URBAN NATURALIZATION MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GIJÓN/XIXÓN. TOWARD A RESILIENT CITY IN 2045

The Urban Naturalization Master Plan for the city of Gijón/Xixón (Spain) is the organizing instrument for municipal policies regarding the sustainability of urban green spaces. It is conceived as an integrative, multi-scale, innovative, and multifunctional strategy aimed at improving environmental quality and the quality of life for its citizens.

Its objective is the improvement of urban green infrastructure for climate change mitigation and adaptation. To this end, it encompasses strategies for the transformation of the city within a 2045 horizon.

The established objectives are developed through Strategy S, for participation and social justice; Strategy B, for increasing biodiversity; Strategy P, for the permeabilization of urban areas; Strategy R, for the renaturalization of the city; Strategy C, for the generation of environmental corridors; and Strategy A, for the urban tree plan. The Plan is designed as the document that guides the development of municipal policies over the next two decades within a model based on the circularity of urban cycles and their resources, with the goal of achieving a resilient city.

The goal is an open, porous city connected to nature. A city that breathes.

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