Green Infrastructure and Landscape Planning in a Sustainable and Resilient Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 213-224
Author(s):  
Angioletta Voghera ◽  
Benedetta Giudice
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning

scholarly journals Green Infrastructure and German Landscape Planning: A Comparison of Approaches

Urbani izziv ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (supplement) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina Vieira Mejía ◽  
Liubov Shirotova ◽  
Igor Fernando Marques de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning

scholarly journals The concept of green infrastructure and urban landscape planning: a challenge for urban forestry planning in Belgrade, Serbia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Vasiljević ◽  
B Radić ◽  
S Gavrilović ◽  
B Šljukić ◽  
M Medarević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Urban Forestry

scholarly journals Building capacity for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into environmental policy and landscape planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario V Balzan ◽  
Judita Tomaskinova ◽  
Marcus Collier ◽  
Lynn Dicks ◽  
Davide Geneletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The Eu

Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a term often used to refer to adequate green infrastructure that provides multiple benefits to society whilst addressing societal challenges. They are defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Malta, the smallest member state of the EU, has been characterised by rapid economic growth and urbanisation and Maltese citizens had the highest rate of exposure to pollution, grime or other environmental problems, in the EU. The project ReNature aims to establish and implement a nature-based solutions research strategy for Malta with a vision to promote research and innovation and develop sustainable solutions whilst improving human well-being and tackling environmental challenges. Here, we introduce the opening of ReNature collection of research articles in the Open Access Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal to publish unconventional research outputs and training materials. It will host key outputs relating to the sustainable use of biodiversity, biodiversity – ecosystem functioning, green infrastructure and ecosystem service assessments across rural-urban gradients, equitable access to the benefits derived from nature in cities and socio-environmental justice, payments for ecosystem services, and designing nature-based solutions.

scholarly journals Towards A Relational Model for Emerging Urban Nature Concepts: A Practical Application and an External Assessment in Landscape Planning Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2465
Author(s):  
Juanjo Galan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
Background Theory

The increasing interest in urban nature and its connection to urban sustainability and resilience has promoted the generalized use of new concepts such as green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions. However, due to their heterogeneous origins and interpretations, the usage and understanding of these concepts may vary considerably between different academic and professional groups, affecting their coordinated and synergistic use in integrative planning education and emphasizing the need for the exploration of clearer syntaxes and articulations between them. Accordingly, the main aim of this research was to develop a relational model and to investigate, through an external evaluation process, the benefits that these types of models can provide in higher education and in professional practice. This article presents the background theory and process that led to the development of the relational model, the outcomes of its academic implementation and the results of the assessment of both the model and the students’ work by different types of planners, researchers and practitioners. The findings show the potential of the defined relational model to integrate different concepts operating in complex socio-ecological systems and the benefits of developing, testing and validating models by linking research, education and professional practice.

scholarly journals Implementing Green Infrastructure for the Spatial Planning of Peri-Urban Areas in Geneva, Switzerland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Honeck ◽  
Atte Moilanen ◽  
Benjamin Guinaudeau ◽  
Nicolas Wyler ◽  
Martin Schlaepfer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Conservation Actions

The concept of green infrastructure (GI) seeks to identify and prioritize areas of high ecological value for wildlife and people, to improve the integration of natural values in landscape planning decisions. In 2018, the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, established a roadmap for biodiversity conservation, which includes the operationalization of GI covering 30% of the territory by 2030. In this paper, we demonstrate a GI mapping framework in the canton of Geneva. Our approach is based on the combined assessment of three ‘pillars’, namely species’ distribution, landscape structure and connectivity, and ecosystem services, to optimize the allocation of conservation actions using the spatial prioritization software, Zonation. The identified priority conservation areas closely overlap existing natural reserves. Including the three pillars in the landscape prioritization should also improve adhesion to the GI idea, without undermining the protection of threatened species. With regards to land use planning, public and private land parcels with high values for GI may require specific incentives to maintain their desirable characteristics, as they are more likely to be degraded than areas with more building restrictions. Visualizing priority conservation areas in a spatially explicit manner will support decision-makers in Geneva to optimally allocate limited resources for ecosystem preservation.

Advancing the green infrastructure approach in the Province of Barcelona: integrating biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services into landscape planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 126797
Author(s):  
Corina Basnou ◽  
Francesc Baró ◽  
Johannes Langemeyer ◽  
Carles Castell ◽  
Carles Dalmases ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Ecosystem Functions

scholarly journals Landscape ecological concepts in planning: review of recent developments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Hersperger ◽  
Simona R. Grădinaru ◽  
Ana Beatriz Pierri Daunt ◽  
Carole S. Imhof ◽  
Peilei Fan
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Ecology ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Keyword Search ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Ecological Concepts ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Planning Cycle ◽  
Landscape Ecological

Abstract Context Landscape ecology as an interdisciplinary science has great potential to inform landscape planning, an integrated, collaborative practice on a regional scale. It is commonly assumed that landscape ecological concepts play a key role in this quest. Objectives The aim of the paper is to identify landscape ecological concepts that are currently receiving attention in the scientific literature, analyze the prevalence of these concepts and understand how these concepts can inform the steps of the planning processes, from goal establishment to monitoring. Methods We analyzed all empirical and overview papers that have been published in four key academic journals in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning in the years 2015–2019 (n = 1918). Title, abstract and keywords of all papers were read in order to identify landscape ecological concepts. A keyword search was applied to identify the use of these and previously mentioned concepts in common steps of the planning cycle. Results The concepts Structure, Function, Change, Scale, Landscape as human experience, Land use, Landscape and ecosystem services, Green infrastructure, and Landscape resilience were prominently represented in the analyzed literature. Landscape ecological concepts were most often mentioned in context of the landscape analysis steps and least in context of goal establishment and monitoring. Conclusions The current literature spots landscape ecological concepts with great potential to support landscape planning. However, future studies need to address directly how these concepts can inform all steps in the planning process.

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