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The allergenic potential of green urban areas in the Macaronesian islands: the case of Funchal City (Madeira)

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente
datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Irene
dc.contributor.authorMacías-de-la-Rosa, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorAgnieszka Grinn-Gofroń
dc.contributor.authorCariñanos, Paloma
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-06T10:31:47Z
dc.date.available2025-05-06T10:31:47Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.description.abstractPublic gardens are elements that constitute the urban green infrastructure. Such units provide ecosystem services that are becoming a key concern in urban planning strategies. In this survey the allergenic potential of two public gardens in Funchal, a city exhibiting sub tropical and Mediterranean climatic features, was assessed. Different allergenic risk scenarios were considered, and the Allergenicity Indexes recalculated. Results show that the Municipal Garden exhibits an IUGZA (Index of Urban Green Zone Allergenicity) of 0,39 and Santa Catarina Park an IUGZA of 0,16, which are considered spaces of moderate and low allergenicity level, respectively. Among the tested scenarios that could aggravate the IUGZA values, the worst would be an extension of the pollen season for all species. This might represent an issue considering the overall trend towards an earlier start and later end of the pollen season from important allergenic plants in Europe. The assessment of the IUGZA should include all plant biotypes of an urban green area in subtropical regions as they allow us to infer more precisely on the real risk population is exposed to. It seems that increasing species diversity can improve the allergenic indexes, but novel invasive species should be studied to assess their allergenicity level.eng
dc.identifier.citationCamacho, I., Macías-de-la-Rosa, Á., Camacho, R., Grinn-Gofroń, A., & Cariñanos, P. (2024). The allergenic potential of green urban areas in the Macaronesian islands: The case of Funchal City (Madeira). Urban Climate, 54, 101866.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101866
dc.identifier.issn2212-0955
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/7257
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofUrban Climate
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectAllergenic plants
dc.subjectUrban green spaces
dc.subjectAllergenic index
dc.subjectIUGZA
dc.subjectFunchal city
dc.subjectMadeira (Portugal)
dc.subject.
dc.subjectFaculdade de Ciências da Vida
dc.subjectEscola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão
dc.titleThe allergenic potential of green urban areas in the Macaronesian islands: the case of Funchal City (Madeira)eng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleUrban Climate
oaire.citation.volume54
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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