Nature-based solution: locally appropriate, cost-effective actions that mimic or support natural processes while simultaneously providing economic, social, and environmental benefits
Green Infrastructure: a type of nature-based practice that uses natural hydrological processes and natural elements such as soil and plants to capture stormwater and reduce flows to sewer systems or to surface water
Low-impact Development: a planning and design approach to manage stormwater runoff using green infrastructure
Co-benefit: shorthand for "collaborative benefit," which are the multiple, sometimes multidisciplinary benefits that arise from a singular practice
Ecosystem service: benefits people obtain from ecosystems (e.g., food, water, oxygen)
Ecosystem-based management: an integrated management approach that considers the multiple and varied interactions within an ecosystem
Hazard Mitigation Plan: federally-mandated plan that aims to abate and prevent the impact of natural hazards, like floods, drought, tornados, mudslides.
Community Rating System: a voluntary, incentive-based community program that recognizes, encourages, and rewards local floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum standards of the National Flood Insurance Program
Watershed Management Plan: flexible framework that addresses water quality issues in a given watershed