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with a low with a high Green Natural Solar Green Green
Albedo Albedo road ventilation energy roof infrastructure
value value
Figure 2. The parameters used to reduce the urban heat island effect (Klein-Rosenthal and
Raven, 2016)

4.1. Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure has many roles in urban areas such as recreation,
biodiversity, cultural identity, environmental quality. Therefore, one of the
most effective planning tools for both adaptation to and mitigation of urban
climate change is to ensure green infrastructure. Green infrastructure, as
an ecosystem-based approach, is a multifunctional environmental function.
The design and management of green infrastructure contributes to the
sustainability of cities and is important for the development of the local
character of urban areas (Norton et al., 2015; Adedeji and Fadamiro, 2015;
Yiannakou and Salad, 2017; Filho et al., 2021).
Blue-green infrastructure, defined as a strategic network of planned green
areas with many environmental benefits covering both public and private
areas, is considered as one of the effective methods to reduce the urban
heat island effect. The blue infrastructure includes areas such as lakes, rivers,
wetlands, while the green infrastructure contains forests, arable areas, parks,
areas such as green walls, green roofs and private gardens (Shou and Zhang,
2012; Norton et al., 2015; Ghofrani et al., 2016; Antoszewski et al., 2020). Blue-
green infrastructure has many benefits in reducing air pollution and improving
people’s quality of life. At the same time, there are many studies revealing that
blue-green infrastructure is also an effective tool for reducing the urban heat
island effect (Chang et al., 2007; Lee and Maheswaran, 2011; Lehmann, 2014;
Tsilini et al., 2015; Xiao et al., 2015; Gao et al., 2016; Antoszewski et al., 2020).

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