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Comparison of Urban Climate Change Adaptation Plans in Selected European Cities...
Nowak, Maciej J.; Bera, Milena; Lazoglou, Miltiades; Olcina-Cantos, Jorge; Vagiona, Dimitra G.; Monteiro, Renato; Mitrea, AndreiPublisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; The aim of this paper is to identify and compare the key institutional features of urban climate change adaptation plans in three geographically, systemically, and climatically distinct European countries (Greece, Spain, and Poland). The paper concentrates on the tool indicated and confirms the circumstances and potential outcomes of its usage in the selected countri...
Spatial Planning Response to the Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation
Nowak, Maciej J.; Monteiro, Renato; Olcina-Cantos, Jorge; Vagiona, Dimitra G.This work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT; Portugal) through the strategic projects UIDB/04292/2020 and UIDP/04292/2020 granted to Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), and the project LA/P/0069/2020 granted to Associate Laboratory Aquatic Research Network (ARNET). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; The task of combining objectives, spatial planning instruments, an...
Green Infrastructure Planning Principles
Monteiro, Renato; Ferreira, José Carlos; Antunes, PaulaAcknowledgments: The authors acknowledge and thank the support given by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) to MARE through the strategic projects UIDB/04292/2020 and UIDP/04292/2020, and CENSE through the strategic project UIDB/04085/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; Green infrastructure planning has been receiving great attention since...
Ocean literacy to promote sustainable development goals and agenda 2030 in coas...
Ferreira, José Carlos; Vasconcelos, Lia; Monteiro, Renato; Silva, Flávia Zurga; Duarte, Cláudio Macedo; Ferreira, FilipaEMBIO-POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000020; Ambassadors for Biodiversity (EmBio) is an ocean literacy research project that contributes to the improvement of literacy on marine and coastal biodiversity, namely encompassing the areas covered by the Natura 2000 Network, by promoting coastal and oceanic resources conservation and natural and cultural values preservation of the Portuguese western Atlantic coast. This project d...
Planning a green infrastructure network from theory to practice
Ferreira, José C.; Monteiro, Renato; Silva, Vasco R.Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas that are designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services. It incorporates green and blue spaces and other physical features in terrestrial and marine areas. Despite the increase of green infrastructure planning in several regions of the world, such as Europe and North America, there is still a complexity...
Perception of citizens regarding marine litter impacts
Ferreira, José C.; Monteiro, Renato; Vasconcelos, Lia; Duarte, Cláudio M.; Ferreira, Filipa; Santos, EuclidesPublisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; Marine litter has been considered one of the most serious global challenges, requiring urgent action by governmental bodies, especially in African Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where resources and research are limited. In addition to this, waste management and environmental education and ocean literacy programs in schools a...
Green infrastructure planning principles: An integrated literature review
Monteiro, Renato; Ferreira, José C.; Antunes, PaulaUIDB/MAR/04292/2020 UIDB/04085/2020; Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas, including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services at various scales. Apart from the ecological functions, green infrastructure, as a planning tool, contributes to social and economic benefits, leading to the achieve...