There is an growing concern of natural disasters due to climate change contributors e.g. dependency on fossil fuels. The role the green infrastructure particularly on engineered solution or grey infrastructure as measure in mitigation tool.
Green infrastructure has always been part of dealing with disasters, e.g. floods in the UK:
1. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1477-8696.2001.tb06507.x
2. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4200-3_1
3. http://www.ilankelman.org/articles1/lewisetal.2009corr.pdf
Caution is needed on two points.
First, we prefer to avoid using the phrase "natural disaster":
1. Book https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841340
2. Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2019.100008
3. Commentary https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/disaster-choice/202005/does-nature-play-disaster-games
Second, climate change does not cause many disasters:
1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0046-5
2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0038-5
3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2294-0
The role of green infrastructure is very high. A breakthrough in renewable energy financing is the utmost important alongside green strategies in order to reduce the global temperature average .
In 2015, the European Environment Agency produced a technical report entitled "Exploring nature-based solutions. The role of green infrastructure in mitigating the impacts of Natural threats related to weather and climate change" I think it's handy to understanding green infrastructures as DRR. https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/exploring-nature-based-solutions-2014
You can also find information on the United Nations Environment Program website.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/green-infrastructure-natures-best-defence-against-disasters
One challenge with "nature-based solutions" and "ecosystem-based approaches" is that it appears to artificially divide nature and society (or people and the environment). A rich philosophy exists challenging this baseline, briefly reviewed and explained in the latter half of https://www.doi.org/10.47389/36.3.57
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