Abstract Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) consists of natural and semi-natural systems
implemented to mitigate climate change impacts in urban areas, including elevated air …

Climate change has led to the increased intensity and frequency of extreme meteorological
events, threatening the drainage capacity in urban catchments and densely built-up cities …

1 The benefits and opportunities achievable using Nature-based Solutions (NBS) to address
global and societal challenges have never been more relevant, important or urgently …

Green-blue infrastructures in urban spaces offer several co-benefits besides flood risk
reduction, such as water savings, energy savings due to less cooling usage, air quality …

Climate change is presenting one of the main challenges to our planet. In parallel, all
regions of the world are projected to urbanise further. Consequently, sustainable …

There is growing evidence that traditional response to floods and flood-related disaster is no
longer achieving desirable results. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) represent a relatively new …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) is the latest contribution to the green concept family. NBS is
defined as actions based in nature addressing societal challenges. In this study, we lean on …

Green roofs (GRs) contribute to urban greening and adaptation to climate change and
belong to a small group of measures that can be implemented even in densely built-up …

Given that improving urban ecological environment requires a clear recognition of the urban
ecological elements, investigating the ecosystem service capabilities of urban green-blue …

In the last decades, urban sprawl and soil sealing led to an increase of urban flooding
phenomena. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) seem able to weaken stormwater …