Assessments of Biodiversity and Habitat Services in Cities – Exemplified by Dresden (Germany) and Liberec (Czech Republic)

Bastian, Olaf; Cudlín, Pavel; Pechanec, Vilém; Brzoska, Patrycia; Štěrbová, Lenka; Včeláková, Renata; Purkyt, Jan; Grunewald, Karsten

doi:10.2478/eko-2020-0013

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“…In any case, healthcare is an essential human need, and the safeguarding of health is a decisive criterion for urban planning and a responsible local policy [6]. Urban nature with its ecosystems and biodiversity form a basis for health by providing services such as improved air quality and microclimate or recreational opportunities on green spaces [7,8]. Mankind enjoys a multitude of ES, including provisioning services such as food and medicines, regulation services such as crop pollination and climate remediation as well as cultural services.…”

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The Value of Urban Nature in Terms of Providing Ecosystem Services Related to Health and Well-Being: An Empirical Comparative Pilot Study of Cities in Germany and the Czech Republic

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Neumann

Grunewald

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The quality of life in our cities critically depends on the intelligent planning and shaping of urban living space, in particular urban nature. By providing a wide range of ecosystem services (ES), urban nature essentially contributes to the well-being of city dwellers and plays a major role in avoiding common diseases through its positive impact on physical and mental health. Health is one of the most important factors underlying human welfare and is, thus, vital to sustainable development. The ES of urban green space provide other social-cultural functions alongside public health, for example by fostering environmental justice and citizenship participation. Thus, they should always be considered when searching for solutions to urban problems. The aim of this research was to determine the impact of green areas in three selected cities on the health and well-being of people by self-reporting of green areas’ visitors. To this end, we posed the research question: which types and characteristics of urban green space are most appreciated by city dwellers? Based on our findings, we have drawn up recommendations for practices to promote better living conditions. We have also pinpointed obstacles to and opportunities for leisure time activities as well as ways of supporting the public health of citizens.

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The Value of Urban Nature in Terms of Providing Ecosystem Services Related to Health and Well-Being: An Empirical Comparative Pilot Study of Cities in Germany and the Czech Republic

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Grunewald

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“…From the landscape-ecological point of view, the basic goal of the integrated landscape management is harmonisation of the localisation and functioning of all requested human activities with the natural, socio-economic and cultural-historical potential of a given region. Such a development is based on a synchronized balance of the supply, which is represented by the complex value of the given region and the demand, which represents the development requests of the society in this region (Bastian et al, 2020).…”

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Integrated Approach to the Management of the Landscape for the Implementation of the Danube Strategy

Izakovičová

Miklós

Miklósová

et al. 2020

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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The EU Strategy for the Danube Region represents a new form of territorial cooperation. Its ambition is to establish a mechanism of joint responsibility of the countries in the Danube Region for the economic and social development respecting the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The Strategy is built on four basic pillars: connectivity, building of prosperity, strengthening of the Danube Region and protection of the environment. The Strategy declares the necessity of interdisciplinarity and integrated approach to building a sustainable development of the Region. The scientific base of such an integrated management concerning the landscape and environment is in general the geosystem approach to the landscape, the managerial basement is the harmonisation of the development of the society with the natural, socio-economic and cultural-historical potential of landscape. The integration of both these bases needs a proper system of mutually complementary scientific methods and their implementation to the institutional tools convenient for the Danube Region. The goal of the article is to outline the possibilities for joining/implementation of scientific methods through legally supported tools to integrated landscape management and regional development.

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“…Cities can be important sites of local and regional biodiversity, and biodiversity is adapted to human settlements in different ways (Bastian et al, 2020). Therefore, the choice of appropriate biodiversity assessment methods for practical purposes in city planning and decision-making is still a challenging problem.…”

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Tree Species Biodiversity in Small Ukrainian Towns

Zibtseva

2022

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Biodiversity is one of the important indicators of ecosystem sustainability, which is less studied in relation to urban areas, particularly Ukraine, and even more so in small towns. Taking the example of three small Ukrainian towns, the biodiversity of tree species is compared in the article. The studied small towns are located in two geographic zones, mixed forests (Polissya) and forest-steppe, and administratively, in Chernihiv and Kyiv regions. An inventory of trees in the residential area of Ukrainka, in the central streets of Novhorod-Siverskyi, as well as in the central part and all streets of Vyshhorod was conducted. Thus, the species richness of trees both between the studied towns and between its central part and the whole territory of the town was compared. The species structure of tree plantings in terms of richness, diversity, dominance, alignment, and similarity was assessed. The obtained results were subjected to cluster and correlation analysis. It was found that the greatest diversity is characteristic for the dendroflora of the whole territory of Vyshhorod, which is the fastest growing town, located closest to the capital. The dendrofloras of small towns were quite similar to each other. The values of similarity indices varied in a wide range: Jacquard’s index from 0.26 to 0.56 and Sørensen index from 0.41 to 0.66. The lowest degree of similarity was found with the dendroflora of the most distant Novgorod-Siverskyi town. Mainly the urban plantings require enrichment of the tree species composition, taking into account their resistance to anthropogenic impacts and climate change.

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Assessments of Biodiversity and Habitat Services in Cities – Exemplified by Dresden (Germany) and Liberec (Czech Republic)

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

The Value of Urban Nature in Terms of Providing Ecosystem Services Related to Health and Well-Being: An Empirical Comparative Pilot Study of Cities in Germany and the Czech Republic

The Value of Urban Nature in Terms of Providing Ecosystem Services Related to Health and Well-Being: An Empirical Comparative Pilot Study of Cities in Germany and the Czech Republic

Integrated Approach to the Management of the Landscape for the Implementation of the Danube Strategy

Tree Species Biodiversity in Small Ukrainian Towns

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