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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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Wildflowers: opportunities for urban landscapes

2022

The concept of “sustainability” is also becoming of great interest in the management of ornamental and territorial greenery. The new trends in the design of green spaces are aimed both at enhancing their “natural” aspects and at researching schemes characterized by lower maintenance costs. Spontaneous vegetation represents a characteristic component of the urban environment and is always adequate to the conditions of the site in which it is located. In this context, the role of spontaneous herbaceous plants becomes fundamental and constitutes an effective response to the current demand for the defence, conservation and enhancement of biodiversity. So far, the use of spontaneous vegetation f…

wildflower ornamental plants urban sustainability biometric characteristic biodiversityHorticultureSettore AGR/02 - Agronomia E Coltivazioni Erbacee
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New floristic data of alien vascular plants from Sicily

2019

New records of Commelina communis, Euphorbia hypericifolia, Melia azedarach, Nicotiana tabacum, and Xanthoceras sorbifolium are reported for the Sicilian flora.

xenophytes biodiversity plant distribution Sicilian flora
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