A study by the University of Minho on the adaptation of tourism to climate change in Portugal’s second major city, Porto, recommends “urgent and judicious planting of trees” in Rua de Santa Catarina, Avenida dos Aliados, Via de Cintura Interna and Praça da República. According to the study: ‘Contributions to the adaptation of the tourism sector (…) through nature-based solutions’ trees will bring the necessary shade the city’s visitors and residents will need as the world heats up, while ecological corridors, permeable pavements and urban gardens are all ‘holistic approaches’ to reinventing a city that otherwise will not be sufficiently welcoming.
Adapting Porto to climate change requires ‘urgent’ tree planting
Porto's relationship with trees is complicated, in as much as even three weeks ago, there were protests to the cutting down of 99 trees for the expansion of the city's Metro. These signs also appeared in empty places in the city earlier this year.
