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Carlo Calfapietra

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More nature in the city

2020

According to projects and practices that the Italian botanists and ecologists are carrying out for bringing “more nature in the city”, new insights for a factual integration between ecological perspectives and more consolidated aesthetic and agronomic approaches to the sustainable planning and management of urban green areas are provided.

urban green areas2019-20 coronavirus outbreak010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Ecosystem serviceSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Settore BIO/02Ecosystem services green infrastructure human well-being urban biodiversity urban green areasPlant Science010501 environmental sciencesEcosystem services Human well-being Green infrastructure Urban green areas Urban biodiversity01 natural sciencesurban biodiversityEcosystem servicesGreen infrastructure Urban green areaEcosystem servicesEnvironmental planninghuman well-beingEcosystem services; Human well-being; Green infrastructure Urban green areas; Urban biodiversityEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesurban green areaSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaAmbientaleGeographygreen infrastructureSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataEcosystem services; green infrastructure; human well-being; urban biodiversity; urban green areasGreen infrastructure
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Urban Services to Ecosystems - Green Infrastructure Benefits from the Landscape to the Urban Scale

2021

The aim of this book is to bring together multidisciplinary research in the field of green infrastructure design, construction and ecology. The main core of the volume is constituted by contributions dealing with green infrastructure, vegetation science, nature-based solutions and sustainable urban development. The green infrastructure and its ecosystem services, indeed, are gaining space in both political agendas and academic research. However, the attention is focused on the services that nature is giving for free to and for human health and survival. What if we start to see things from another perspective? Our actions shall converge for instance to turn man-made environment like cities f…

Green Infrastructure Ecological Networks Human-made habitats Eco-building Holistic Design Vegetation Science Sustainable Cities Hay transfer Seeds sowing Green roof vegetation Ecological compensationSettore ICAR/15 - Architettura Del PaesaggioSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
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