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Project • CRRP2021-06MY-Jegatheesan

Integrated assessment of existing practices and development of pathways for the effective integration of nature-based water treatment in urban areas in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Vietnam

Water quality is a critical challenge in Asia in the context of growing industrialization, urbanization and climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) could play an important role in reducing urban water pollution while generating multiple co-benefits that could make cities more livable and resilient. In this regard, a number of pilot and demonstration projects have been set up to explore their potential across cities in Asia. Their effectiveness, however, has not been adequately documented and how they can be sustained, replicated and up-scaled remains poorly understood. This project aims to contribute to addressing those questions by compiling and analyzing the experiences of existing pilot and demonstration projects in six cities in Southeast Asia (two in each Sri Lanka, Philippines and Vietnam) and developing and testing a nature-based water treatment pathways methodology and guide that can be used to support the establishment, maintenance and scaling of nature-based water treatment through collaborative action research and multi-stakeholder consultations. The project will be implemented in close collaboration with relevant international networks and will be informed by international experiences with the integration of nature-based water treatment in urban water management and planning from Australia and Europe.

Project publications

Peer-reviewed publication • 2024

Local residents’ perception on factors affecting the willingness to pay for improved urban canal water: A case study in Can Tho city of Vietnam

Book / book chapter • 2024

Water Treatment in Urban Environments: A Guide for the Implementation and Scaling of Nature-based Solutions

Report • 2023

Project final report: Integrated assessment of existing practices and development of pathways for the effective integration of nature-based water treatment in urban areas in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Vietnam

Report • 2023

Offshoots of APN CRRP2021-06MY-Jegatheesan Project

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Resources • 2023

Capturing the views of stakeholders on nature-based solutions (NbS) through questionnaires and interviews

Resources • 2023

Guide Questionnaire: Enhancing Water Resource Management in the Philippines

Resources • 2023

Guide Questionnaire: Socioeconomic Impact of Nature-based Solutions in Sri Lanka

Resources • 2023

Guide Questionnaire: Enhancing Water Resource Management in Vietnam

Resources • 2023

Mapping Existing Nature-based solutions for Water Treatment in the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam

Resources • 2023

Guide Framework for the Implementation of Constructed Wetlands in the Philippines

Resources • 2023

Guide to construct and install Green Roofs (GRs)

Resources • 2023

Guide for selecting plants for Constructed Floating Wetlands (CFWs) in Sri Lanka

Resources • 2023

Hướng dẫn thiết kế đất ngập nước nổi xử lý nước – Quan điểm của Việt Nam

Resources • 2023

Guide to construct and install Constructed Floating Wetlands (CFWs) in Vietnam

Book / book chapter • 2023

Application of floating wetlands as a nature-based solution for water reclamation of urban lakes in Sri Lanka and development of an appropriate assessment criterion

Book / book chapter • 2023

Nature-Based Solutions for Domestic Wastewater Treatment in the Philippines

Book / book chapter • 2023

Wastewater Pollution in Urban Canals of Vietnam: Restoration Using Nature-Based Solutions

Book / book chapter • 2023

Regional Perspectives of Nature-based Solutions for Water: Benefits and Challenges

Peer-reviewed publication • 2022

Co-development of an integrated assessment framework to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of selected nature-based water treatment technologies in Sri Lanka, The Philippines, and Vietnam