Description du projet
Boîte à outils décisionnelle et nouveaux modèles économiques pour encourager la plantation d’arbres dans les villes
La chaleur urbaine, la pollution de l’air, les nuisances sonores et l’excès de béton rendent les villes modernes vulnérables au changement climatique. Planter davantage d’arbres dans le tissu urbain est considéré comme une solution simple pour contribuer à relever ces défis. Dans ce contexte, le projet 100KTREEs, financé par l’UE, dressera la carte des arbres existants et établira un solide dossier commercial pour la plantation de nouveaux arbres, tout en sollicitant des parrainages de tiers pour mener à bien son action. Sa boîte à outils de cartographie et de modélisation permettra d’optimiser la plantation d’arbres et de surveiller leur santé à l’aide du service Copernicus et de données in situ. Le projet attribuera également une valeur monétaire aux principales caractéristiques d’un arbre, telles que l’absorption de la pollution, l’effet de refroidissement, la réduction du bruit, la réduction des risques d’inondation et l’augmentation de la biodiversité. Les villes de Sofia et de Copenhague serviront de sites pilotes.
Objectif
Most of us live in cities, even though cities are not the healthiest places due to poor air quality, noisy surroundings and lack of recreational spaces. Many cities have few green areas and consist of too much ‘concrete jungle’ which makes for a harsh environment for all living things. With the changing climate, the weather is expected to become more extreme. One such effect will be urban heat islands, which will be even more profound, with heatwaves expected to increase 3 to 10-fold by 20801 depending on the climate scenario. A way of tackling all these issues, is to plant more trees within the urban fabric - a well-recognised, and relatively cheap and efficient measure for cities to adapt to future climatic challenges. In view of this, the ambition of 100KTREEs is to make cities a better and healthier place to live by encouraging municipalities to plant more trees and to optimise the impact of tree planting. The team will support cities by mapping the existing trees and by showing a solid business case for planting new trees, as well as attracting third party sponsorship to make it happen. We need to plant trees now to allow our children to enjoy their shade in 20 years’ time. 100KTREEs will develop a mapping and modelling toolbox to optimise the planting of trees and to monitor the health of the trees, based on Copernicus and in-situ data. By assigning monetary value to the key attributes of a tree, e.g. pollution absorption, cooling effect, noise abatement, flood risk reduction and increased biodiversity, a number of business cases will be developed for our two partner cities, Copenhagen and Sofia. Such business cases will also be used to attract third party financing. By means of a crowd science app we will engage with citizens and create awareness of the wonders of trees, also extending to improved life quality and mental health impacts.
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- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis managementflood risk management
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturearboriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
2970 Hoersholm
Danemark