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Definition of the Green Infrastructure Vegetation System: An Approach to the City of Castelo Branco

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Mariana do Rosário Machado

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Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal

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Centre for Art History and Artistic Research, University of Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal

Sustainability 2023, 15(10), 8177; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108177 (registering DOI)

Received: 15 February 2023
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Revised: 25 April 2023
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Accepted: 27 April 2023
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Published: 17 May 2023

Abstract

This paper analyses the vegetation system as a matter of design and configuration of the urban green infrastructure of Castelo Banco, Portugal, taking into account the current environmental challenges—air quality, biodiversity and the climate crisis. Being one of the components of nature-based solutions, it explores among its multiple functions those of ecological and cultural order. Furthermore, it deals with integrating the knowledge of phytosociological science into the projectual practice of landscape architecture. Specifically, it explores the choice of the most appropriate vegetation system to be used in order to meet the future needs of this city.

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Machado, M.d.R. Definition of the Green Infrastructure Vegetation System: An Approach to the City of Castelo Branco. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8177.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108177

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Machado MdR. Definition of the Green Infrastructure Vegetation System: An Approach to the City of Castelo Branco. Sustainability. 2023; 15(10):8177.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108177

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Machado, Mariana do Rosário. 2023. “Definition of the Green Infrastructure Vegetation System: An Approach to the City of Castelo Branco” Sustainability 15, no. 10: 8177.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108177

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