The potential to mitigate the effects of climate change on selected examples of housing estates in the city of Poznań

Motives: The article presents examples of settlements with various possibilities of mitigating the effects of climate change. The analyses (involving a case study) were presented for ten selected housing estates in Poznań in terms of compensating for the effects of climate change. Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze the possibilities of health-promoting transformation of urban systems on selected examples of housing estates in Poznań. They were characterized in terms of important features that provided a basis for developing green growth indicators. The studied estates were then ranked using the linear ordering method. Results: The results indicate that the examples of housing estates from the mid- and late twentieth century selected for the analysis have a much higher share of green areas and a much greater potential to mitigate the negative effects of climate change than contemporary housing estates. This hypothesis was partially verified by analyzing the possibilities of air filtration through the green wall system in one of the housing estates.