Urban-Bioclimatic Aptitude as Nature-Based Solution

Nature-based solutions are inspired, supported, or integrated with nature; they restore natural flows, are adaptive, efficient, systemic, and incremental. They increase the resilience and sustainability of a city. Bioclimatic applies natural adaptation strategies so that the building and the built environment itself collect, accumulate, distribute, or dissipate energy. These can be applied at different scales and in both new projects and existing built environment. The urban bioclimatic aptitude of a city describes its current state, its limitations, and its potential. The methodology for constructing an Urban-Bioclimatic Aptitude Index consists of four steps: (1) description of the urban-bioclimatic system, (2) description of qualitative and quantitative variables, (3) generation of urban-bioclimatic variables, and (4) construction of the aptitude index. Urban Bioclimatic Aptitude is the measure of the capacity of the city to meet the climate needs and depends on the characteristics of the built environment as a new nature. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

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