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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Nature based Solutions for Urban and Peri-Urban Areas for a sustainable and resilient future: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) as Spatial Planning Strategy to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect: A case of Nagpur city, India.- Chapter 3. Urban Heat Island and its implication for cities.- Chapter 4. Nature-Based Solutions and Planning Strategies for Optimizing Peri-Urban Open Spaces in Varanasi.- Chapter 5. Perspectives on convergence of NbS and agile city principles in tier II industrial cities of India.- Chapter 6. Urban Climate Shelters: A nature-based solution for urban resilience.- Chapter 7. Vertical Gardens in Public Open Spaces - Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Urbanization in Belgrade City, Serbia.- Chapter 8. Planning Nature-based-Solutions (NbS) through rainfall-runoff Simulations for Slums of Developing Countries: A Case of Nagpur, India.- Chapter 9. Quantifying the Cooling Potential of Nature-based Solutions to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island: A Case Study of the City of Bhopal.- Chapter 10. Comprehending drought mitigation probabilities through integrated techniques of using NbS and traditional disaster risk management.- Chapter 11. Urban Flood Prevention Through Community-Centered Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning.- Chapter 12. Shifting Sands and Rising Seas: An Exploratory Study of Community-Centric Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards and Coastal Erosion in Alappad, Kerala, India.- Chapter 13. Exploring the impact of place attachment on residents’ preferences for implementing NbS in urban areas: A Case of Using Stormwater Recycled through MAR in Taiyuan, China.- Chapter 14. Policy, frameworks and tools for risk-informed uptake of NbS.- Chapter 15. Using the Key Player Approach to Design and Manage Adaptive Urban Governance for Nature-Based Solutions Implementation: Study of Vienna and Tucson.- Chapter 16. Drivers of Successful Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives: Challenges and Policy Recommendations.
