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The existing urban settlement dynamics, as well as climate change effects and extreme events, are considerable challenges for the sustainable development of cities. There is an urgent need to consider the effects of climate change on urban areas, rethinking settlements with a view to urban microclimatic regeneration, with particular attention to mitigation strategies involving nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate the typical Urban Heat Island phenomenon. The present contribution shows the research activities from the MIRIFICUS project (Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Reforestation Interventions for Urban Heat Island), funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with the scientific direction of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research of Italy (ISPRA). MIRIFICUS aims at promoting the operational development of innovative services for sharing data and services obtained by integrating Earth Observation (EO) satellite systems, such as those from Copernicus (Sentinel), NASA (Landsat), and ASI (Prisma) missions. Using the medium–high resolution of satellite data, EO data analysis allows the processing of urban, vegetation, surface thermal indicators, and the detection of surface thermal anomalies of the Italian territory at the municipal level. The monitoring and assessment of potential mitigation interventions will be carried out at urban scale within the cities of Rome and Florence, by analyzing the urban parameter variations considering the ex-ante and post-potential mitigation interventions. The mitigation effects provided by NBS will be quantified by performing specific microclimate simulations of urban planning scenarios through environmental modelling based on weather-climate characterization. The ultimate project goal is the development of a WebGIS tool helpful for Public Administrations, integrated by useful information for planning urban interventions to mitigate thermal anomalies and evaluate the effectiveness of reforestation actions carried out in recent years in the studied cities.

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Earth Observation Analysis and Microclimate Simulations of Mitigation Scenarios to Support Urban Planning: The MIRIFICUS Project

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • Giulia Guerri,
  • Gennaro Albini,
  • Alessandra Casali,
  • Angela Cimini,
  • Luca Congedo,
  • Alfonso Crisci,
  • Arnaldo A. De Benedetti,
  • Stefano De Corso,
  • Pasquale Dichicco,
  • Michele Munafò,
  • Marco Morabito

摘要

The existing urban settlement dynamics, as well as climate change effects and extreme events, are considerable challenges for the sustainable development of cities. There is an urgent need to consider the effects of climate change on urban areas, rethinking settlements with a view to urban microclimatic regeneration, with particular attention to mitigation strategies involving nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate the typical Urban Heat Island phenomenon. The present contribution shows the research activities from the MIRIFICUS project (Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Reforestation Interventions for Urban Heat Island), funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with the scientific direction of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research of Italy (ISPRA). MIRIFICUS aims at promoting the operational development of innovative services for sharing data and services obtained by integrating Earth Observation (EO) satellite systems, such as those from Copernicus (Sentinel), NASA (Landsat), and ASI (Prisma) missions. Using the medium–high resolution of satellite data, EO data analysis allows the processing of urban, vegetation, surface thermal indicators, and the detection of surface thermal anomalies of the Italian territory at the municipal level. The monitoring and assessment of potential mitigation interventions will be carried out at urban scale within the cities of Rome and Florence, by analyzing the urban parameter variations considering the ex-ante and post-potential mitigation interventions. The mitigation effects provided by NBS will be quantified by performing specific microclimate simulations of urban planning scenarios through environmental modelling based on weather-climate characterization. The ultimate project goal is the development of a WebGIS tool helpful for Public Administrations, integrated by useful information for planning urban interventions to mitigate thermal anomalies and evaluate the effectiveness of reforestation actions carried out in recent years in the studied cities.