Green Infrastructure Planning as a Climate Change and Risk Adaptation Tool in Coastal Urban Areas

The green infrastructure of Setubal is an environmental and land management planning tool that recognizes the territorial ecological systems and guides in a sustainable way the occupation and transformation of the territory, and it was developed based on three main elements - georeferenced-based information, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the territory, and technical meetings. The green infrastructure of Setubal covers about 90% of the municipality - including urban areas -, 30% more than the land covered by other protected areas restrictions owned by the municipality - Arrabida Natural Park, Natural Reserve of Sado Estuary and Natura 2000 Network. As a climate change adaptation tool, this instrument promotes the development of measures that encourages citizens to adopt actions that contribute to the municipality's resilience.