Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona

Danielly García, Mariona Ferrandiz-Rovira, Mariona Ferrandiz-Rovira, Mariona Ferrandiz-Rovira, Oriol Serra, M. Parés

2023

Abstract

Half of the world’s population lives in cities, where usually there are few little green space and there are also high levels of air pollution. Moreover, the traditional urbanization of cities contributes to climate change, promotes the loss of global biodiversity and induces serious health problems for citizens. Both climate change and the loss of biodiversity affect negatively to the ecosystems and therefore human health, as they are responsible for providing clean air, food, fresh water, medicines, renewable resources... This deterioration increases significantly the risk of human-borne infectious diseases such as coronavirus or HIV. The ability we have to re-naturalize anthropogenic spaces and learn to generate spaces for coexistence will be key for the future of our society. The research presented in this paper aims to do a step forward to achieve that ability by working in three schools of the city of Barcelona and their surroundings. Among other actions, in this project, a diagnosis of neighborhood has been carried out. The diagnosis includes the identification and quantification of relevant indicators regarding neighborhood’s biodiversity and also the quality of daily life and the analysis of pollutants (NO2 and PM10 ) near the schools during the 2021-2022 school year. All these information has been merged in a single geographic data base and relevant hotspots where to act have been identified. The information has been shared with city council and citizens.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

García D., Ferrandiz-Rovira M., Serra O. and Parés M. (2023). Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM, ISBN 978-989-758-649-1, SciTePress, pages 208-215. DOI: 10.5220/0011974100003473

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam23,
author={Danielly García and Mariona Ferrandiz-Rovira and Oriol Serra and M. Parés},
title={Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,},
year={2023},
pages={208-215},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011974100003473},
isbn={978-989-758-649-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,
TI - Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona
SN - 978-989-758-649-1
AU - García D.
AU - Ferrandiz-Rovira M.
AU - Serra O.
AU - Parés M.
PY - 2023
SP - 208
EP - 215
DO - 10.5220/0011974100003473
PB - SciTePress