Nature-based Solutions for Circular Management of Urban Water

Dr. Alexandros Stefanakis is an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece and the Director of the Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Management. He is the elected President of the International Ecological Engineering Society and also an European Climate Pact Ambassador appointed by the European Commission. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Circular Economy and Sustainability' and of the Springer book series with the same title. He is an Environmental Engineer and Researcher focusing on water engineering, specifically on nature-based solutions and ecological engineering. He studies the content and realization of circular economy across different sectors. He has designed, managed, and built constructed wetlands facilities for wastewater management across Europe, Middle East, Africa, USA and South America. His publication record includes 45 articles in scientific journals, more than 50 papers in scientific conferences, 5 books and several book chapters.

Dr. Hasan Volkan Oral is a full-time Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul Aydin University. He has significant experience in Environmental Management and Carbon Market Projects as Coordinator and Supervisor. He has carried our research in Turkey, Greece, Israel and Japan. He is also a Management Committee member and WG Leader in several COST projects and research projects.

Dr. Cristina Calheiros is an Environmental Engineer and holds a PhD in Biotechnology. She is a Scientific Researcher at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto (UP), an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saint Joseph Macau SAR/China and an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Sciences-UP. She is also the Technical-Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring and Environmental Interpretation (CMIA) Vila do Conde and the Vice-President of the Portuguese National Association of Green Roofs (ANCV). Her activity focuses on water management and treatment solutions (e.g., green roofs and walls, constructed and floating wetlands), phytoremediation, phytotechnologies, circular economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation through nature-based solutions and education for sustainability.

Dr. Pedro N. Carvalho, PhD., is an Associate Professor at Aarhus University. He holds BSc, MSc and PhD in chemistry. His research spans the fields of environmental chemistry, monitoring, remediation and technology development studies, and water management. His work extends over topics such as eco-technologies and nature-based solutions, water quality and reuse. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and aided with extensive revision and editorial activity. He is also the Co-chair of the IWA Specialist Group on Wetland systems for Water Pollution Control.

Chapter 1. Circular Cities Solution with Biophilic Design and Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 2. The Role of Multipurpose NbS Interventions in Increasing the Circularity of Cities.- Chapter 3. Nature-Based Solutions for a circular water economy: Examples of new green infrastructure.- Chapter 4. Assessment of urban rain gardens within climate change adaptation and circularity challenge.- Chapter 5. The Employment of Rain Gardens in Urban Water Management to Improve Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience.- Chapter 6. A study of Nature-based Solutions via a Thematic Analysis of the Stakeholders' Perceptions to address water scarcity in a Hot and Semiarid Climate: A Case Study of Iran.- Chapter 7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through NGOs-led women' and young girls' empowerment programs and activities in Rural Communities: A Pilot Study from the Niger Republic.- Chapter 8.  Phytomining as a Nature-based Solution in the Cities of Albania.- Chapter 9. Nature-based wastewatertreatment systems: An overview of the challenges of small capacity plants in an urban environment.- Chapter 10. Bioremediation of Wastewater from the Tanning Industry under a Circular Economy Model.- Chapter 11. Sustainable decentralized urban water and wastewater treatment in off-grid areas of developing countries using NBS and integrated green technologies.- Chapter 12. Geothermal wastewater management to create a circular economy: Taking advantage of the abundant thermal wastewater in Iceland.- Chapter 13. Opportunities and challenges to implement nature-based solutions for urban waters in developed and emerging developed countries.- Chapter 14. Water Sensitive Design and Nature-Based Solutions for the circular management of urban water: Challenges and missed opportunities in the Auckland Region.- Chapter 15. Wetlands as a Nature-based Solution for Urban Water Management.- Chapter 16. Evidences in hydrodynamic behavior along a Float Treatment Wetland (FTW) on a tropical urban stream.- Chapter 17. Trajectory, challenges, and opportunities in sustainable urban water management in Brazil: nature-based solutions for urban stormwater drainage.- Chapter 18. Nature-based solutions for sustainable stormwater management as means to increase resilience to climate change, promote circularity and improve city aesthetics.- Chapter 19. Nature-based Solutions for circular management of urban water in the Built Environment of Sri Lanka.- Chapter 20. The Hydraulic Approach Relevant to Circularity on Sustainable Water Catchment.- Chapter 21. Exploration of Nature-Based Solutions for Management of Perennial Urban Flood and Erosion: A Case Study of Bulbula, Kano, Nigeria.- Chapter 22. Complex micro-meteorological effects of urban greenery in an urban canyon: a case study of Prague-Dejvice, Czech Republic.- Chapter 23. Harvesting of agricultural nutrient runoff with algae, to produce new soil amendments for urban and peri urban olive tree agroforestry systems in Southern Europe