This was a large transnational research project co-funded by the European Union under the 2018 Joint Water JPI Call. NATWIP aims to contribute to closing the water cycle gap by exploring the potential that nature-based solutions (NBS) offer to address water management challenges in landscape areas that have been neglected because they lie in the transition zones between the urban and the rural, co
mmonly referred to as ‘peri-urban’ areas. NBS for water have been envisaged as central to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development because these are rooted in integrated approaches and generate social, economic and environmental co-benefits. The overall purpose of NATWIP is to exchange learning experiences among the partnership as well as to promote the debate between science and society in order to increase awareness among practitioners and users on the application of NBS to manage different hydrological challenges such as water scarcity, pollution, and risks related to extreme events like flood and drought. Project leader and Consortium Coordinator: Docent Nandita Singh, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
Partners:
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden: Lead researcher - Dr. Lina Suleiman
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway: Lead researcher - Dr. Sarah Hale
Technical University of Catalonia, (UPC), Barcelona, Spain: Lead researcher - Dr. Elisabet Roca Bosch
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa: Lead researcher - Prof Karen Joan Esler
International Institute for Sustainability (IIS-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Lead researcher - Dr. Agnieszka Ewa Latawiec
Anugrah Narayan College (A.N. College), Patliputra University, Patna, India: Lead researcher - Dr. Nupur Bose
