The rising environmental issues on contemporary cities urgently calls for sustainable planning policies. Implementation of nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, and green infrastructures associated to spaces management is at present paramount importance. In contrast policies mainly focused public greenery, the inclusion private in strategies might be a promising pathway. general aim mapping classifying urban Padua, city 93.3 km2 (Northeast Italy). Specific aims are (i) testing an...

The transition to renewable energy is crucial for combating climate change but faces challenges like local socio-environmental impacts and territorial conflicts. Scientific research on mapping suitability areas identifying socio-culturally environmentally sensitive zones essential guide project siting appropriately. This study proposes a replicable methodology analyze scenarios compare alternatives agrivoltaics plant siting, using the province of Viterbo, Italy, as case study. employs...

Soil sealing is a worldwide phenomenon of covering natural or seminatural soil with impervious surfaces, such as built-up paved surfaces. It widely recognized major environmental issue which drives landscape fragmentation and ecosystem services degradation loss. Italy one European countries the highest extent sealing. The most affected area northern Italy, especially Po Valley more than 12% sealed According to official data, Veneto Region city Padua are seriously by this phenomenon. Biotope...

Focusing on a sustainable and strategic urban development, local governments public administrations, such as the Veneto Region in Italy, are increasingly addressing their territorial planning to meet national European policies, along with principles goals of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this regard, we aim at testing methodology based semi-automatic approach able extract spatial extent areas, referred “urban footprint”, from satellite data. particular, exploited Sentinel-1...

Precision viticulture (PV) requires the use of technologies that can detect spatial and temporal variability vineyards and, at same time, allow useful information to be obtained sustainable costs. In order develop a cheap easy-to-handle operational monitoring scheme for PV, aim this work was evaluate possibility using Sentinel-2 multispectral images long-term vineyard through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Vigour maps two located in northeastern Italy were computed from...

In the Amazon Rainforest, a unique post-carbon plan to mitigate global warming and protect exceptional bio-cultural diversity was experimented in 2007–2013 by Ecuadorian government. To preserve rainforest ecosystems within Yasuní-ITT oil block, release of 410 million metric tons CO2 would have been avoided. The neologism “yasunization” emerged as an Amazonian narrative on “unburnable carbon” be replicated worldwide. Considering unburnable carbon, petroleum-associated gas flaring represents...

Over the last few years, soil sealing has been recognized as one of major threats in terms degradation and loss ecosystem services. Although many efforts have promoted to increase awareness safeguarding for stakeholders, its value a non-renewable resource well soil-related services urban ecosystems is not implemented enough planning policies. Due spatially explicit component geographical scale sealing, mapping quantifying number sealed surfaces crucial. The aim this paper was estimate...

Abstract Despite the ongoing impacts of climate change around world, fossil fuels continue to drive global economy. The socio-environmental oil development at local level are widely recognized, especially in high biocultural diversity areas, highlighting need develop and implement effective policies that protect both biodiversity human rights. In consideration estimated remaining carbon budget limit warming 1.5 °C, as well Ecuador’s past attempts limiting extraction through Yasuni-ITT...

The purpose of this research was to critically analyze the social license operate (SLO) for an oil company operating in Block 10, concession located Ecuadorian Amazon. specific study area is important biodiversity hotspot, inhabited by indigenous villages. A mixed-methods approach used support a deeper understanding SLO, grounded participants’ direct experience. Semi-structured interviews (N = 53) were conducted with village leaders and members, associations, State institutions, staff, while...

Nature-based solutions (NBSs) are considered essential measures to face climate change in cities. Riparian ecosystems often undervalued as NBSs even if they represent an “already plugged-in” ecosystem service provider. However, applied research on urban riparian is scarce. To fill the gap, this study frames role of these a frontline mitigation and adaptation strategy by (i) investigating how experienced process urbanization from World War II until today Padua (Italy), (ii) estimating...

Urban agriculture is recognized as a worthy resource to support growing population well provide other positive effects on urban ecosystems and their citizens. In this context, community gardens are considered key topics in terms of food production security, both developing developed countries, social inclusion participation. The general aim study was assess the main spatial criteria shared by stakeholders identify suitable inclusive areas for testing participatory process. Because its size,...

Alongside growing awareness of the historical and ethical dimensions climate change impacts, little is known about those territories both sources fossil fuel extraction as well not beneficiaries its benefits, usually located in developing countries. Our study frames justice Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR), defined "urban jungle", due to urbanization processes linked oil exploitation. By highlighting multiple injustices for local communities, general aim showing how these areas are at same...

Abstract In the Ecuadorian Amazon—one of Earth’s last high-biodiversity wilderness areas and home to uncontacted indigenous populations—50 years widespread oil development is jeopardizing biodiversity feeding environmental conflicts. 2019, a campaign eliminate oil-related gas flaring, led by Amazonian communities impacted fossil fuel production, resulted in an injunction against Ecuadoran Ministry Energy Non-Renewable Natural Resources Environment Water. On 26 January 2021 Court Nueva Loja...

Nitrogen (N) deposition significantly affects forest dynamics, carbon stocks and biodiversity, numerous assessments of N fluxes impacts exist in temperate latitudes. In tropical latitudes, however, there are few such assessments. this study, we measured the inorganic concentration (wet deposition) deposited rainfall pH throughout one year at boundary a reserve Malaysian Borneo. We considered that may be either from agricultural fires or derived fertiliser. Therefore, determined wind...

ResumenLos servicios ecosistémicos (SE) son definidos como los que el capital natural provee a seres humanos.Los valores sociales de SE se pueden definir la percepción sociocultural del bienestar humano brindado por ecosistemas.Se está reconociendo cada vez más importancia inclusión SE, conocimiento actores locales y brindar tomadores decisiones una estimación percibidos, además económicos o biofísicos, para evaluar rango completo ecosistémicos.El Alto Mayo, en región San Martín, es parte...

Assessing ecosystem services (ES) and mapping their values are of paramount importance. Here we present two case studies where the participatory social landscape is used in territories with high levels cultural biological diversity (Adamello Brenta Natural Park Italy Alto Mayo basin Western Amazon, Peru). A mixed-method approach combining geography fieldwork (participatory mapping) desk work (GIS analyses) adopted to improve ES by including multiple actors increase awareness. Mapping not...

Abstract. The last two decades have seen the development and diffusion of new technologies that can help in managing geographic information. This has led to a proliferation grassroots processes for exploring, creating sharing geographical data as way citizens take part decision making different kinds processes.However, these ongoing are facing technological, cognitive economic barriers. Universities with use open-source geospatial information communication (Geo-ICTs) should be primary actors...