Cultural ecosystem benefits of urban and peri-urban green infrastructure across different European countries

O’Brien, Liz; Vreese, Rik De; Kern, Maren; Sievänen, Tuija; Stojanova, Biljana; Atmış, Erdoğan

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.03.002

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“…However, a developing area of literature investigates the mental well-being benefits from cultural ecosystem services (e.g. Bryce et al 2016;Hegetschweiler et al 2017;O'Brien et al 2017). The exact casual pathways linking biodiversity to physical and mental health and well-being through the Cascade Model are little understood (Sandifer et al 2015).…”

Section: Connection To Health and Well-being In The Ecosystem Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships

Marselle

2019

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

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This chapter briefly describes six frameworks that offer perspective on the relationships between biodiverse natural environments and mental well-being. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of these frameworks to enable theoretical grounding of future biodiversity and mental well-being studies. The frameworks are largely from the field of environmental psychology and represent the majority of theories used in biodiversity and health research (The Preference Matrix; fractal geometry; the Biophilia Hypothesis; Stress Reduction Theory; Attention Restoration Theory; and Ecosystem Service Cascade Model). A general overview of each framework discusses its conceptualisation of biodiversity and mental well-being outcomes, with supporting empirical research. The chapter then summarises the six frameworks with regard to their hypotheses for biodiversity and mental well-being.

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Section: Connection To Health and Well-being In The Ecosystem Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships

Marselle

2019

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

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“…The deployment of green infrastructure (GI), a strategic initiative in Europe for reducing the loss of biodiversity and enable ecosystems to deliver their services to people and nature [14], is increasingly recognised as an effective tool for addressing such a complexity [15][16][17]. Manifold interpretations to the GI concept are available in the international academic literature, which alternatively focus on recreation, public health, stormwater management, climate change adaptation, habitat fragmentation or on different combinations of these targets [18].…”

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confidence: 99%

Local Scale Prioritisation of Green Infrastructure for Enhancing Biodiversity in Peri-Urban Agroecosystems: A Multi-Step Process Applied in the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italy)

2019

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Urban–rural interfaces represent complex systems that require complex solutions for sustainable development and resilience against pollution, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss and impaired flux of ecosystem services (ES). Green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly recognised as an effective tool for addressing such a complexity, but needs priority setting to maximise benefits and minimise drawbacks of implementation. Therefore, a prioritisation approach focused on biodiversity and ES in peri-urban areas is required. In the present work, a systematic and hierarchical framework is proposed for setting priority GI objectives, location and actions aimed at enhancing local biodiversity, ES flux and farming sustainability in urban peripheries. By means of a case study in the Metropolitan City of Rome, the framework allowed identification of the main demand for ES and biodiversity; the most suitable location for GI implementation; and the best cost-effective actions. The GI implementation showed an improvement in terms of wooded hedgerow density, an increase regarding the ecological connectivity of riparian ecosystems, and an increment of agroecosystems designated to enhance the ecological network and wildlife support. Finally, the prioritisation framework contributes to fostering environmental benefits while complying with regulations and management practices from the regional to the farm/field decision level.

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“…Green infrastructure can comprise several urban ecosystems including parks and woodland, blue areas (lakes and streams), greenery, semi-natural areas and other urban features such as green roofs and street trees. In particular, for high-density urban contexts, green infrastructure aims at the following actions: (i) environmental protection and integration of agriculture into urban context, providing specific new agricultural land-use types such as agricultural parks, community supported agriculture, and allotment gardens; (ii) development of suburban green areas in order to provide a more equal distribution of public parks and gardens; and (iii) enhancement of current urban green spaces by improving quality, usability, and accessibility [5]. Ecosystems included in the green infrastructure provide important functions and relative services, such as CO 2 sequestration, production of O 2 , reduction of air pollutants and noise, regulation of microclimate and heat island effect, flood damage reduction, filtering water, pollination and supply of recreational value, and play a fundamental role in health, well-being, and social safety [6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reducing Seismic Vulnerability and Energy Demand of Cities through Green Infrastructure

Privitera

Rosa

2018

Sustainability

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Historically, urbanization processes in Italy resulted in built environments with high levels of seismic vulnerability, low energy efficiency and a lack of green spaces. The latter represent the main providers of ecosystem services in cities and play a relevant role in reducing the effects of climate change by the regulation of microclimate and urban heat islands that are responsible for building energy consumption. Despite their importance in providing ecosystem services, the implementation of green infrastructure challenges limited financial resources for the public acquisition of private plots. This paper proposes a strategy to implement an urban green infrastructure aimed at generating a double positive effect on cities by triggering seismic retrofitting and the reduction of cooling energy demand of the existing urban fabric. This is proposed through a transfer of development rights program where landowners gain economic incentives to adopt seismic retrofitting interventions and, at the same time, public administrations implement the green infrastructure in the portion of areas transferred to the municipality. The energy efficiency of buildings closer to the green infrastructure, therefore, benefits from the cooling effects of this new greenery. The strategy is tested under different scenarios of acquisition of private land by public administrations in the metropolitan area of Catania (Italy).

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Cultural ecosystem benefits of urban and peri-urban green infrastructure across different European countries

Cited by 112 publications

References 18 publications

Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships

Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships

Local Scale Prioritisation of Green Infrastructure for Enhancing Biodiversity in Peri-Urban Agroecosystems: A Multi-Step Process Applied in the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italy)

Reducing Seismic Vulnerability and Energy Demand of Cities through Green Infrastructure

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