Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Nature-Based Solutions and Buildings – The Power of Surfaces to Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change and to Deliver Biodiversity
Abstract By 2020, according to United Nations and European Union reports, 75% of Europe’s population will be living in cities – that’s around 365 million citizens. The majority of our cities are hot, dry, polluted and impermeable and increasingly densely populated. The pressure for new development means hard, impermeable surfaces are replacing urban green space and natural habitats. At the same time, climate change is bringing more frequent and extreme weather events such as summer storms, flash flooding and heatwaves. New developments must be resilient. But we also need to retrofit our existing building stock – to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This challenge is also a chance – to green cities and to create habitats for species which in turn provide us with the ecosystem services and benefits cities will rely on for health, well-being and prosperity through the twenty first century. When designed in an integrative and inclusive way, nature-based solutions such as green roofs, green walls, rain gardens, street trees and other urban green infrastructure generate a wide range of benefits. As well as providing habitats for species, urban greening helps to keep cities cool during summer heat waves, reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect, to manage surface water flooding due to heavy rains and to improve air quality. Green infrastructure also offers an attractive economic Return On Investment (ROI) and a range of other benefits to society, such as connection with nature, and mental and physical health. High quality green infrastructure can also reduce noise pollution, a major cause of stress for city dwellers. Greening a building can help cut heating and cooling costs too, saving energy and other resources. Green cities give better quality of life, meaning healthier, happier citizens, higher productivity at work and a reduction in absence from work due to illness. This paper focuses on the microclimate benefits of integrating high quality green infrastructure as part of adapting cities to climate change. It estimates market potential and related factors such as energy use, evapotranspiration and water management. It explains through best practise examples how green roofs and green walls designed for nature can contribute to urban biodiversity networks. And it shows how twenty first century nature-based cities can be natural, healthy and resilient.
Nature-Based Solutions and Buildings – The Power of Surfaces to Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change and to Deliver Biodiversity
Abstract By 2020, according to United Nations and European Union reports, 75% of Europe’s population will be living in cities – that’s around 365 million citizens. The majority of our cities are hot, dry, polluted and impermeable and increasingly densely populated. The pressure for new development means hard, impermeable surfaces are replacing urban green space and natural habitats. At the same time, climate change is bringing more frequent and extreme weather events such as summer storms, flash flooding and heatwaves. New developments must be resilient. But we also need to retrofit our existing building stock – to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This challenge is also a chance – to green cities and to create habitats for species which in turn provide us with the ecosystem services and benefits cities will rely on for health, well-being and prosperity through the twenty first century. When designed in an integrative and inclusive way, nature-based solutions such as green roofs, green walls, rain gardens, street trees and other urban green infrastructure generate a wide range of benefits. As well as providing habitats for species, urban greening helps to keep cities cool during summer heat waves, reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect, to manage surface water flooding due to heavy rains and to improve air quality. Green infrastructure also offers an attractive economic Return On Investment (ROI) and a range of other benefits to society, such as connection with nature, and mental and physical health. High quality green infrastructure can also reduce noise pollution, a major cause of stress for city dwellers. Greening a building can help cut heating and cooling costs too, saving energy and other resources. Green cities give better quality of life, meaning healthier, happier citizens, higher productivity at work and a reduction in absence from work due to illness. This paper focuses on the microclimate benefits of integrating high quality green infrastructure as part of adapting cities to climate change. It estimates market potential and related factors such as energy use, evapotranspiration and water management. It explains through best practise examples how green roofs and green walls designed for nature can contribute to urban biodiversity networks. And it shows how twenty first century nature-based cities can be natural, healthy and resilient.
Nature-Based Solutions and Buildings – The Power of Surfaces to Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change and to Deliver Biodiversity
Enzi, Vera (Autor:in) / Cameron, Blanche (Autor:in) / Dezsényi, Péter (Autor:in) / Gedge, Dusty (Autor:in) / Mann, Gunter (Autor:in) / Pitha, Ulrike (Autor:in)
01.01.2017
25 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Green infrastructure , Nature based solutions , Living walls , Green walls , Green roofs , Raingardens , Permeable surfaces , Urban heat island mitigation , Flood risk reduction , Quality of life , Health and social benefits , Re-naturing cities , Urban retrofit , Biodiversity , Energy , Rainwater management , Climate change resilience , Return of invest , Ecosystem services , Ecosystem disservices , Air quality , Noise reduction Geography , Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning , Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts , Urban Ecology , Ecosystems , Sustainable Development , Human Geography
How can cities mitigate and adapt to climate change?
| British Library Online Contents | 2004
How can cities mitigate and adapt to climate change?
| Online Contents | 2004