The scientific research
Census of existing green infrastructures, evidence about tree canopy cover, mapping of urbanised territory and also of the most critical areas in terms of the urban heat island effect in order to get a strategic view on the importance of green areas in the metropolitan area. Thanks to the efforts of Polytechnic University of Milan, this is essentially the core of the scientific research backing Forestami, and is furthermore supported by an intense collaborative effort by the 133 Municipalities of the Metropolitan City in order to identify the potential planting areas.