Urban trees felling and failures: preliminary results from an investigation on an urban green infrastructure – locating the most sensitive species and defining the causes

Felice, E.; Vignoli, V.; Fiorani, F.; Corradini, E.; Minelli, A.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2022.1345.28

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“…The elaboration of climate adaptation plans is a complex process that integrates the quantification of the potential magnitudes of impacts, the assessment of local risks compared to a baseline, and the identification of progress-monitoring indicators [10,11]. For cities, the planning is even more complicated as climate hazards are strongly linked to the internal texture, arrangement, and organization of a city itself; consequently, its capacity for spontaneous adaptation will be reduced [12,13].…”

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Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction

Cremonini,

Georgiadis,

Nardino

et al. 2023

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of building a coherent frame for the identification of local environmental urban vulnerabilities, coping with heat waves’ increasing threats, and adopting specific adaptation policies in the Emilia-Romagna region. A microclimate model (ENVI-met) was used to simulate temperature regimes in five areas of Bologna, providing ex ante maps enabling us to locate the most vulnerable areas. Adaptation measures were suggested with the support of WMO Guidance 1234 and included recommendations about the introduction of high-albedo building materials and nature-based solutions. The step-by-step methodology developed, coupling local vulnerabilities with adaptation recommendation, integrates a scientific methodology into a political decision. The results, allowing us to widely represent this city’s vulnerability, are considered outstanding with respect to supporting the city’s adaptation ambitions and are now part of the running Bologna General Urban Plan (PUG), which regulates building interventions, introducing the obligation for enterprises to respect or ameliorate the microclimate in all the areas in which they intervene. This tool can be replicated and adapted to any municipal area, as it integrates authoritative WMO solutions with accurate microclimate assessment, thus providing locally tailored adaptation interventions. This paper aims to support the vision, shared by both science and policy makers, of transforming cities into widely resilient systems.

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Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction

Cremonini,

Georgiadis,

Nardino

et al. 2023

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“…Furthermore, plans addressed to adaptation require the development of a cognitive framework of territorial vulnerability and the identification of indicators for monitoring the actions progress [4][5][6][7][8][9]. From the operational point of view, municipalities characterized by scarce economic and human resources face the most critical issues in developing the Adaptation Plans included in the agreement.…”

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Aspects of Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Plans: The Bologna Case Study and Outcomes

Cremonini,

Georgiadis,

Nardino

et al. 2023

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The public administrations (PAs) that have joined the Covenant of Mayors must now complete their adaptation plans with the climate chapter (SECAP). At the same time, the previous Plan for sustainable energy (SEAP) was mainly dedicated to mitigation actions (sustainable energy). It was often managed directly by municipalities' in-house energy companies or agencies. The WMO1234 Recommendation (Guidance on Integrated Urban Hydrometeorological, Climate and Environmental Services) is a fundamental Guidance to allow PAs to make policies and decisions regarding city regeneration and population health prevention. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe a process undertaken in the Emilia-Romagna region to build a coherent frame from the individuation of local environmental vulnerabilities and adopt specific policies. This frame was created by the contribution of various Institutions, including the Regional Authority, which furnished the main directives and tools for the mitigation and adaptation, the Municipality of Bologna, which prepared the first Adaptation Plan following the SECAP guidance, the Emilia-Romagna branch of Italian Association of Municipalities (ANCI), which took in charge the approach to harmonize different urban contexts and to communicate with stakeholders and population, and Research Institutes and Scientific Associations to explore, with specific studies and modeling application, the outcomes produced by a joint support to the new urban directives, such as the General Urban Planning Plan (PUG). To achieve this result, the WMO Guidance 1234 has been assumed as a reference methodology to ensure the best utilization of available data and widespread a common science-based methodological approach to other municipalities.

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Urban trees felling and failures: preliminary results from an investigation on an urban green infrastructure – locating the most sensitive species and defining the causes

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Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction

Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction

Aspects of Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Plans: The Bologna Case Study and Outcomes

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