Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal)

Diogo Guedes Vidal; Cláudia Oliveira Fernandes; Lilian Monteiro Ferrari Viterbo; Helena Vilaça; Nelson Barros; Rui Leandro Maia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_352

Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal)

Diogo Guedes Vidal^*, Cláudia Oliveira Fernandes, Lilian Monteiro Ferrari Viterbo, Helena Vilaça, Nelson Barros, Rui Leandro Maia

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Abstract

Cities must be pleasant and healthy spaces able to contribute to ecosystems regeneration and to bring closer Humans and Nature. Contemporary social and environmental issues present big challenges to promoting sustainable and resilient cities. The potential of ecosystem services of the urban green spaces is visible in the regeneration of urban environment, namely in the improvement of environmental and public health and social dimensions. This work presents the development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces. The grid was applied in 25 public urban green spaces in the city of Porto. Statistical tests were performed to evaluate the reliability and consistency of the tool. Results show that the grid is robust and reliable, thus its application is acceptable and could result in potential gains. These include the monitoring of ecosystem services of public urban green spaces to adjust them to citizen’s social and environmental needs, namely if the tool will be adopted by the municipal department of green spaces and infrastructure management of the city of Porto, Portugal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019
Editors	Mohamed Ksibi, Achraf Ghorbal, Sudip Chakraborty, Helder I. Chaminé, Maurizio Barbieri, Giulia Guerriero, Olfa Hentati, Abdelazim Negm, Anthony Lehmann, Jörg Römbke, Armando Costa Duarte, Elena Xoplaki, Nabil Khélifi, Gilles Colinet, João Miguel Dias, Imed Gargouri, Eric D. Van Hullebusch, Benigno Sánchez Cabrero, Settimio Ferlisi, Chedly Tizaoui, Amjad Kallel, Sami Rtimi, Sandeep Panda, Philippe Michaud, Jaya Narayana Sahu, Mongi Seffen, Vincenzo Naddeo
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	2247-2252
Number of pages	6
Edition	2
ISBN (Print)	9783030512095
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_352
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Environmental Integration, EMCEI 2019 - Sousse, Tunisia Duration: 10 Oct 2019 → 13 Oct 2019

Publication series

Name	Environmental Science and Engineering
ISSN (Print)	1863-5520
ISSN (Electronic)	1863-5539

Conference

Conference	2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Environmental Integration, EMCEI 2019
Country/Territory	Tunisia
City	Sousse
Period	10/10/19 → 13/10/19

Keywords

Ecosystem services
Sustainable development
Urban ecology
Urban green spaces
Validation study

UN SDGs

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Vidal, D. G., Fernandes, C. O., Viterbo, L. M. F., Vilaça, H., Barros, N., & Maia, R. L. (2021). Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal). In M. Ksibi, A. Ghorbal, S. Chakraborty, H. I. Chaminé, M. Barbieri, G. Guerriero, O. Hentati, A. Negm, A. Lehmann, J. Römbke, A. Costa Duarte, E. Xoplaki, N. Khélifi, G. Colinet, J. Miguel Dias, I. Gargouri, E. D. Van Hullebusch, B. Sánchez Cabrero, S. Ferlisi, C. Tizaoui, A. Kallel, S. Rtimi, S. Panda, P. Michaud, J. N. Sahu, M. Seffen, ... V. Naddeo (Eds.), Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions: Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019 (2 ed., pp. 2247-2252). (Environmental Science and Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_352

Vidal, Diogo Guedes ; Fernandes, Cláudia Oliveira ; Viterbo, Lilian Monteiro Ferrari et al. / Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal). Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions: Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019. editor / Mohamed Ksibi ; Achraf Ghorbal ; Sudip Chakraborty ; Helder I. Chaminé ; Maurizio Barbieri ; Giulia Guerriero ; Olfa Hentati ; Abdelazim Negm ; Anthony Lehmann ; Jörg Römbke ; Armando Costa Duarte ; Elena Xoplaki ; Nabil Khélifi ; Gilles Colinet ; João Miguel Dias ; Imed Gargouri ; Eric D. Van Hullebusch ; Benigno Sánchez Cabrero ; Settimio Ferlisi ; Chedly Tizaoui ; Amjad Kallel ; Sami Rtimi ; Sandeep Panda ; Philippe Michaud ; Jaya Narayana Sahu ; Mongi Seffen ; Vincenzo Naddeo. 2. ed. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 2247-2252 (Environmental Science and Engineering).

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Vidal, DG, Fernandes, CO, Viterbo, LMF, Vilaça, H, Barros, N & Maia, RL 2021, Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal). in M Ksibi, A Ghorbal, S Chakraborty, HI Chaminé, M Barbieri, G Guerriero, O Hentati, A Negm, A Lehmann, J Römbke, A Costa Duarte, E Xoplaki, N Khélifi, G Colinet, J Miguel Dias, I Gargouri, ED Van Hullebusch, B Sánchez Cabrero, S Ferlisi, C Tizaoui, A Kallel, S Rtimi, S Panda, P Michaud, JN Sahu, M Seffen & V Naddeo (eds), Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions: Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019. 2 edn, Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 2247-2252, 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Environmental Integration, EMCEI 2019, Sousse, Tunisia, 10/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_352

Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal). / Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Fernandes, Cláudia Oliveira; Viterbo, Lilian Monteiro Ferrari et al.
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Vidal DG, Fernandes CO, Viterbo LMF, Vilaça H, Barros N, Maia RL. Development and validation of a grid to evaluate ecosystem services of public urban green spaces in Porto (Portugal). In Ksibi M, Ghorbal A, Chakraborty S, Chaminé HI, Barbieri M, Guerriero G, Hentati O, Negm A, Lehmann A, Römbke J, Costa Duarte A, Xoplaki E, Khélifi N, Colinet G, Miguel Dias J, Gargouri I, Van Hullebusch ED, Sánchez Cabrero B, Ferlisi S, Tizaoui C, Kallel A, Rtimi S, Panda S, Michaud P, Sahu JN, Seffen M, Naddeo V, editors, Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions: Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019. 2 ed. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 2247-2252. (Environmental Science and Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_352

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