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CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION APP FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING URBAN GREEN DATA FOR CO2 ABSORPTION
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Sustainable cities are urban center engineered to improve their environmental impact through proper urban planning and management. The implementation of green infrastructures is one of the most important characteristics in sustainable cities. Urban green areas play a basic role in the socio-economic development and in the sustainability of the cities. Climate change is one of the factors that needs to be into consideration during the design of sustainable cities, as it constitutes a major problem that humanity has to face. Urban green areas could contribute to mitigate the effects of climate change to cities- adaptation to these effects. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have an important role in addressing the major challenges related to climate change and sustainable development. They are tools that can be used for the monitoring of climate change, such as the absorption of CO2 by urban trees, the mitigation of its effects contributing to the development of the urban green economy. These tools promote new improved relationships between cities and natural environment. Main aim of this paper is to provide the CO2 absorption by urban green areas taking into account the data that entered in the online application which was constructed in the framework of the European project LIFE CliVut (Climate Value of Urban Trees) LIFE18 GIC/IT/001217.
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