Descripción del proyecto
Revitalizar los arroyos urbanos en pos de ciudades sostenibles
Las ciudades de todo el mundo se enfrentan a los retos del cambio climático y la rápida urbanización. Las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (SbN) se han posicionado como un método fundamental para abordar de forma holística estos problemas urbanos. Sin embargo, aún no se comprende del todo cómo se pueden integrar eficazmente las SbN en los paisajes de agua dulce urbanos. Teniendo esto en cuenta, en el proyecto StreamScape, financiado con fondos europeos, se pretende colmar esta brecha del conocimiento examinando las repercusiones ambientales y sociales de los arroyos urbanos como SbN esenciales. Su objetivo es proteger la calidad del agua, mitigar los riesgos naturales, preservar la biodiversidad y mejorar el bienestar de los habitantes de las ciudades. El equipo de StreamScape llevará a cabo estudios de casos en Aveiro y Coimbra (Portugal) para evaluar el efecto del desarrollo urbano y, además, investigar cómo la degradación de estos arroyos condiciona la percepción pública.
Objetivo
Cities around the world are undergoing significant transformations and are facing substantial challenges in the form of urban of climate change and ongoing urbanisation. The idea that we can work with nature to improve our cities is now seen as vital. The concept of Nature-Based Solutions has emerged to foster sustainable development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban challenges. Although the attention to nature-based solutions inclusion is an important pillar of urban sustainability, a clear understanding how they can be implemented in the freshwater landscape, is still missing, even in face of the relevance of the urban freshwaters to wellbeing of the population. This investigation aims to fill this gap, by analysing the social and environmental impacts of urban streams as important nature-based solutions from protecting water quality to reducing natural hazards while preserving biodiversity and providing health and wellbeing benefits to population. By selecting as case studies Aveiro and Coimbra, the research project aims to promote the urban streams and their multiple ecosystem services as important nature-based solutions to mitigate the effects of urbanization and climate change on aquatic ecosystems, in the human health and in the wellbeing of the population. The project will adopt the research strategies: to assess how urban development affect a capacity of urban streams to provide ecosystem services using well-established scientific methods and investigate how the degradation of urban streams reflects on the local residents’ perception of the ecosystem services in terms of benefits, health and wellbeing. In addition, thematic maps of ecosystem services identified in the urban streams will be produced to demonstrate the relevance of urban streams for ecological, cultural and social aspects and to demonstrate can this information can be useful to urban planning and governance.
Ámbito científico
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologylimnology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disasters
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaRégimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal