Regulating Ecosystem Services of forests in ten Italian Metropolitan Cities: Air quality improvement by PM 10 and O 3 removal

Manes, Fausto; Marando, Federica; Capotorti, Giulia; Blasi, C.; Salvatori, Elisabetta; Fusaro, Lina; Ciancarella, Luisella; Mircea, Mihaela; Marchetti, Marco; Chirici, Gherardo; Munafò, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.009

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“…The PM 10 deposition values obtained for the year 2015 are comparable to those reported in previous studies performed in the Metropolitan City of Rome [15,16,47]. Manes et al [16] also previously investigated the role played by GI in PM 10 abatement in 10 MCs of Italy for the year 2003.…”

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Removal of PM10 by Forests as a Nature-Based Solution for Air Quality Improvement in the Metropolitan City of Rome

Marando

Salvatori

Fusaro

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Forests

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Nature-based solutions have been identified by the European Union as being critical for the enhancement of environmental qualities in cities, where urban and peri-urban forests play a key role in air quality amelioration through pollutant removal. A remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) approach was applied to the Metropolitan City (MC) of Rome to assess the seasonal particulate matter (PM 10 ) removal capacity of evergreen (broadleaves and conifers) and deciduous species. Moreover, a monetary evaluation of PM 10 removal was performed on the basis of pollution externalities calculated for Europe. Deciduous broadleaves represent the most abundant tree functional group and also yielded the highest total annual PM 10 deposition values (1769 Mg). By contrast, PM 10 removal efficiency (Mg¨ha´1) was 15%-22% higher in evergreen than in deciduous species. To assess the different removal capacity of the three functional groups in an area with homogeneous environmental conditions, a study case was performed in a peri-urban forest protected natural reserve (Castelporziano Presidential Estate). This study case highlighted the importance of deciduous species in summer and of evergreen communities as regards the annual PM 10 removal balance. The monetary evaluation indicated that the overall PM 10 removal value of the MC of Rome amounted to 161.78 million Euros. Our study lends further support to the crucial role played by nature-based solutions for human well-being in urban areas.

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“…Manes et al [16] also previously investigated the role played by GI in PM 10 abatement in 10 MCs of Italy for the year 2003.…”

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Removal of PM10 by Forests as a Nature-Based Solution for Air Quality Improvement in the Metropolitan City of Rome

Marando

Salvatori

Fusaro

et al. 2016

Forests

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“…Among these ES, air quality improvement-through the removal of particulate matter (PM) and tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) by vegetation-has received increasing attention owing to its effects on public health [20,21], particularly in metropolitan areas, where population density is high and growing steadily [22]. Previous studies have highlighted that the removal of PM 10 and O 3 are affected by the structural characteristics and functional diversity of forest types, respectively, which are effective indicators of the performance of Green Infrastructure (GI) such as urban and peri-urban forests [23][24][25]. GI was introduced as an approach towards nature-based solutions addressed at improving human well-being with a noteworthy monetary value [26] because human exposure to PM 10 and O 3 in cities exceed the legislative limits.…”

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“…The removal of PM 10 and O 3 by vegetation is highly context dependent, owing to the high spatial and temporal variability of functional and structural parameters for estimating ES and also dependent on the pollutant concentration [9,24].…”

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Mapping and Assessment of PM10 and O3 Removal by Woody Vegetation at Urban and Regional Level

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This study is the follow up of the URBAN-MAES pilot implemented in the framework of the EnRoute project. The study aims at mapping and assessing the process of particulate matter (PM 10 ) and tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) removal by various forest and shrub ecosystems. Different policy levels and environmental contexts were considered, namely the Metropolitan city of Rome and, at a wider level, the Latium region. The approach involves characterization of the main land cover and ecosystems using Sentinel-2 images, enabling a detailed assessment of Ecosystem Service (ES), and monetary valuation based on externality values. The results showed spatial variations in the pattern of PM 10 and O 3 removal inside the Municipality and in the more rural Latium hinterland, reflecting the spatial dynamics of the two pollutants. Evergreen species displayed higher PM 10 removal efficiency, whereas deciduous species showed higher O 3 absorption in both rural and urban areas. The overall pollution removal accounted for 5123 and 19,074 Mg of PM 10 and O 3 , respectively, with a relative monetary benefit of 161 and 149 Million Euro for PM 10 and O 3 , respectively. Our results provide spatially explicit evidence that may assist policymakers in land-oriented decisions towards improving Green Infrastructure and maximizing ES provision at different governance levels.

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“…Other scholars assessed the environmental impacts of sanitation infrastructures such as sewer infrastructure and waste collection system through Life Cycle Assessment [28,29]. Urban green infrastructure can also mitigate urban warming [30,31] and improve air quality by reducing the concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter [32,33].…”

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Analyzing the Coupling Coordination among Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Urban Infrastructure: Case Study of Four Chinese Autonomous Municipalities

Sun

Cui

2018

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Urban infrastructure is a necessary condition for urban development. Its use generates three benefits which are economic, social, and environmental benefits of urban infrastructure. They are the positive impacts on urban economy, society, and environment generated by the use of urban infrastructure, respectively. This paper evaluates the coupling coordination among these three benefits taking four Chinese autonomous municipalities as examples. These four cities have large-scale urban infrastructure but its basic function has not been fully fulfilled. Whether three benefits of urban infrastructure have been developed in harmony or not was unclear. We analyzed the coordinated development among three benefits by constructing coupling coordination degree model and studied the impacts of three benefits on their coupling coordination degree using panel regression model. The results showed that the levels of coordinated development among three benefits of urban infrastructure were low in these four cities and the impact of social benefit on their coordinated development was largest. Therefore, urban infrastructure social benefit needs to be improved mainly in these four cities.

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Regulating Ecosystem Services of forests in ten Italian Metropolitan Cities: Air quality improvement by PM 10 and O 3 removal

Cited by 150 publications

References 95 publications

Removal of PM10 by Forests as a Nature-Based Solution for Air Quality Improvement in the Metropolitan City of Rome

Removal of PM10 by Forests as a Nature-Based Solution for Air Quality Improvement in the Metropolitan City of Rome

Mapping and Assessment of PM10 and O3 Removal by Woody Vegetation at Urban and Regional Level

Analyzing the Coupling Coordination among Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Urban Infrastructure: Case Study of Four Chinese Autonomous Municipalities

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