'Indian Association of Health, Research, and Welfare (IAHRW)'
Abstract
Among the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030 by United Nations, Number 11
aims to achieve more resilient urban environments facing the ongoing climate change. “Ecosystem
Restoration” is one of the solutions to help achieving this goal, by restoring habitats and functions of
the terrestrial and marine ecosystems on which flora and fauna depend. At urban scale, a method for
the evaluation of the Ecosystem Services (ES) offered by a given green area is reported: among the
quantifiable benefits, in this work the attention is paid to the quantity of surface water runoff that
vegetation is able to reduce, through processes of infiltration, evapotranspiration and storage. The
results of a case study on a Turin green space are shown as an example, deepening the species
efficiency in providing the total amount of 735 cubic meters of water saved
