Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Service Supply: A Study Concerning the Functional Urban Area of Cagliari, Italy DOI Open Access
Federica Isola, Sabrina Lai, Federica Leone

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(19), P. 8628 - 8628

Published: Oct. 5, 2024

Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a network composed of natural and semi-natural areas, such as greenspaces, open water bodies, designed to enhance the provision ecosystem services meet needs expectations local communities. UGIs should be accessible improve well-being health their users, protect biodiversity, allow for enjoyment resources. The study proposes methodological approach defining UGI, conceived areas connected by urban ecological corridors suitable providing climate regulation, flood risk mitigation, outdoor recreation, biodiversity habitat quality enhancement. methodology applied functional area (FUA) City Cagliari, Italy. analysis results show that with high values carbon storage sequestration, enhancement are particularly part UGI. Although recreation appear less significant, this service relevant within Cagliari FUA. However, characterized mitigation different behavior, which highlights how presence impermeable surface associated loss patch connectivity.

Language: Английский

Ecosystem service multifunctionality and trade-offs in English Green Belt peri-urban planning DOI Creative Commons
Matthew Kirby, Joanna Zawadzka, Alister Scott

et al.

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 67, P. 101620 - 101620

Published: April 17, 2024

Green Belt policies govern peri-urban landscapes globally by restricting built development. Yet, they often have little consideration for the land within them. This is especially case in England where ecosystem services are poorly accounted policy, whilst also being viewed as a development obstacle, with few environmental and social benefits; situation mirrored globally. Moreover, there significant research gap into Belts through socio-ecological lenses of multifunctionality, which allows populist discourses to go unchallenged. Using modelling participatory mapping data this paper addresses quantifying service supply, trade-offs multifunctionality North-East Belt, wider planning policy implications. The results show that contrary claims, can do provide multiple benefits people when studied these lenses. However, levels individual overall differ spatially resulting opportunity areas well potential losses from Areas deciduous coniferous woodland key "green wedges" close urban populations were found be "hots-spots", whereas arable improved grassland notable "cold-spots". Trade-offs mostly provisioning services. We argue explicitly holistically accounting could catalyse multifunctional space climate, nature landscapes. Additionally, our study demonstrates conceptual merits planning.

Language: Английский

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Understanding visitor preferences: perceived importance of anthropogenic and natural forest features in supplying cultural ecosystem services DOI Creative Commons

Dumitru-Mircea Dușcu,

Geta Rîşnoveanu

Forest Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100306 - 100306

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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What does good green and blue infrastructure policy look like: A comparative assessment of UK national planning guidance DOI Creative Commons

Alister J Scott,

Max Hislop

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 99, P. 128440 - 128440

Published: July 18, 2024

This paper evaluates the potential of a Green Infrastructure Policy Assessment Tool (GIPAT) by assessing national planning guidance across all four devolved UK nations. National is key material consideration to formulation and implementation green infrastructure (GI) policies in statutory development plans decision-making. Hitherto, there has been lack holistic assessments GI policy spatial with most attention on specific developments. GIPAT was informed three initiatives; - Building Nature, Central Scotland Network Mainstreaming GI, supported global academic literature address multifunctional mainstreaming components within 26 assessment criteria. The tool assessed, justification, how well met criteria, together strength wording. results reveal significant weakness wording countries highlighting vulnerability. In terms coverage, biodiversity ecological networks generally score but are deficiencies stewardship, blue demanding greater attention. There important implications for plan policy(ies) need integration grey, improved as illuminated through exemplar policies. We recommend use Blue (GBI) deficiency. concludes discussion about GIPAT's wider transferability research into translated

Language: Английский

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A greener Green Belt? Co-developing exploratory scenarios for contentious peri-urban landscapes DOI Creative Commons
Matthew Kirby, Alister Scott, Claire Walsh

et al.

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 255, P. 105268 - 105268

Published: Nov. 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Service Supply: A Study Concerning the Functional Urban Area of Cagliari, Italy DOI Open Access
Federica Isola, Sabrina Lai, Federica Leone

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(19), P. 8628 - 8628

Published: Oct. 5, 2024

Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a network composed of natural and semi-natural areas, such as greenspaces, open water bodies, designed to enhance the provision ecosystem services meet needs expectations local communities. UGIs should be accessible improve well-being health their users, protect biodiversity, allow for enjoyment resources. The study proposes methodological approach defining UGI, conceived areas connected by urban ecological corridors suitable providing climate regulation, flood risk mitigation, outdoor recreation, biodiversity habitat quality enhancement. methodology applied functional area (FUA) City Cagliari, Italy. analysis results show that with high values carbon storage sequestration, enhancement are particularly part UGI. Although recreation appear less significant, this service relevant within Cagliari FUA. However, characterized mitigation different behavior, which highlights how presence impermeable surface associated loss patch connectivity.

Language: Английский

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