EGU2020-18833, updated on 09 Jan 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18833
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Flood risk and water resources management with nature-based solutions on Florence city environment

Tommaso Pacetti1, Matteo Pampaloni1, Giulio Castelli2, Enrica Caporali1, Elena Bresci2, Matteo Isola1, and Marco Lompi1
Tommaso Pacetti et al.
  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (tommaso.pacetti@unifi.it)
  • 2Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (giulio.castelli@unifi.it)

Increasing urbanization, evolving socio-economic scenarios and the impacts of climate change require innovative strategies to adapt urban and peri-urban environments, making them more resilient and sustainable. In this context, Nature Based Solutions (NBS), i.e. actions inspired or supported by nature, can be designed to adapt and provide integrated responses to the environmental, social and economic future challenges.

The FLORENCE (FLOod risk and water Resources management with Nature based solutions on City Environment) project evaluates the possibility of including NBS as an innovative tool for the management of the territory of the City of Florence (Firenze), Italy. The project develops a quantitative evaluation methodology that clarifies the benefits and co-benefits of NBS, highlighting the limitations and exploring the possible synergies with existing infrastructures.

Starting from the existing literature on the NBS siting, a set of parameters to be considered in order to map Ecosystem Services (ES) priority areas (main functions and co-benefits) is derived. This analysis is then coupled with the identification of the constraints (regulatory, urban planning, economic, environmental, social) which determine the boundary conditions for the inclusion of NBS in the Florence city urban environment. Once the most suitable implementation areas of NBS are identified, the hydraulic modeling of multiple NBS implementation scenarios using EPA SWMM is implemented. This allows the definition of the scenario that best respond to the city's green development needs and that maximize the production of ES.

How to cite: Pacetti, T., Pampaloni, M., Castelli, G., Caporali, E., Bresci, E., Isola, M., and Lompi, M.: Flood risk and water resources management with nature-based solutions on Florence city environment, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-18833, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18833, 2020.

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