackling climate change. However, protecting our natural heritage should...

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