Vol. 86 Suppl. 1, 2025
Original Articles - Urban, Land, Environmental Appraisal and Economics

Integrating Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services and Cost Analysis for Nature-Based Solution (NBS) planning in urban contexts

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  • Giulia Datola,
  • Alessandra Oppio,
  • Marta Dell'Ovo,
  • Marco Rossitti,
  • Danny Casprini,
  • Giulia Tarantino,
  • Francesca Torrieri
Giulia Datola
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Alessandra Oppio
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marta Dell'Ovo
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marco Rossitti
Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering (DABC), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Danny Casprini
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Giulia Tarantino
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Francesca Torrieri
Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering (DABC), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/aestim-17192

Published 2025-10-31

Keywords

  • Nature-Based Solution (NBS),
  • Ecosystem Services (ES),
  • urban vulnerability,
  • cost estimation,
  • integrated evaluation framework,
  • Spatial analysis
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Abstract

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are suggested as strategies to mitigate climate change effects in urban contexts. However, cities face issues in planning with NBS due to the lack of a comprehensive evaluation framework to properly support the strategic integration of NBS in urban planning. This research aims to fill this gap by proposing a multi-step evaluation framework to firstly identify the most suitable intervention area, and secondly provide an overall evaluation of NBS interventions according to both cost and benefits. The proposed model has been applied to the city of Milan to identify the most urgent areas for NBS implementation, according to multidimensional vulnerability maps. Three NBS alternative scenarios have been compared with the business-as-usual scenario and evaluated according to costs and benefits accounted through Ecosystem Services. The evaluation results are monetary and non-monetary values, useful for supporting decision processes for NBS planning in urban contexts. 

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