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Urban green streets and water management safety hubs in public schools lots

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) represents an effective approach to enhance urban resilience to climate change, contributing to runoff regulation and localized flood risk reduction. This study examines the potential for transforming open spaces in public schools into safety hubs for stormwater management in Mediterranean urban contexts, drawing on best practices from North America. Through a methodological analysis combining Research Through Design and an international literary scoping review, case studies of schools in the Metropolitan City of Naples are presented and compared with U.S. projects implementing GSI in school areas. The results highlight the importance of strategic coordination guidelines for local administrators, designers, and school principals, aimed at planning, designing, and managing highly performant green infrastructure networks. An integrated and shared metropolitan-level approach can maximize environmental benefits, transforming schools into community centers for urban resilience education and participatory management of risks related to extreme weather events.

Source: IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1402/1/012011

Authors: Roberto Bosco, Savino Giacobbe, Louise Anna Mozingo, Renata Valente

Institutions: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Quality education, Clean water and sanitation, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4403394047

FWCI: 1.103

Cites: 2

Cited by: 1

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