The importance of land use in municipal plans for climate change adaptation and mitigation

• Autor(a) principal: Vasconcelos, André Filipe Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/36251
• topic: Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Municipal plans; Land use; University campus

Climate change requires an effective response in the current context. The scientific literature has been advocating adaptation and mitigation measures as possible solutions to the problem. This dissertation studies the weighting of land use in municipal climate change adaptation and mitigation plans and also assesses how these plans consider university campuses and their role in the climate transition. The documents analyzed refer to the municipalities of Aveiro (Portugal), Barcelona (Spain) and Lódz (Poland). For this purpose a 5-step methodology was identified. In the first step a literature review was carried out. In the second, the development of a methodology that allowed the analysis of climate laws and municipal plans for adaptation and mitigation to climate change, especially regarding the role of land use as an agent for adaptation to climate change. In the third, the weighting of land use in climate laws was analyzed. In the fourth phase, the municipal climate change adaptation and mitigation plans of the chosen municipalities were analyzed, how they weight land use issues and the role of university campuses as agents of transformation and adaptation. Finally, the fifth phase presents the discussion of results and conclusions. It is visible the use of some strategies and measures related to their use in municipal plans and their integration in climate laws. Still, it is concluded that the weighting of land use is still far from what is expected for the advantages it offers. The measure most addressed by both plans is the creation and implementation of green infrastructure in the municipalities. As for the university campuses it is highlighted the great importance they have in the innovation and implementation of green measures, although they are not given much importance in the development of the plans.