In:
One Ecosystem, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 6 ( 2021-12-16)
Abstract:
Climate change adaptation is essential to mitigate risks, such as extreme weather events triggered by global warming and amplified in dense urban environments. Ecosystem-based adaptation measures, such as urban greening, are promoted in cities because of their flexibility and their positive side effects, such as human health benefits, ecological effects, climate mitigation and a range of social benefits. While individual co-benefits of greening measures are well studied, often in public green spaces, few studies quantify co-benefits comprehensively, leaving social benefits particularly understudied. In this study, we perform biophysical and socio-cultural assessments of co-benefits provided by semi-public, residential greening in four courtyards with varying green structures. We quantify effects on thermal comfort, biodiversity, carbon storage and social interaction. We further assess the importance of these co-benefits to people in the neighbourhood. Subsequently, we weight the results from the biophysical assessments with the socio-cultural values to evaluate how even small differences in green structures result in differences in the provision of co-benefits. Results show that, despite relatively small differences in green structures, the residential courtyards with a higher green volume clearly generate more co-benefits than the residential yards with less green, particularly for thermal comfort. Despite differences in the valuation of co-benefits in the neighbourhood, socio-cultural weights did not change the outcome of the comparative assessment. Our results highlight that a deliberate management strategy, possibly on neighbourhood-scale, could enhance co-benefits and contribute to a more sustainable urban development.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2367-8194
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl1
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl2
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl3
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl4
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl5
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl6
DOI:
10.3897/oneeco.6.e65706.suppl7
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2900828-1
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