Manushi Ashok Jain Keywords project designs nature-based solutions integrated blue-green infrastructure sustainable mobility urban design water management Read more about Manushi Ashok Jain Manushi Ashok is the Co-founder and Director of Sponge Collaborative, an interdisciplinary strategic planning and design firm that focuses on nature-based solutions, integrated blue-green infrastructure, sustainable mobility, inclusive housing, and vibrant public spaces to help build resilient cities. She is an Architect and Urban Designer who has recently been featured on Forbes magazine’s ‘30 under 30’ young leaders for 2022.
Jasper Dijkstra Keywords nature-based solutions water management eco-hydraulics biogeomorphology Read more about Jasper Dijkstra Jasper is a hydraulic engineer with a keen interest in interactions between hydrodynamics, morphology and biology in all kinds of environments. For his MSc-thesis at Delft University of Technology (TUD), he combined fieldwork and numerical modelling to study the effect of riparian vegetation on the development of the Volga River, Russia. During his PhD-candidacy at the same university, he shifted his focus towards estuaries and coasts and got more involved in ecology while working with Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) and NIOZ.
AASCTF Climate Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions Program Read more about AASCTF Climate Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions Program The AASCTF Climate Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions Program thematic workshops were held in August and September 2022, which was designed to develop an understanding of the impact of flooding and climate change in cities and provided tools for assessing their own city’s context in which NbS can be applied.
Challenges and Approaches in Quantifying NbS Benefit Streams Read more about Challenges and Approaches in Quantifying NbS Benefit Streams
NbS in addressing urban challenges and climate change Read more about NbS in addressing urban challenges and climate change
The Nature-based Climate Adaptation Programme for the Urban Areas of Penang Island Read more about The Nature-based Climate Adaptation Programme for the Urban Areas of Penang Island .
Natural river management: A science-based landscape approach for mainstreaming NBS Read more about Natural river management: A science-based landscape approach for mainstreaming NBS This presentation gives an overview of nature-based solutions and how it helps in natural river management referencing "Guidelines for Mainstreaming Natural River Management in Water Sector Investments".
Natural river management: A science-based landscape approach for mainstreaming NbS Read more about Natural river management: A science-based landscape approach for mainstreaming NbS This presentation gives an overview of why Nature-based Solutions are becoming popular and why it's important in natural river management.
Putting Nature Nature-Based Solutions into Practice through Innovation Read more about Putting Nature Nature-Based Solutions into Practice through Innovation This presentation is an overview of nature-based solutions from Alluvium perspective.