Identifying Ecosystem Service Hotspots to Support Urban Planning in Trento
Geneletti, Davide and Cortinovis, Chiara LU
(2021)
In Cities and Nature
p.153-165
- Abstract
This chapter presents the mapping of ecosystem service hotspots in the city of Trento, in the Italian Alps, and discusses the possible uses of the results to support the drawing of the new Urban Plan. Hotspots are defined as areas characterized by high levels of provision of multiple services. Particularly, the following ecosystem services were selected: biodiversity support, risk mitigation, mitigation of air pollution and noise from transport infrastructures, forest landscape value, food production, nature-based recreation, and microclimate regulation. Maps of the different ecosystem services were produced using a variety of assessment methods, and then overlaid to obtain a multiple-hotspot map. The results show that hotspots are... (More)
This chapter presents the mapping of ecosystem service hotspots in the city of Trento, in the Italian Alps, and discusses the possible uses of the results to support the drawing of the new Urban Plan. Hotspots are defined as areas characterized by high levels of provision of multiple services. Particularly, the following ecosystem services were selected: biodiversity support, risk mitigation, mitigation of air pollution and noise from transport infrastructures, forest landscape value, food production, nature-based recreation, and microclimate regulation. Maps of the different ecosystem services were produced using a variety of assessment methods, and then overlaid to obtain a multiple-hotspot map. The results show that hotspots are found not only among forests and natural areas surrounding the city, but also in the intensely urbanized valley floor (e.g., within agricultural patches and green wedges). In terms of policy relevance, the ecosystem service hotspots are becoming part of the “structural elements” of the Urban Plan currently being drafted, along with more traditionally recognized elements, such as protected areas. The hotspots are intended to be preserved from urbanization and different actions are under consideration to improve the current network of green and blue spaces, thus increasing both connectivity and the provision of ecosystem services.
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- author
- Geneletti, Davide
and Cortinovis, Chiara
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Air purification, Cooling, Ecosystem service hotspots, GIS, Green infrastructure, Habitat provision, Nature-based recreation, Noise reduction, Risk mitigation, Urban planning
- host publication
- Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure : Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy - Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy
- series title
- Cities and Nature
- editor
- Arcidiacono, Andrea and Ronchi, Silvia
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Springer Nature
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85163034033
- ISSN
- 2520-8314
- 2520-8306
- ISBN
- 9783030543440
- 9783030543457
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-54345-7_12
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- ec9facc5-873c-4dc1-b7af-07889f69bfc2
- date added to LUP
- 2023-10-18 10:54:42
- date last changed
- 2024-03-22 01:46:48
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