Integrating green infrastructure into spatial planning regulations to improve the performance of urban ecosystems. Insights from an Italian case study

Ronchi, Silvia; Arcidiacono, Andrea; Pogliani, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101907

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“…Whilst some case studies (16) involved the civil society, only one-third of them (10) explicitly mentioned its role: in the participatory process [32]; participatory modeling [17]; and personal interviews and collective meetings [41]. Also, cultural values were mentioned with terms such as recreation [13,18,24,41,42,[44][45][46]48]; aesthetics [13,36,48]; social cohesion [42]; educational and therapeutic activities [47]; and cultural and historical heritage [18]. Local knowledge was slightly mentioned in educational activities [24]; [22], in activities to increase awareness [44]; and in bottom-up initiatives [31].…”

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“…NBS is a compound term in which 'nature-based' describes the bond with nature and natural processes [18], and the 'solution' refers to the feature of tackling a problem by providing multiple benefits in a resource-efficient manner [3]. This idea is exposed in a review that defines NBS while exploring the two-part concept, as based on nature and the solution feature [9].…”

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Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management in Peri-Urban Areas: Barriers and Lessons Learned from Implementation Experiences

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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are defined by the European Commission as “actions that are inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature…” and that solve societal challenges and multiple benefits. As a result, NBS are often promoted as alternative responses that solve complex societal challenges such as watershed management, while delivering a systemic approach of multiple benefits for well-being, human health, and sustainable use of resources. Despite rising interest in NBS, further identification of experiences implementing NBS could advance our understanding of the operationalization of this comprehensive concept. For this purpose, we analyzed 35 peer-reviewed articles on implementation experiences of NBS for water management in peri-urban areas, on aspects related to (i) NBS problem–solution: water challenges, ecosystem services, scales, and types; (ii) NBS governance and management. From the insights of the analysis, this paper asks what lessons are learned, and which barriers are identified, from implementing NBS for water management in peri-urban areas? As a result, this study presents a detailed analysis of each aspect. We conclude by highlighting accountancy, monitoring, and communication as potential success factors for integration and development while diminishing the overall barrier of complexity, which leads to technical, institutional, economic, and social uncertainty.

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Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management in Peri-Urban Areas: Barriers and Lessons Learned from Implementation Experiences

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“…GI needs to be an integrative part of smart compact and green cities (Artmann et al, 2019) and should be adapted to specific local characteristics (Badiu et al, 2016). Instead of singular interventions, implementing GI and nature-based solutions should be directed towards optimizing their ecosystem services (Ronchi et al, 2020; Zhang & Muñoz Ramírez, 2019).…”

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“…GI and nature-based solutions are a step towards achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), building resilience, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change (De la Sota et al, 2019; Demuzere et al, 2014; Liu Li & Bergen, 2018; Ronchi et al, 2020). The role of GI in moving towards sustainability becomes important in developing semi-arid cities, particularly at neighbourhood scale (Wang & Kintrea, 2019).…”

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Priority Areas for Developing Green Infrastructure in Semi-arid Cities: A Case Study of Tehran

Jamali

Khaledi

Razavian

2021

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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Urban green infrastructure (GI) approach supports building resilience, mitigating greenhouse gases emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. However, the development and maintenance of GI in semi-arid cities can be hindered by limitations such as available water resources. In this article, we study priority areas for GI development schemes at the neighbourhood scale through a seasonal vulnerability framework with the case study of two urban districts in the semi-arid city of Tehran, Iran. Heat mitigation and stormwater runoff control are considered as the main objectives of GI development. The results show that priority areas have high levels of land surface temperature, impervious surfaces and population density, with a low proportion of vegetation land cover. The necessary GI services vary in different local climate zones (LCZ) during the year. Although heat mitigation is required in both compact and open LCZs, the runoff control service of GI is also needed for neighbourhoods with compact midrise settings. To promote sustainability at the neighbourhood scale, the findings of the study can be used for initiating nature-based solutions and GI development projects.

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“…can take into account a lot of components in detailed simulations. Therefore, goals of natural areas protection will be pursued more easily.Furthermore, adopting urban policies based on urban regeneration, sustainable mobility and the creation of green infrastructures[157] [158][159] can create a more sustainable scenario able to flatten the curve under the earth carrying capacity[160] [161][162].…”

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Why Italy First? Health, Geographical and Planning aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak

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Borruso

Balletto

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The Covid-19 has hit Italy in February 2020 after its outbreak in China at the beginning of January. But why Italy first among Western countries? What are the conditions that made Italy more vulnerable and the first target of such disease? What characteristics and what diffusion patterns could be highlighted and hypothesized, from the outbreak to the end of March 2020, after containment measures - including a national lock down – were introduced? In this paper we try to provide some answers to these questions, analyzing the issue from the medical, geographical and planning points of view. In particular, we started from a hypothesis of very similar economic, geographical, climatic and environmental conditions of the areas of Wuhan – in Hubei Province in China, the outbreak of the epidemics – and the Po Valley area – in Italy – where most cases and deaths were registered. Adopting an ecological approach, we compared the spatial distribution and pattern of Covid-19-related mortality in Italy with several geographical, environmental and socio-economic variables at Provincial level, analyzing them by means of spatial analytical techniques as LISA – Local Indicators of Spatial Association. Possible evidence relating Covid-19 cases and Nitrogen-related pollutants and land take arise, particularly in the Po Valley area.

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Integrating green infrastructure into spatial planning regulations to improve the performance of urban ecosystems. Insights from an Italian case study

Cited by 111 publications

References 39 publications

Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management in Peri-Urban Areas: Barriers and Lessons Learned from Implementation Experiences

Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management in Peri-Urban Areas: Barriers and Lessons Learned from Implementation Experiences

Priority Areas for Developing Green Infrastructure in Semi-arid Cities: A Case Study of Tehran

Why Italy First? Health, Geographical and Planning aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak

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