Abstract

Adopting to climate change infrastructure decline using Green Space Factor
Track: Climate Change
Authors: Ioannis TSIONAS

Recent climate changes in the Mediterranean include lesser rain throughout the year which comes down in short showers. The result is that less water flows at larger volumes, especially in the urban environment creating simultaneously floods and drought! Green Space Factor (GSF) was implemented in Sweden in order to classify the behavior of the ground surface, regarding its performance on water penetration into the ground. This requires the calculation of the spatially weighted average of the GSFs of all surface materials. The method was applied to the urban environment of the municipality of Kalamaria, a densely urbanized area. The GSF was found to be 0.33 in the scale 0-1, where 1 is the behavior of natural soil and 0 a completely sealed surface. The spatial distribution of the GSF allows the planning for the interventions which improve the water flow performance and reduce the negative impact of climate change.