CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE HERITAGE CITY OF SALAMANCA (ES): ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIG DATA

The main objective of the LIFE VIA DE LA PLATA project is to create an adaptation model for climate change in Salamanca, a world heritage city in Spain, through the construction of Green Infrastructure and the improvement of Ecosystem Services. The project team aims to transfer their results for possible replication in 15 other heritage cities in Spain and 40 elsewhere in Europe.
Based on the Green Urban Infrastructure Plan of Salamanca, the project has the following specific objectives: 1.Demonstrate the effectiveness of 41 standard actions and establish a methodology for adaption in heritage cities. This will integrate 6 key elements: heritage city, adaptation to climate change, green infrastructure, ecosystem services, Big Data, and citizen participation; 2. Identify the specific problems of a heritage city and provide tailored solutions; 3. Design an Action Plan and a Roadmap for Climate Change Adaptation for the city based on the Urban Adaptation Support Tool (UAST) recognised by the EC and the Covenant of Mayors on Climate and Energy; 4. Establish the technical and methodological basis for building urban green infrastructures, taking advantage of the cattle routes that run through the Iberian Peninsula from north to south; 5. Monitor and control the state of the ecosystem services in the city with innovative technical indicators of intelligent data processing; and 6. Promote citizen participation, training and information dissemination.