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Ph.D. in “Environmental Design” (Sapienza University of Rome), M.B.A. (INSEAD), is a registered architect and an economist and focuses her professional activity, research, and teaching on the application of environmental technological design and environmental economics theories, principles, and methods on urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture projects. Currently, she works as a Research Professor of “Environmental Technological Design”, member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. Program in “Planning, Design, Technology of Architecture”; and expert member of the Scientific Didactic Committee of the II level Master in “Environmental Technological Design”, at “Sapienza” University of Rome.
Project Goal: Create 100 PEDs by 2025
Current Stage: Project approved and funded.
Project Goal: Build an interdisciplinary platform for connecting city planners, architects, system designers, circular economists, engineers and researchers from social and natural sciences that develop systems allowing cities to cope with the urban challenges
Current Stage: Year 2/4
A framework developed by the COST Action Circular City (an EU-funded network of 500+ scientists from 40+ countries; COST = Cooperation in Science and Technology) for addressing Urban Circularity Challenges (UCCs) with nature-based solutions (NBSs) was analyzed by various urban sectors which refer to different fields of activities for circular management of resources in cities (i.e., reducing use of resources and production of waste). The urban sectors comprise the built environment, urban water management, resource recovery, and urban farming. We present main findings from sector analyses, discuss different sector perspectives, and show ways to overcome these differences. The results reveal the potential of NBSs to address multiple sectors, as well as multiple UCCs. While water has been identified as a key element when using NBSs in the urban environment, most NBSs are interconnected and also present secondary benefits for other resources. Using representative examples, we discuss how a holistic and systemic approach could facilitate the circular use of resources in cities. Currently, there is often a disciplinary focus on one resource when applying NBSs. The full potential of NBSs to address multifunctionality is, thus, usually not fully accounted for. On the basis of our results, we conclude that experts from various disciplines can engage in a cross-sectoral exchange and identify the full potential of NBSs to recover resources in circular cities and provide secondary benefits to improve the livelihood for locals. This is an important first step toward the full multifunctionality potential enabling of NBSs.
Guenter Langergraber; Joana A. C. Castellar; Theis Raaschou Andersen; Maria-Beatrice Andreucci; Gösta F. M. Baganz; Gianluigi Buttiglieri; Alba Canet-Martí; Pedro N. Carvalho; David C. Finger; Tjaša Griessler Bulc; Ranka Junge; Boldizsár Megyesi; Dragan Milošević; Hasan Volkan Oral; David Pearlmutter; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Bernhard Pucher; Eric D. van Hullebusch; Nataša Atanasova. Towards a Cross-Sectoral View of Nature-Based Solutions for Enabling Circular Cities. Water 2021, 13, 2352 .
AMA StyleGuenter Langergraber, Joana A. C. Castellar, Theis Raaschou Andersen, Maria-Beatrice Andreucci, Gösta F. M. Baganz, Gianluigi Buttiglieri, Alba Canet-Martí, Pedro N. Carvalho, David C. Finger, Tjaša Griessler Bulc, Ranka Junge, Boldizsár Megyesi, Dragan Milošević, Hasan Volkan Oral, David Pearlmutter, Rocío Pineda-Martos, Bernhard Pucher, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Nataša Atanasova. Towards a Cross-Sectoral View of Nature-Based Solutions for Enabling Circular Cities. Water. 2021; 13 (17):2352.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuenter Langergraber; Joana A. C. Castellar; Theis Raaschou Andersen; Maria-Beatrice Andreucci; Gösta F. M. Baganz; Gianluigi Buttiglieri; Alba Canet-Martí; Pedro N. Carvalho; David C. Finger; Tjaša Griessler Bulc; Ranka Junge; Boldizsár Megyesi; Dragan Milošević; Hasan Volkan Oral; David Pearlmutter; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Bernhard Pucher; Eric D. van Hullebusch; Nataša Atanasova. 2021. "Towards a Cross-Sectoral View of Nature-Based Solutions for Enabling Circular Cities." Water 13, no. 17: 2352.
A novel framework is presented that aims to guide practitioners and decision makers toward a better understanding of the role of nature-based solutions (NBS) in the enhancement of resources management in cities, and the mainstreaming of NBS in the urban fabric. Existing frameworks describing the use of NBS to address urban challenges do not specifically consider circularity challenges. Thus, the new framework provides the following: (1) a comprehensive set of Urban Circularity Challenges (UCCs); (2) a set of more than fifty NBS units and NBS interventions thoroughly assessed in terms of their potential to address UCCs; and (3) an analysis of input and output resource streams, which are both required for and produced during operation of NBS. The new framework aims to facilitate the coupling of individual NBS units and NBS interventions with NBS that enable circular economy solutions.
Guenter Langergraber; Joana A. C. Castellar; Bernhard Pucher; Gösta F. M. Baganz; Dragan Milosevic; Maria-Beatrice Andreucci; Katharina Kearney; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Nataša Atanasova. A Framework for Addressing Circularity Challenges in Cities with Nature-Based Solutions. Water 2021, 13, 2355 .
AMA StyleGuenter Langergraber, Joana A. C. Castellar, Bernhard Pucher, Gösta F. M. Baganz, Dragan Milosevic, Maria-Beatrice Andreucci, Katharina Kearney, Rocío Pineda-Martos, Nataša Atanasova. A Framework for Addressing Circularity Challenges in Cities with Nature-Based Solutions. Water. 2021; 13 (17):2355.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuenter Langergraber; Joana A. C. Castellar; Bernhard Pucher; Gösta F. M. Baganz; Dragan Milosevic; Maria-Beatrice Andreucci; Katharina Kearney; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Nataša Atanasova. 2021. "A Framework for Addressing Circularity Challenges in Cities with Nature-Based Solutions." Water 13, no. 17: 2355.
Water in the city is typically exploited in a linear process, in which most of it is polluted, treated, and discharged; during this process, valuable nutrients are lost in the treatment process instead of being cycled back and used in urban agriculture or green space. The purpose of this paper is to advance a new paradigm to close water cycles in cities via the implementation of nature-based solutions units (NBS_u), with a particular focus on building greening elements, such as green roofs (GRs) and vertical greening systems (VGS). The hypothesis is that such “circular systems” can provide substantial ecosystem services and minimize environmental degradation. Our method is twofold: we first examine these systems from a life-cycle point of view, assessing not only the inputs of conventional and alternative materials, but the ongoing input of water that is required for irrigation. Secondly, the evapotranspiration performance of VGS in Copenhagen, Berlin, Lisbon, Rome, Istanbul, and Tel Aviv, cities with different climatic, architectural, and sociocultural contexts have been simulated using a verticalized ET0 approach, assessing rainwater runoff and greywater as irrigation resources. The water cycling performance of VGS in the mentioned cities would be sufficient at recycling 44% (Lisbon) to 100% (Berlin, Istanbul) of all accruing rainwater roof–runoff, if water shortages in dry months are bridged by greywater. Then, 27–53% of the greywater accruing in a building could be managed on its greened surface. In conclusion, we address the gaps in the current knowledge and policies identified in the different stages of analyses, such as the lack of comprehensive life cycle assessment studies that quantify the complete “water footprint” of building greening systems.
David Pearlmutter; Bernhard Pucher; Cristina S. C. Calheiros; Karin A. Hoffmann; Andreas Aicher; Pedro Pinho; Alessandro Stracqualursi; Alisa Korolova; Alma Pobric; Ana Galvão; Ayça Tokuç; Bilge Bas; Dimitra Theochari; Dragan Milosevic; Emanuela Giancola; Gaetano Bertino; Joana A. C. Castellar; Julia Flaszynska; Makbulenur Onur; Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Maria Milousi; Mariana Fonseca; Sara Di Lonardo; Veronika Gezik; Ulrike Pitha; Thomas Nehls. Closing Water Cycles in the Built Environment through Nature-Based Solutions: The Contribution of Vertical Greening Systems and Green Roofs. Water 2021, 13, 2165 .
AMA StyleDavid Pearlmutter, Bernhard Pucher, Cristina S. C. Calheiros, Karin A. Hoffmann, Andreas Aicher, Pedro Pinho, Alessandro Stracqualursi, Alisa Korolova, Alma Pobric, Ana Galvão, Ayça Tokuç, Bilge Bas, Dimitra Theochari, Dragan Milosevic, Emanuela Giancola, Gaetano Bertino, Joana A. C. Castellar, Julia Flaszynska, Makbulenur Onur, Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Maria Milousi, Mariana Fonseca, Sara Di Lonardo, Veronika Gezik, Ulrike Pitha, Thomas Nehls. Closing Water Cycles in the Built Environment through Nature-Based Solutions: The Contribution of Vertical Greening Systems and Green Roofs. Water. 2021; 13 (16):2165.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Pearlmutter; Bernhard Pucher; Cristina S. C. Calheiros; Karin A. Hoffmann; Andreas Aicher; Pedro Pinho; Alessandro Stracqualursi; Alisa Korolova; Alma Pobric; Ana Galvão; Ayça Tokuç; Bilge Bas; Dimitra Theochari; Dragan Milosevic; Emanuela Giancola; Gaetano Bertino; Joana A. C. Castellar; Julia Flaszynska; Makbulenur Onur; Mari Carmen Garcia Mateo; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Maria Milousi; Mariana Fonseca; Sara Di Lonardo; Veronika Gezik; Ulrike Pitha; Thomas Nehls. 2021. "Closing Water Cycles in the Built Environment through Nature-Based Solutions: The Contribution of Vertical Greening Systems and Green Roofs." Water 13, no. 16: 2165.
Before the world was impacted by COVID-19, progress towards the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was already uneven, and a more focused attention was needed in most SDGs’ target areas. The pandemic abruptly disrupted plans and efforts towards urban transition, in some cases reverting decades of progress. The concept of resilience changed in 2020 and having to face severe health issues combined with increased socio-economic challenges in a climate change scenario, cities must urgently explore on how best to combine environmental goals with economic recovery and social justice, modifying on-going plans and initiatives, while re-arranging priorities. Acknowledging the impact that the pandemic will produce, for the years to come, on processes and initiatives towards a regenerative economy, this contribution describes most recent strategies aimed at urban transition in Europe, and critically discusses available options with respect to implementation and funding, within the framework of selected UN SDGs. Our conclusions challenge the ability of our modern society to put in practice the needed urgent actions, and call for a paradigm shift to prepare Europe to deal with climate disruptions, activate transition to a healthy and prosperous future within the planetary boundaries, and scale up solutions that will trigger transformations for the benefit of people and the environment.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Antonino Marvuglia. Investigating, Implementing and Funding Regenerative Urban Design in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Built Environment: A Reading Through Selected UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal. Future City 2021, 395 -413.
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia. Investigating, Implementing and Funding Regenerative Urban Design in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Built Environment: A Reading Through Selected UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal. Future City. 2021; ():395-413.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci; Antonino Marvuglia. 2021. "Investigating, Implementing and Funding Regenerative Urban Design in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Built Environment: A Reading Through Selected UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal." Future City , no. : 395-413.
Global health emergencies such as Covid-19 have highlighted the importance of access to nature and open spaces in our cities for social, physical, and mental health. However, there continues to be a disconnect between our need for nature and our daily lived experience. Recent research indicates that our connectedness and relationship with nature, and in particular biophilic design, may be key for improving both health and quality of life. Rather than relying on abstract universal ideas of “nature”, using evidence-based biophilic design and policy at a building, neighborhood, and city scale, to link our daily lives with biodiversity, may encourage sense of place and make environmental action more meaningful. Then, improving our natural capital in the urban built environment might help address the current climate and disease crisis, as well as improving our physical and mental health. Drawing from emerging research and innovative practice, the paper describes key research and design paradigms that influence the way we understand the benefits of nature for different environments, including the workplace, neighborhood, and city, and explains where biophilic design theory sits in this field. Examples from recent research carried out in London and Chicago are provided, aiming at demonstrating what kind of research can be functional to what context, followed by a detailed analysis of its application supporting both human and ecological health. The study concludes indicating key policy and design lessons learned around regenerative design and biophilia as well as new directions for action, particularly with regard to climate change, sense of place, and well-being.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Angela Loder; Martin Brown; Jelena Brajković. Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Biophilic Urban Design: Evidence from Research and Experimentation. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4323 .
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci, Angela Loder, Martin Brown, Jelena Brajković. Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Biophilic Urban Design: Evidence from Research and Experimentation. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4323.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci; Angela Loder; Martin Brown; Jelena Brajković. 2021. "Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Biophilic Urban Design: Evidence from Research and Experimentation." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4323.
In 1995, the English planner Charles Landry and Franco Bianchini published “The Creative City”, focusing on three intertwined topics: the cultural, social, and economic impact that arises from creativity in cities; the need to promote integrated urban planning levering on knowledge from other disciplines; and the active inclusion in urban planning processes of ordinary, often marginalized people. A few years later, Landry issues “The Creative City. A Toolkit for Urban Innovation”, a book in which he challenges and further develops his ideas by proposing them as a “toolbox for urban renaissance.” At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the American economist Richard Florida delivers what is considered a milestone on the subject of the creative city: “The Rise of the Creative Class”, in which he emphasizes the characteristics of people performing creative activities in cities, as well as the conditions that cities must offer in order for the “creative class” to be attracted and settle in them. The Smart Creative City is a more recent concept. It grew out of economic science, especially the so-called Experience Economy. Regarding specifically the economic development of cities, creativity, art, and culture represent strategic assets in the urban regeneration process, and the socioeconomic feature of smart creative cities can be considered the most evident and critical one. This study thus springs from the recognition of the relevance of smart creative cities, and of an integrated and visionary planning approach to urban regeneration—itself creative. This analysis has been conducted focusing on selected experiences developed by Lyon metropolis, aiming at understanding whether and how the municipality is levering on creativity, art and culture within its urban regeneration programmes. This objective is addressed through a mixed-qualitative methodology that investigates the political discourse and adopts a descriptive case study approach to analyse policy processes, drivers, and obstacles that are fostering or limiting that vision in the local context of Lyon. The research responds to the questions posed, showing both the transformative capacity and the trade-offs of explicitly integrating cultural and artistic projects and events, as urban “innovative” regeneration devices, within the “common” planning and design practice of the municipality of Lyon.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci. Smart Creative Cities and Urban Regeneration Policy: Culture, Innovation, and Economy at Nexus. Learning from Lyon Metropolis. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2021, 411 -423.
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. Smart Creative Cities and Urban Regeneration Policy: Culture, Innovation, and Economy at Nexus. Learning from Lyon Metropolis. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2021; ():411-423.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. 2021. "Smart Creative Cities and Urban Regeneration Policy: Culture, Innovation, and Economy at Nexus. Learning from Lyon Metropolis." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 411-423.
Cities across the world are actively exploring the circular economy concept, a key urban planning and design approach for the green transition, simultaneously enabling greater energy and material efficiency and lower pollution, as well as job creation, social inclusion, human health, and well-being. The city can be viewed as a complex socio-ecological system, in which infrastructures and urban forms have co-evolved along with sociocultural practices and the lifestyles of urbanites. Circular design and systemic thinking have not yet been incorporated into the planning and design of the urban built environment, and this limit has progressively created vulnerabilities and risks. Among the various urban resources, available land is often scarce, as it is natural landscape. Consequently, it is particularly important that vacant public space is re-functionalized and brownfield sites are restored. Equally, green infrastructure—urban forests, green roofs, green walls, permeable pavements, and constructed wetlands—provides critical ecosystem services (supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services) at different scales: building, district, city, and region. Green elements and systems in the urban built environment regulate climate, air, and water quality; enable nutrient and water cycling and soil formation; provide space for growing food and for recreation. Using a mixed methods approach, including a literature review and case study analysis, the research identifies several opportunities and challenges to integrated circular actions, “nexus solutions” across various urban challenges, i.e., sociocultural, economic and financial, regulatory, political, institutional, ecological, environmental, and technological. The study then focuses on critical dilemmas faced when implementing nexus solutions. Providing an overview of selected international initiatives, the contribution, leveraging on an extensive interdisciplinary research, aims at showcasing how districts and cities are advancing the circular economy concept in practice. Evidence provided by projects and case studies—such as: Freshkills Park, a landfill reclamation project on Staten Island, in New York City; Royal Seaport, a major urban regeneration project in Stockholm; and Buiksloterham, a neighborhood and an urban living lab in Amsterdam North—are provided, aiming at testing and validating circularity at different scales. The outcomes of the conducted study identify in particular the impacts, both positive (benefits) and negative (trade-offs) of incorporating circularity into the urban planning and design processes, as well as how these can be assessed in order to stir robust systemic change in the long term.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Edoardo Croci. Assessing Integrated Circular Actions as Nexus Solutions Across Different Urban Challenges: Evidence Toward a City-Sensitive Circular Economy. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2021, 215 -225.
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci, Edoardo Croci. Assessing Integrated Circular Actions as Nexus Solutions Across Different Urban Challenges: Evidence Toward a City-Sensitive Circular Economy. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2021; ():215-225.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci; Edoardo Croci. 2021. "Assessing Integrated Circular Actions as Nexus Solutions Across Different Urban Challenges: Evidence Toward a City-Sensitive Circular Economy." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 215-225.
Cities worldwide are facing a number of serious challenges including population growth, resource depletion, climate change, and degradation of ecosystems. To cope with these challenges, the transformation of our cities into sustainable systems using a holistic approach is required. The pathway to this urban transition is adopting the concept of circular economy for resource management. In this way, resources are kept and reused within the city. Nature-based solutions can be implemented for these tasks, and besides the circularity, they can provide additional benefits for the urbanites and the urban environment in general. This paper describes which urban challenges related to circularity can be addressed through nature-based solutions. This systematic review was developed within the COST Action CA17133 Circular City that investigates how nature-based solutions can be used to progress the circular economy in the urban built environment.
Nataša Atanasova; Joana A.C. Castellar; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Chrysanthy Elisabeth Nika; Evina Katsou; Darja Istenič; Bernhard Pucher; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Guenter Langergraber. Nature-Based Solutions and Circularity in Cities. Circular Economy and Sustainability 2021, 1 -14.
AMA StyleNataša Atanasova, Joana A.C. Castellar, Rocío Pineda-Martos, Chrysanthy Elisabeth Nika, Evina Katsou, Darja Istenič, Bernhard Pucher, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Guenter Langergraber. Nature-Based Solutions and Circularity in Cities. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Atanasova; Joana A.C. Castellar; Rocío Pineda-Martos; Chrysanthy Elisabeth Nika; Evina Katsou; Darja Istenič; Bernhard Pucher; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Guenter Langergraber. 2021. "Nature-Based Solutions and Circularity in Cities." Circular Economy and Sustainability , no. : 1-14.
In a context where digital giants are increasingly influencing the actions decided by public policies, smart data platforms are a tool for collecting a great deal of information on the territory and a means of producing effective public policies to meet contemporary challenges, improve the quality of the city, and create new services. Within the framework of the Smarter Together project, the cities of Lyon (France), Munich (Germany), and Vienna (Austria) have integrated this tool into their city’s metabolism and use it at different scales. Nevertheless, the principle remains the same: the collection (or even dissemination) of internal and external data to the administration will enable the communities, companies, not-for-profit organizations, and civic administrations to “measure” the city and identify areas for improvement in the territory. Furthermore, through open data logics, public authorities can encourage external partners to become actors in territorial action by using findings from the data to produce services that will contribute to the development of the territory and increase the quality of the city and its infrastructure. Nevertheless, based on data that is relatively complex to extract and process, public data platforms raise many legal, technical, economic, and social issues. The cities either avoided collecting personal data or when dealing with sensitive data, use anonymized aggregated data. Cocreation activities with municipal, commercial, civil society stakeholders, and citizens adopted the strategies and tools of the intelligent data platforms to develop new urban mobility and government informational services for both citizens and public authorities. The data platforms are evolving for transparent alignment with 2030 climate-neutrality objectives while municipalities strive for greater agility to respond to disruptive events like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Naomi Morishita-Steffen; Rémi Alberola; Baptiste Mougeot; Étienne Vignali; Camilla Wikström; Uwe Montag; Emmanuel Gastaud; Brigitte Lutz; Gerhard Hartmann; Franz Pfaffenbichler; Ali Hainoun; Bruno Gaiddon; Antonino Marvuglia; Maria Andreucci. Smarter Together: Progressing Smart Data Platforms in Lyon, Munich, and Vienna. Energies 2021, 14, 1075 .
AMA StyleNaomi Morishita-Steffen, Rémi Alberola, Baptiste Mougeot, Étienne Vignali, Camilla Wikström, Uwe Montag, Emmanuel Gastaud, Brigitte Lutz, Gerhard Hartmann, Franz Pfaffenbichler, Ali Hainoun, Bruno Gaiddon, Antonino Marvuglia, Maria Andreucci. Smarter Together: Progressing Smart Data Platforms in Lyon, Munich, and Vienna. Energies. 2021; 14 (4):1075.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNaomi Morishita-Steffen; Rémi Alberola; Baptiste Mougeot; Étienne Vignali; Camilla Wikström; Uwe Montag; Emmanuel Gastaud; Brigitte Lutz; Gerhard Hartmann; Franz Pfaffenbichler; Ali Hainoun; Bruno Gaiddon; Antonino Marvuglia; Maria Andreucci. 2021. "Smarter Together: Progressing Smart Data Platforms in Lyon, Munich, and Vienna." Energies 14, no. 4: 1075.
Cities generate about 85% of the EU’s GDP. As such, they are key players in shaping and providing technological and social innovations but also environmental impact. Thus, they must urgently engage in unprecedented systemic transformational and bold transitions towards sustainability and climate neutrality. The contribution—taking into account that the concepts of community resilience and urban transition have changed as a consequence of COVID-19—critically discusses innovative frameworks and funding opportunities that Horizon Europe will put in place to boost sustainable urban areas in Europe, driving a transition to 100 Positive Energy Districts and 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030.
Paola Clerici Maestosi; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Paolo Civiero. Sustainable Urban Areas for 2030 in a Post-COVID-19 Scenario: Focus on Innovative Research and Funding Frameworks to Boost Transition towards 100 Positive Energy Districts and 100 Climate-Neutral Cities. Energies 2021, 14, 216 .
AMA StylePaola Clerici Maestosi, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Paolo Civiero. Sustainable Urban Areas for 2030 in a Post-COVID-19 Scenario: Focus on Innovative Research and Funding Frameworks to Boost Transition towards 100 Positive Energy Districts and 100 Climate-Neutral Cities. Energies. 2021; 14 (1):216.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaola Clerici Maestosi; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Paolo Civiero. 2021. "Sustainable Urban Areas for 2030 in a Post-COVID-19 Scenario: Focus on Innovative Research and Funding Frameworks to Boost Transition towards 100 Positive Energy Districts and 100 Climate-Neutral Cities." Energies 14, no. 1: 216.
Maria-Beatrice Andreucci; Svetlana Globa. Transition Town-Communities and Sustainability. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 785 -794.
AMA StyleMaria-Beatrice Andreucci, Svetlana Globa. Transition Town-Communities and Sustainability. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():785-794.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria-Beatrice Andreucci; Svetlana Globa. 2020. "Transition Town-Communities and Sustainability." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 785-794.
The Urban Forestry body of knowledge, incorporating the protection, preservation and care of trees, and their landscapes that enhance our urban areas, has been informed by research in soil science, horticulture, plant form/function/pathology, entomology, climate science, health care and the social sciences.
Such contributing research was represented in the COST Action FP1204 “GreenInUrbs” book - "The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment" (Springer 2017).
But that Urban Forestry body of knowledge also reflects an evolved aggregation from the disciplines of forestry, landscape architecture and arboriculture.
Chapter 24 “Growing the Urban Forest: Our Practitioners’ Perspective” represented the professional disciplines of Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Landscape Architect, and Naomi Zürcher, Urban Forester/Consulting Arborist - two practitioners’ voices, applying their experiences in “growing” our Urban Forest to the entirety of the book’s submissions:
All well and good, but chapters in books offering scientific findings, data and its outcomes are only as effective and influential as the actions they initiate. What is essential is actionable plans that make the findings and the data live.
Those critical actions and initiatives fall to the knowledgeable Practitioner. This presentation will offer outcomes of our Practitioners’ observations, described in the COST GreenInUrbs chapter, translating that experience into actionable projects invested in ecological design and sustainable management of the urban ecosystem:
1) Mapping multiple benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI), promoting evidence-based landscape and urban design –Maria Beatrice Andreucci, International Federation of Landscape Architect (IFLA) Advisory Circle member, is providing IFLA practitioners and students, representing professional associations from five continents, with research-based evidence of ecological, environmental, social and economic benefits provided by UGI projects to:
2) Creating an i-Tree Eco-based Urban Forest Management Toolbox: Turning i-Tree outputs into Climate-Adaptive outcomes, offering management strategies for growing the Swiss Urban Forest –Naomi Zürcher, an affiliate i-Tree team member, is spearheading this Federally-funded climate change adaptation project in 8 Swiss cities. i-Tree Eco quantified assessment outputs of existing urban tree structure and function are utilized to:
Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Naomi Zürcher. Growing the Urban Forest. From our Practitioners’ perspective to Field Initiatives. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci, Naomi Zürcher. Growing the Urban Forest. From our Practitioners’ perspective to Field Initiatives. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci; Naomi Zürcher. 2020. "Growing the Urban Forest. From our Practitioners’ perspective to Field Initiatives." , no. : 1.
The main objective of this essay is to illustrate the state-of-the-art on ‘mental health-sensitive’ open space design in the built environment. Urban Green Blue Infrastructure can contribute to urbanites’ mental health and wellbeing as well as healthy aging, while providing co-benefits balancing the negative impacts of climate change, through the provision of integrated ecosystem services. There are a number of ways that exposure to and affiliation with Nature have shown to support mental health, but we are still missing the necessary evidence of the actual benefits achieved, as well as the key performance indicators and metrics to monitor and adapt our open space to the growing urban challenges. After introducing the key concepts of degenerative mental disorders as they are growing in the urban environment, and the emerging green blue infrastructure design approach, the authors present international case studies describing how evidence-based design and Nature-based Solutions have been found to be beneficial, especially to those diagnosed with mental disorders. Subsequently, in a comparative critical analysis, the authors look closer at a number of design solutions capable, at different scales, to support healthy aging through exposure to, and affiliation with, biodiversity.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Alessio Russo; Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo. Designing Urban Green Blue Infrastructure for Mental Health and Elderly Wellbeing. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6425 .
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci, Alessio Russo, Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo. Designing Urban Green Blue Infrastructure for Mental Health and Elderly Wellbeing. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (22):6425.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci; Alessio Russo; Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo. 2019. "Designing Urban Green Blue Infrastructure for Mental Health and Elderly Wellbeing." Sustainability 11, no. 22: 6425.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci. Economic valuation of urban green infrastructure. Principles and evidence. ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2019, 63 -84.
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. Economic valuation of urban green infrastructure. Principles and evidence. ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 2019; (2):63-84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. 2019. "Economic valuation of urban green infrastructure. Principles and evidence." ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT , no. 2: 63-84.
The impact of allergens emitted by urban green spaces on health is one of the main disservices of ecosystems. The objective of this work is to establish the potential allergenic value of some tree species in urban environments, so that the allergenicity of green spaces can be estimated through application of the Index of Urban Green Zones Allergenicity (IUGZA). Multiple types of green spaces in Mediterranean cities were selected for the estimation of IUGZ. The results show that some of the ornamental species native to the Mediterranean are among the main causative agents of allergy in the population; in particular, Oleaceae, Cupressaceae, Fagaceae, and Platanus hispanica. Variables of the strongest impact on IUGZA were the bioclimatic characteristics of the territory and design aspects, such as the density of trees and the number of species. We concluded that the methodology to assess the allergenicity associated with urban trees and urban areas presented in this work opens new perspectives in the design and planning of urban green spaces, pointing out the need to consider the potential allergenicity of a species when selecting plant material to be used in cities. Only then can urban green areas be inclusive spaces, in terms of public health.
Paloma Cariñanos; Filipa Grilo; Pedro Pinho; Manuel Casares-Porcel; Cristina Branquinho; Nezha Acil; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Andreia Anjos; Pietro Massimiliano Bianco; Silvia Brini; Pedro Calaza-Martínez; Enrico Calvo; Elisa Carrari; José Castro; Anna Chiesura; Otilia Correia; Artur Gonçalves; Teresa Mexia; Marzia Mirabile; Elena Paoletti; Margarida Santos-Reis; Paolo Semenzato; Ursa Vilhar. Estimation of the Allergenic Potential of Urban Trees and Urban Parks: Towards the Healthy Design of Urban Green Spaces of the Future. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 1357 .
AMA StylePaloma Cariñanos, Filipa Grilo, Pedro Pinho, Manuel Casares-Porcel, Cristina Branquinho, Nezha Acil, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Andreia Anjos, Pietro Massimiliano Bianco, Silvia Brini, Pedro Calaza-Martínez, Enrico Calvo, Elisa Carrari, José Castro, Anna Chiesura, Otilia Correia, Artur Gonçalves, Teresa Mexia, Marzia Mirabile, Elena Paoletti, Margarida Santos-Reis, Paolo Semenzato, Ursa Vilhar. Estimation of the Allergenic Potential of Urban Trees and Urban Parks: Towards the Healthy Design of Urban Green Spaces of the Future. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (8):1357.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaloma Cariñanos; Filipa Grilo; Pedro Pinho; Manuel Casares-Porcel; Cristina Branquinho; Nezha Acil; Maria Beatrice Andreucci; Andreia Anjos; Pietro Massimiliano Bianco; Silvia Brini; Pedro Calaza-Martínez; Enrico Calvo; Elisa Carrari; José Castro; Anna Chiesura; Otilia Correia; Artur Gonçalves; Teresa Mexia; Marzia Mirabile; Elena Paoletti; Margarida Santos-Reis; Paolo Semenzato; Ursa Vilhar. 2019. "Estimation of the Allergenic Potential of Urban Trees and Urban Parks: Towards the Healthy Design of Urban Green Spaces of the Future." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 8: 1357.
Maria Beatrice Andreucci. Progressing Green Infrastructure in Europe. The Sustainable City VIII 2013, 1, 413 -422.
AMA StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. Progressing Green Infrastructure in Europe. The Sustainable City VIII. 2013; 1 ():413-422.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Beatrice Andreucci. 2013. "Progressing Green Infrastructure in Europe." The Sustainable City VIII 1, no. : 413-422.