Planning of multifunctional and multi-objective areas of green infrastructure for their integration into territorial planning and management (GREENZONE)
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The project aims to promote the integration of green infrastructure into territorial planning through the development of dynamic and collaborative cartography. GREENZONE focuses on the delimitation and management of multifunctional areas, providing a scientific and systematic methodology together with technological tools that facilitate their practical application. To this end, an artificial intelligence algorithm will be designed aimed at optimising the spatial delimitation of different types of multifunctional areas, allowing progress towards a more agile, efficient management aligned with the objectives of conservation, ecological restoration and adaptation to climate change.
Line of action:
Knowledge generation and managementStatus:
En ejecuciónLocation:
GaliciaGeographic scope:
EspañaLine of research:
Development of green infrastructure, connectivity and ecological restorationExecution date:
2025Duration:
30/09/2025 - 30/09/2028Total budget:
€367,161.60Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:
€220,296.96 (60%)Coordinating entity:
University of Santiago de CompostelaGREENZONE provides administrations with an operational and reproducible methodology to delimit and manage multifunctional areas of Green Infrastructure, integrating ecosystem services, biodiversity and connectivity with GIS, PPGIS and spatial optimization. It provides dynamic and updatable cartography ready for the Nature Data Bank and its direct interference in territorial planning, accelerating decisions on climate adaptation, restoration and compatibility of uses. It adheres to and materializes the European and national frameworks: EU Communication on Green Infrastructure (2013), Biodiversity Strategy 2030, European Green Deal, and Nature Restoration Regulation (EU 2024/1991), as well as the ENIVCRE and its GMIEIVE. In doing so, it reduces uncertainties, prioritizes investments, and harmonizes sectoral policies in an evidence-based approach.
Facilitate the planning and management of green infrastructure through methodologies and technological tools that define, delimit and manage multifunctional areas, improving their characterisation and contributing to ecological knowledge and conservation.
The project includes the design of the procedure to define typologies of multifunctional zones and the analysis of fragmentation with ecological connectivity indicators, together with the development of a spatial optimization algorithm aimed at multiple objectives. It also addresses the design of management strategies for these areas, the identification of priority areas for restoration or management and their integration into territorial planning instruments. A citizen science system will be implemented to strengthen social participation and will be applied in Galicia through the spatial delimitation of multifunctional areas of the IV and the definition of management strategies adapted to the regional framework.
Planning of multifunctional and multi-objective areas of green infrastructure for their integration into territorial planning and management (GREENZONE)
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