This book aims to explore and promote greening strategies to enhance urban resilience and health. It is based on the results of the Greenwork project funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities. This book provides an overview of current measures, tools, and innovative approaches to greening the built environment, addressing challenges such as climate change, urbanization, and environmental health.

The content is divided into three main sections: 1. Greening Strategies for Climate Risk Management: This section covers nature-based solutions (NBS) for urban resilience against natural and human-made hazards, multi-hazard investigations, and the impact of green solutions on urban well-being and eco-anxiety. 2. Interventions at the Urban Scale: This section focuses on urban green spaces, recreational areas, pocket gardens, the role of greenery in historic centers, and the effects of urban microclimate on health. 3. Interventions at the Building Scale: This section discusses green roofs, green facades, pocket gardens, and the influence of indoor greenery on microclimate and user well-being.

Illustrates different approaches to tackling climate risks by implementing nature-based solutions Proposes a series of measures and strategies to improve the resilience of urban areas Provides an overview of current climate adaptation measures through greening strategies for the built environment

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Greening and Resilience: perspectives for the built environment (Francesco SOMMESE).- Part I. Greening strategies for climate risk management.- Chapter 2. Governing urban nature together: principles and factors for effective co-creation of nature-based solutions (Diana Dushkova).- Chapter 3. Participatory Validation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Enhanced Resilience (Awais Naeem Sarwar).- Chapter 4. Cultivating Belonging: Everyday Aesthetics and Care Practices in Nature-Based Solutions (Elisabetta Di Stefano).- Chapter 5. Nature-Based solutions for the regeneration and resilience of Smart Villages: design, strategies and case studies in Mediterranean Inner Areas (Luisa Lombardo).- Chapter 6. Urban Green Spaces for the Eco-Energy Balance: A Spatial Framework to Integrate Carbon Sequestration and Renewable Energy Production in Local Planning (Stella Pennino).- Chapter 7. Urban green infrastructure performances under threat (Aude Zingraff-Hamed).- Chapter 8. Developing Composite Indicators to evaluate the feasibility of green walls in urban environments (Mariantonietta Ruggieri).- Chapter 9. Urban Green Spaces environmental performance during Heatwave events: remote sensing and GIS mapping for assessing the Temporal response and support NbS climate resilient design (Sabrina Puzone).- Chapter 10. Green roofs: A preliminary Computational Fluid Dynamics approach (Felipe Rezende da Costa).- Chapter 11. Multicriteria evaluation of the technical capacity of the green walls of the existing building: application to the Campus of the University of Palermo (Mariantonietta Ruggieri).- Chapter 12. Inclusive paths for the experimentation of ecological solutions. Application of participatory strategies at the Unipa Campus (Simona COLAJANNI).- Chapter 13. Multispecies co-existence: shaping an urban garden in Milan as a ground for human and more-than-human relationships (Eugenio Morello,Luca Lazzarini).