Comparative quantification of local climate regulation by green and blue urban areas in cities across Europe.

ABSTRACT: Urban growth alters environmental conditions with major consequences for climate regulation and the exposure of population to heat. Nature-based solutions may be used to alleviate the increasing urban climate pressures, but the climate regulation services that these solutions can supply for and across different urban conditions remains understudied. We comparatively investigate the urban ecosystem service realization (considering the ecosystem service supply and demand spatial interactions) of local climate regulation by vegetated (green) and water-covered (blue) areas across 660 European cities. Results show relatively robust power-law relationships with city population density (average R² of 0.34) of main indicators of ecosystem service realization. Country-wise fitting for ci

SUBMITTER: Goldenberg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8669022 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature