Nature-Based Solution in the Context
of Sustainability: A Case Study
of Artificial Reefs
Patricia de Oliveira and Leandro Angelo Pereira
1 Introduction
In view of the dimension and complexity of the socio-environmental problems, the
urban issue is intrinsic with nature and cannot be approached in a dissociative manner.
Urban problems combined with socio-environmental degradation, the complexity of
the physical, biological realities that constitute and produce urban spaces, imply a
profound review in the way of thinking and planning (Lima 2008).
Reducing the risk of environmental disasters, improving human well-being,
promoting a green and socially inclusive economy, transforming social and environmental challenges into innovative opportunities, making natural capital a source
of prosperity (Cabral 2017) is the intent of Solutions based on Nature—NbS, this
initiative presents the possibility of facing the various problems existing in society
with nature as part of the solution.
In this sense, NbS can be classified as green infrastructure (urban environments),
or blue (marine environments), which in turn corroborates the effectiveness of investments in NbS, since their approaches can offer the main or only viable solution, in
most cases, the green and gray infrastructure (conventional engineering) can and
should work together. However, in order to be integrated in this context, an environmental decision-making process in resource management is required (Fini et al.
2017; UNESCO 2018).
Therefore, the research permeates for a strategic analysis of a single case study,
consisting of an explanatory study, located on the Paraná Coast, the REBIMAR
P. de Oliveira (B) · L. A. Pereira
The Federal Institute of Paraná, IFPR, Paranaguá, Brazil
e-mail: patricia.oliveirabr@gmail.com
L. A. Pereira
e-mail: leandro.pereira@ifpr.edu.br
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of Sustainability: A Case Study
of Artificial Reefs
Patricia de Oliveira and Leandro Angelo Pereira
1 Introduction
In view of the dimension and complexity of the socio-environmental problems, the
urban issue is intrinsic with nature and cannot be approached in a dissociative manner.
Urban problems combined with socio-environmental degradation, the complexity of
the physical, biological realities that constitute and produce urban spaces, imply a
profound review in the way of thinking and planning (Lima 2008).
Reducing the risk of environmental disasters, improving human well-being,
promoting a green and socially inclusive economy, transforming social and environmental challenges into innovative opportunities, making natural capital a source
of prosperity (Cabral 2017) is the intent of Solutions based on Nature—NbS, this
initiative presents the possibility of facing the various problems existing in society
with nature as part of the solution.
In this sense, NbS can be classified as green infrastructure (urban environments),
or blue (marine environments), which in turn corroborates the effectiveness of investments in NbS, since their approaches can offer the main or only viable solution, in
most cases, the green and gray infrastructure (conventional engineering) can and
should work together. However, in order to be integrated in this context, an environmental decision-making process in resource management is required (Fini et al.
2017; UNESCO 2018).
Therefore, the research permeates for a strategic analysis of a single case study,
consisting of an explanatory study, located on the Paraná Coast, the REBIMAR
P. de Oliveira (B) · L. A. Pereira
The Federal Institute of Paraná, IFPR, Paranaguá, Brazil
e-mail: patricia.oliveirabr@gmail.com
L. A. Pereira
e-mail: leandro.pereira@ifpr.edu.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_16
241