Mismatch of regulating ecosystem services for sustainable urban planning: PM10 removal and urban heat island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome (Italy)
Balancing the ecosystem service (ES) mismatch should be a goal of sustainable urban planning. However, (i)
many urban areas lack an assessment of this mismatch and (ii) scientific findings are not easily translatable into
good practices. In this study, we assessed the mismatch for two regulating ESs—regulation of air quality
(intended as PM10 removal by vegetation) and urban temperature regulation—in the Municipality of Rome
(Italy). The spatial distribution of the ES mismatch was then used to identify priority intervention areas (PIAs),