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Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.

Without proper valuation, natural assets’ scarcity remains economically invisible, leading to their exploitation for short-term gains.

Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.

UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.

Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.

India’s Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project offers practical operational lessons and best practices for forging more livable cities.

Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.

Insights gained from natural capital accounting can guide the design of projects and public policies.

Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.

Built in 256 BC, the Dujiangyan system harnesses the power of nature to irrigate farmlands and prevent floods in the People’s Republic of China.