MOD4GrIn - Self-sustainable, Smart Module for City Green Infrastructure was presented at EuroScience2022 Katowice Regional Site in the Science for Local government panel. Prof. Marta Pogrzeba from IETU in the presentation “Adaptation of cities to climate change and examples of good post-industrial land development” presented the practical solutions for the introduction of blue-green infrastructure - nature based solutions, which is MOD4GrIn module.
She also presented the effects of applying the solution in the city, for example:
- reduction of air pollution and urban heat island (UHI),
- carbon sequestration,
- increase of urban biodiversity,
- pollination,
- improving the quality of life of the population and the visual attractiveness of cities.
Conference EuroScience2022 Katowice Regional Site is a part of the celebration of the European City of Science 2022, which is Leiden, Netherlands, from 13 to 16 July 2022 a science conference Euro Science Open Forum (ESOF) 2022 is held in this city. The representatives of Polish and foreign science centres, experts representing business, cultural institutions, and the media were invited to the discussion at the conference. The Katowice sessions was hosted by the universities forming the Katowice consortium of the European City of Science 2024. Katowice will be the first city in Central and Eastern Europe with the title of European City of Science.
More information about ESOF 2022 Katowice Regional Site - https://www.esof.eu/katowice-regional-site
