Sustainable Urban Green Infrastructure and Its Effects
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 1634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; green roofs; green walls; ecosystems services; indoor comfort; socio-ecological benefits; circular economy; sustainable construction materials
Interests: green roofs; green walls; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; ecosystems benefits; urban water management; circular economy; water efficiency; rainwater harvesting and reuse
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Dear Colleagues,
Urban areas need to move towards sustainable transition pathways due to climatic and socioeconomic changes. Along with their growth, urban areas encompass increasing landcover and soil sealing, with several negative consequences at environmental and social levels. This urban design no longer responds to current population needs nor is adapted to the present climatic conditions, where extreme weather events, both floods and heat waves, are occurring each year more frequently, affecting both citizens’ health and security. Nature-based solutions (NbSs) and green infrastructure (GI) play an important role in the urban environment as they contribute toward many ecosystem services. Among the ecological functions of NbSs, the following could be highlighted: improvements in water management and water resources, the increased thermal performance of buildings, increases in biodiversity, and improvements in air quality. Therefore, there is an urgent need to redesign current cities to answer and adapt to future socioecological needs. The development of strategies for the implementation of NbSs and GI is key to addressing urban challenges contributing toward resilient and sustainable cities in the future.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, where we aim to gather research papers focusing on sustainable urban green infrastructure to address the current challenges faced by urban land tissue change and climatic conditions regarding building design and urban planning.
Suggested themes and article types for submission are listed below.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Nature-based solutions;
- Urban green systems;
- Ecosystem services;
- Stormwater management;
- Thermal improvement;
- Urban planning;
- Urban resilience;
- Buildings design;
- Urban green policies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maria Manso
Dr. Cristina M. Monteiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban
- sustainable green infrastructure
- nature-based solutions
- ecosystem services
- benefits
- urban resilience
- climate change mitigation
- stormwater management
- buildings thermal improvement
- urban carbon neutrality
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