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Title: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON RESTORING BIODIVERSITY IN AN URBANIZED LANDSCAPE
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON RESTORING BIODIVERSITY IN AN URBANIZED LANDSCAPE

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Samuel Adamec; Jakub Pagac
10.5593/sgem2023V/6.2/s27.86
10.5593/sgem2023v/6.2
1314-2704
978-619-7603-66-8
English
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•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Green Design and Sustainable Architecture
Climate change has precipitated severe issues such as soil erosion, intense precipitation and extended droughts, impacting not only agricultural sectors but also ordinary citizens globally. Unfortunately, human interventions frequently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, these problems. Our approach emphasizes the application of environmentally friendly blue-green infrastructure, recognized for its potential in mitigating climate change effects and enhancing living conditions for both the local populace and the indigenous fauna and flora in treated areas. This strategy is a recurrent focus of environmental programs and projects within the European Union and worldwide. The main goal of our research is to determine of the impact of blue-green infrastructure on potential development of biodiversity restoration in selected model territories using development prediction based on the latest scientific results from similar studies and the professional statistical software Statgraphic centurion 2018. We conducted an assessment at three designated locations within the Zavar village cadastre. Our analysis, based on a comprehensive dataset and meticulous observations, anticipates a significant augmentation in both macrobiota and microbiota diversity, as well as improvements in the fungal and plant community structure within the specified sites. Our evaluation addresses the alignment of these modifications with the specified criteria and identifies any deviations and intercorrelations between treatments applied and groups of organisms and plants observed. We provide actionable recommendations and results will be applicable for predicting and optimizing effect of any planned blue-green infrastructure on biodiversity in business practice.
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This research is the result of the project: VEGA no. 1/0676/22 Blue-green infrastructureas a tool of water management policy in the process of adaptation to climate change.
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23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023, 28-30 November, 2023
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