Green Infrastructure for synergetic climate adaptation to extremes events (Green4Extreme)

Urban areas and their dwellers are especially vulnerable to heatwaves and heavy rainfall events that are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity at high latitudes in this century.

Green infrastructures are recognized as sustainable tools to make cities more resilient to climate change and pleasant to live in, by reducing cities impervious surface and increasing the vegetation density.

However, knowledge on how green infrastructures should be designed to contribute towards resilience to both extreme climate events simultaneously is still lacking.

Green4Extreme will fill this gap by involving urban planners and researchers, thought co-creation activities, and a multi-disciplinary integrated analysis of green infrastructures impacts on heat stress and flood risk.

An advanced modelling chain will provide high-resolved spatial distribution of water in the urban landscape during heavy rainfall events, and heat stress indicators during heatwaves.

The main outcome of Green4Extreme will be an urban atlas encompassing a wide set of impact indicators for different climate scenarios, for the cities of Norrköping and Malmö.

The urban atlas will be a valuable and supportive tool for decision makers acting towards a more climate-sensitive urban planning, through implementing synergetic adaptation strategies that potentiates the urban resilience and positively contributes to a healthier society.