Quantify the Contribution of Nature-Based Solutions in Reducing the Impacts of Hydro-Meteorological Hazards in the Urban Environment: A Case Study in Naples, Italy

Maria Fabrizia Clemente, Valeria D’Ambrosio (), Ferdinando Di Martino and Vittorio Miraglia
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Maria Fabrizia Clemente: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy
Valeria D’Ambrosio: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy
Ferdinando Di Martino: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy
Vittorio Miraglia: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: Urban areas are vulnerable to multiple risks associated with hydro-meteorological hazards (HMHs). The assessment of the climate benefits of implementing nature-based solutions (NBSs) in urban areas, especially in open spaces, is widely recognised and discussed within the scientific literature; however, the quantification of these benefits, in terms of the HMHs reduction, human safety and human well-being, is still a subject of debate. In this context, this contribution proposes a methodological approach that, starting from the analysis of the impacts of coastal flooding and in terms of the potential direct and tangible economic damages, heatwave events and vulnerability of open spaces, proposes the application and assessment of NBSs in terms of the reduction in these impacts. The process was developed in the GIS environment based on the processing of open-source data. The test was conducted in the case study of Naples’ waterfront to identify the potentialities and limitations of the approach. The results showed the contribution of NBSs in reducing the economic damages due to coastal flooding and the improved vulnerability conditions to heatwave events.

Keywords: nature-based solutions; hydro-meteorological hazards; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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