Green Heritage in Salamanca city

Key Learnings

• Local climatic zones: Definition of several climatic zones an easy to replicate machine learning methodology. The objective of these climatic zones is to facilitate the prioritization, planning, and management of green infrastructure.
• Prioritising adaptation options: Development of a tool for prioritising adaptation options according to different criteria (risk reduction, technical and economic feasibility, ecosystem services, reduced impact on heritage and equity). By involving the different departments of the city council, acceptance of the project significantly increased.
• Green heritage: Knowledge on how to implement nature-based solution in heritage area, what are the main difficulties and opportunities.

Summary

This project contributes to climate change adaptation of the heritage city of Salamanca, focusing on introducing nature-based solutions. To achieve this, different actions have been implemented, such as the development of the city's adaptation action plan, including decision-making tools and a roadmap for adaptation, the application of machine learning to identify climatic zones, and the development of a green corridor through the city. This innovative project presents “the green heritage” as a path for other cities to explore and further develop and allows continuing working and sharing experiences and real-life examples as the basis to create a network of Heritage Adaptation Cities.

Contact

isabella [dot] kolbreiterer-scherling [dot] at (lifeviaplata[at]aytosalamanca[dot]es)