Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale
Land Laboratory, Department of Agroforestry Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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Sustainability 2020, 12(24), 10525; https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410525
Received: 25 November 2020 / Revised: 11 December 2020 / Accepted: 14 December 2020 / Published: 16 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Understanding the Economic Value of Nature Base Solutions (NBS) towards Sustainable Built Environments)
Green infrastructure has acquired greater importance in recent years in relation to climate change adaptation. Green infrastructure planning has been identified as a new and innovative means of land planning that can contribute to preventing the impacts of climate change. However, this has been explored more thoroughly in urban areas than at the regional scale. The present study proposes a methodology including multi-criteria evaluation techniques for assessing the ESS involved in the fight against climate change and for the spatial planning of multifunctional green infrastructure areas based on the results of this assessment. Application of the methodology for green infrastructure planning aimed at confronting climate change at landscape level in the region of Galicia (NW Spain) successfully delimited multifunctional green infrastructure zones. Results show that delimited zones have a higher provision potential for more ESS than protected natural areas and areas that are not part of the green infrastructure.
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Keywords:
green infrastructure delineation; green infrastructure zoning; multi-criteria evaluation; multifunctional green infrastructure; climate change
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García, A.M.; Santé, I.; Loureiro, X.; Miranda, D. Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410525
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García AM, Santé I, Loureiro X, Miranda D. Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale. Sustainability. 2020; 12(24):10525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410525
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarcía, Andrés M.; Santé, Inés; Loureiro, Xurxo; Miranda, David. 2020. "Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale" Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410525
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