Title: The review of 102 design support tools for nature-based solutions applications

Authors: Jakub Roemer; Tiina M. Komulainen; Miklas Scholz; Mojtaba Moatamedi

Addresses: Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineering, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, Oslo, 0130, Norway; Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, Kraków, 30-059, Poland ' Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineering, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, Oslo, 0130, Norway ' Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden; Department of Civil Engineering Science, School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Aukland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Town Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, South Ural State University (National Research University), 76, Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, The Russian Federation; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Norwida 25, 50‒375 Wrocław, Poland ' Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineering, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, Oslo, 0130, Norway; Al Ghurair University, Dubai, 37374, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: Nature-based solutions is a new trend in the area of urban and suburban planning. Thanks to its complex nature, Nature-based solutions provide multiple services on different levels of cities functionality. On the other hand nature-based solutions complexity requires extended knowledge in multiple engineering and societal areas, so the implementation is not straightforward. In recent years, countless publications, guidelines, reports, web portals and applications for NBS have been published. It is no trivial task to scope through the materials, given the overwhelming amount of information and variability of the up-front knowledge the potential user could need. The aim of this paper is to present the review of 102 support tools for nature-based solutions applications. The review contains tools published in years 2015 to 2021, among which the majority from 2021 is still supported by authors or actively operating community. The review was also enhanced by extracting metadata from investigated tools.

Keywords: nature-based solutions; NBS; storm water; climate change.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHST.2023.131169

International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, 2023 Vol.15 No.4, pp.327 - 348

Received: 11 Oct 2020
Accepted: 15 Oct 2021
Published online: 01 Jun 2023 *

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