Urban greenery? Useful for eliminating heat islands in the city

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The climate change is increasingly making its effects felt on the planet and in cities, where inhabitants literally have to survive the heat islandsareas where the temperature exceeds the average levels expected for the season, with truly abnormal peaks.

Here then comes to the rescue the urban green: l'increasing the city's green area and the improvement of ecosystem functionality that want to expand and improve their skills in the art and science of garden design. Green Infrastructure at territorial, local and architectural green is certainly the answer to an increasingly felt problem, especially in certain neighbourhoods and at night.

Urban green allows for conscious planning and design of urban spaces, taking into account the behaviour of soils, as well as the size of buildings and the materials used in their construction. Above all, that provides for the inclusion of trees, rows, parks, green areas in the city fabric, roof gardens and green roofs, valuable tools for significantly reducing the effects of rising temperatures in cities and heat islands.

A conscious use of urban greenery for the wellness of citizens provides a specific knowledge of what are also the most useful plant species for the city: it is better to use autochthonous species and leave the use of exotic species if they are ecologically coherent and if they are inserted in contexts of particular historical, cultural and aesthetic character.

The 'hanging green' is an important tool that is one of those strategic possibilities for a climate-proof city: on the one hand, it reduces the volumes of water flowing into the network and, on the other hand, it operates a positive filtration of surface water run-off.

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