The measures available in this web platform are a compilation of the state of the art in Climate Change Adaptation. They provide information about all potential solutions to reduce the impacts, damage and vulnerability of any territory. The measures have been obtained from different EU-funded scientific research projects. They are classified to facilitate the selection, using the search engine and the filters available.
This is a live tool, and it welcomes new measures as the Climate Adaptation research and practice evolves. If you register, you can enter new measures, and use all of them to create a tailored strategy for the municipality, district or region of interest. Also they can be included in the prioritization tool to compare the impact of the measures, which supports Climate Action decision-making.
Develop a green and biodiversity blueprint, to provide an instrument with the technical, environmental and design criteria that need to be borne in mind when planning green spaces in urban areas, in the spirit of conserving and enhancing the city’s plant and animal diversity. This document must include the technical aspects that plans for a green space or planting roadside trees have to comply with: soil quality, soil volume, planting distances, distances between trees and lampposts or other urban furniture, etc. It also has to decide the choice of the most suitable species (depending on the necessary resources, which produce allergens and which avoid pests and infestations) as well as recommendations for obtaining more services
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Deculverting, or ‘daylighting’ which involves opening up buried watercourses and restoring the bed, bank and riparian corridor to more natural conditions.
The advantage of green façades in dense urban areas is that they occupy a small horizontal surface compared to urban green spaces, giving at the same time a lot of vertical surface of greenery, considering that a generic climbing plant is able to cover the façade of a five storey building in only few years. To propearly design green façade systems it is necessary to carefully assess the need for spaces for the root system in relation to the desired extension on the façade, providing enough space to allow the roots growing in a healthy way that guarantee resistance of plants especially in prolonged drought periods, limiting the consumption of water for irrigation. There are several types of green façade depending on plant type and needed support on building façades. It is necessary, to avoid structural damages, to conduct preventive inspections to check eventual problems, as melted grout or cracks, which must be repaired before realizing the green façade system.
A green pergola combines the benefits of artificial shading systems, in terms of integration with buildings and urban equipment, with those linked to urban green. Plants must be selected based on the local climate and on the necessity of exposure to sunlight. The pergolas are designed and constructed in such a way as to protect the underlying areas from solar radiation during the central hours of the day, when the sun reaches its maximum height. A vertical wall can be associated with the horizontal green layer, in order to shield also towards morning or afternoon solar radiation (depending on location)
A consolidated green roof competition (e.g. one roof per district yearly) will contribute to improve climate urban resilience and residents awareness and engagement
the hospital buildings are subject to superintendence constraint, installation of benches with tree is more feasible due to bureaucratic restrictions
Gutters and manholes are important elements of the urban drainage system, having the function of intercepting rainwater that flows on the horizontal surfaces of buildings and open spaces and conveying them into the sewerage network, using special infiltration systems. The main factor that determines surface flooding in case of extreme precipitation events is the obstruction of the manholes, due to lack of maintenance or design mistakes. Open canals connected to disposal systems, green areas, bioswales, flooded squares, rainwater collection systems and retention basins can be integrated into pedestrian areas to reduce the risk of flooding
Low temperatures
Type of natech trigger addressed: Winds and storms, Flooding, Hurricanes
A high water flood mark is a physical/visible mark that represents the maximum rise of fluvial/pluvial elevation over land. It can be a natural or artificial mark. It aims at protecting the collective memory of citizens against flood risk and raising people's awareness.
Highlight the commitments, actions and good practices of the various stakeholders
Traffic calming measures which decrease water entering the sewer network and offer extra stoarage capacity in heavy flows. Multiple benefits achieved in water quality improvements from highway run off and slowing traffic.
Carrying out simulations of heavy rainfall events, high tides and high river flows in combination with topographic data and utilising flood modelling software.
Use of computational modelling tools to simulate rainfall events and city services' reaction. Useful models include drainage system and superficial runoff simulations tools. Better approaches include integrated and Information / Management Sectorial simulating tools.
Impact addresed: Flood water infiltration into pipelines increases drinking water quality risk
Implementation of grates at the border between the rural catchment and the urban area to avoid coarse sediments and debris to get into the sewer.
Define and calculate the monitoring indicators for the Climate Plan
