Parte della SESSIONE PARALLELA 1: L’APPROCCIO ECOSISTEMICO ALLA PIANIFICAZIONE SPAZIALE / THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO SPATIAL PLANNING. Coordinatori: Silvio Cristiano, Corrado Zoppi Discussant: Claudia De Luca
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
Cultural landscapes across Europe face major challenges due to climate change and the subsequent increase of floods, heatwaves and landslides. Regulating ecosystem services (ES) play a crucial role in addressing these hazards by protecting cultural heritage, economic wealth and human lives.
Within the Horizon Europe project RescueME, which aims to foster resilience in coastal landscapes, predictive models were developed for four European areas, integrating ES into risk assessments. A modular framework was created, adopting a holistic approach by combining indicators of social, cultural as well as ecological dimensions to evaluate vulnerability.
The results reveal potential synergies/trade-offs among ES and mismatches between their distribution and social vulnerability, thus visualising environmental injustice.
Embedding ES into risk assessments highlights their value for territorial planning and disaster risk management, supporting the sustainable transformation of cultural landscapes.
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