[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Awareness of the importance of greenery in urban settings, it must be said, has grown almost everywhere in recent years. \u201cTrees are the most effective technological strategy we have to protect our cities from heat,\u201d is the mantra-like definition offered by planner Brian Stone Jr. of the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cAfter decades of viewing greenery as merely decorative or compensatory, it is finally clear what it is needed for: from reducing heat islands to withstanding cloudbursts,\u201d confirms Emily Clancy, Bologna\u2019s deputy mayor\u2014with 86,000 trees recorded in the city\u2019s register\u2014as she underscores the bold \u201cGreen Bologna\u201d challenge, a major city reforestation project worth \u20ac23 million through 2029. Yet in an era of rising temperatures, we need to go \u201ceven further.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe moment calls for rethinking how trees and plants are distributed in cities, replacing species that are already no longer suited to global warming with others better able to adapt to the effects of climate change,\u201d explains Francesca Coppola, a landscape architect and councillor in Genoa. Instead of hornbeams and oaks, for example, the new standards recommend planting Parrotia persica, a Middle Eastern species with a high level of drought tolerance\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to reassess the space allocated to trees within cities, think about the soil as well as the plant, and plan in terms of the supply chain,\u201d says Studio Gatti, one of Italy\u2019s best-known firms. For instance, by ensuring that local authorities \u201cbegin to put programmes in place to supply nurseries with the species best suited to the new climate\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
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