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Mitigation and Adaptation for Climate Change: The Role of BioCities and Nature-Based Solutions

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Transforming Biocities

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In this chapter, we analyse the current state of the art on how green infrastructures mitigate and adapt to climate changes and pollution, how they may improve urban air quality, increase green mobility, and can promote other important ecosystem benefits as water cycle regulation and supply. Relevant case studies will be also described, as gaps and future perspectives will be analyzed towards reaching the full potential of urban forests and other green spaces, for Biocities in Europe and beyond.

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    Silvano Fares

  2. Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway

    Arne Sæbø

  3. Department Earth & Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Ben Somers, Koenraad Van Meerbeek & Eva Beele

  4. Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente e Alimenti, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

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  5. University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

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  6. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of BioEconomy, Bologna, Italy

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Fares, S. et al. (2023). Mitigation and Adaptation for Climate Change: The Role of BioCities and Nature-Based Solutions. In: Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E., Guallart, V., Salbitano, F., Ottaviani Aalmo, G., Boeri, S. (eds) Transforming Biocities. Future City, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_5

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