Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Pulighe ◽  
Francesco Fava ◽  
Flavio Lupia
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces

scholarly journals Assessing the Ecosystem Services of Various Types of Urban Green Spaces Based on i-Tree Eco

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peihao Song ◽  
Gunwoo Kim ◽  
Audrey Mayer ◽  
Ruizhen He ◽  
Guohang Tian
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Service Productivity ◽  
Air Quality Improvement

Urban green spaces play a crucial role in maintaining urban ecosystem sustainability by providing numerous ecosystem services. How to quantify and evaluate the ecological benefits and services of urban green spaces remains a hot topic currently, while the evaluation is barely applied or implemented in urban design and planning. In this study, super-high-resolution aerial images were used to acquire the spatial distribution of urban green spaces; a modified pre-stratified random sampling method was applied to obtain the vegetation information of the four types of urban green spaces in Luohe, a common plain city in China; and i-Tree Eco model was further used to assess the vegetation structure and various ecosystem services including air quality improvement, rainfall interception, carbon storage, and sequestration provided by four types of urban green spaces. The modeling results reveal that there were about 1,006,251 trees in this area. In 2013, all the trees in these green spaces could store about 54,329 t of carbon, sequester about 4973 t of gross carbon, remove 92 t of air pollutants, and avoid 122,637 m3 of runoff. The study illustrates an innovative method to reveal different types of urban green spaces with distinct ecosystem service productivity capacity to better understand their various roles in regulating the urban environment. The results could be used to assist urban planners and policymakers to optimize urban green space structure and composition to maximize ecosystem services provision.

Adaptive governance to promote ecosystem services in urban green spaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Odom Green ◽  
Ahjond S. Garmestani ◽  
Sandra Albro ◽  
Natalie C. Ban ◽  
Adam Berland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces

scholarly journals Whose Urban Green? Mapping and Classifying Public and Private Green Spaces in Padua for Spatial Planning Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 538
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Pristeri ◽  
Francesca Peroni ◽  
Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo ◽  
Daniele Codato ◽  
Antonio Masi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Binary Classification ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Planning Policies

The rising environmental issues on contemporary cities urgently calls for sustainable planning policies. Implementation of nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, and green infrastructures associated to green spaces management is at present of paramount importance. In contrast to policies mainly focused on public greenery, the inclusion of private green in planning strategies might be a promising pathway. The general aim is mapping and classifying urban green spaces in Padua, a city of 93.3 km2 (Northeast Italy). Specific aims are (i) testing an NDVI-derived extraction from very high-resolution orthophotos; (ii) classifying property status; (iii) highlighting multilevel relationships and strategies for urban green spaces implementation and management; (iv) assessing greenery in relation to per capita population. By performing remote sensing and GIS analyses, a first detailed global map of urban green spaces in Padua was created; then, binary classification and thematic maps for rural/non-rural, public/private, municipal/non-municipal greenery were produced for all urban units. Results show that, among total green spaces (52.23 km2), more than half are rural. Moreover, private green spaces represent 80%, while within public areas (20%) less than 10% are municipal (5 km2). We therefore highlight scenarios for planning policies in Padua by providing tools to policymakers for an integrated management of green spaces, where private greenery might also contribute to ecosystem services implementation for common urban well-being.

Using the ecosystem services approach for better planning and conservation of urban green spaces: a Finland case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 3225-3243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jari Niemelä ◽  
Sanna-Riikka Saarela ◽  
Tarja Söderman ◽  
Leena Kopperoinen ◽  
Vesa Yli-Pelkonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces

scholarly journals The Incremental Demise of Urban Green Spaces

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Colding ◽  
Åsa Gren ◽  
Stephan Barthel
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
Land Use Decisions

More precise explanations are needed to better understand why public green spaces are diminishing in cities, leading to the loss of ecosystem services that humans receive from natural systems. This paper is devoted to the incremental change of green spaces—a fate that is largely undetectable by urban residents. The paper elucidates a set of drivers resulting in the subtle loss of urban green spaces and elaborates on the consequences of this for resilience planning of ecosystem services. Incremental changes of greenspace trigger baseline shifts, where each generation of humans tends to take the current condition of an ecosystem as the normal state, disregarding its previous states. Even well-intended political land-use decisions, such as current privatization schemes, can cumulatively result in undesirable societal outcomes, leading to a gradual loss of opportunities for nature experience. Alfred E. Kahn referred to such decision making as ‘the tyranny of small decisions.’ This is mirrored in urban planning as problems that are dealt with in an ad hoc manner with no officially formulated vision for long-term spatial planning. Urban common property systems could provide interim solutions for local governments to survive periods of fiscal shortfalls. Transfer of proprietor rights to civil society groups can enhance the resilience of ecosystem services in cities.

scholarly journals Urban Ecosystem services on the local level: Urban green spaces as providers

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Breuste ◽  
Johanna Schnellinger ◽  
Salman Qureshi ◽  
Anna Faggi
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Urban Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces

AbstractBreuste J., Schnellinger J., Qureshi S., Faggi A.: Urban ecosystem services on the local level: Urban green spaces as providers. Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 3, p. 209-304, 2013. Ecosystem services are provided at different spatial and service/functional scales. The local level is the basic unit for ecosystem services, especially when it comes to the human dimension of urban landscapes. These services are provided by green elements (patches) or basic complex ecosystems (green areas) which differ from their neighbourhoods through their structures and functions. This study reviews the generally available knowledge on urban green functions and services at the site level and explains them by using own studies in five different cities in three different continents related to distinct ecosystem services. This allows the development of a methodology to evaluate and compare ecosystem services at the site level. The methodology is based at two levels, patch and green space, and includes the relationship with the surrounding green and built-up space. Different urban green space types are characterized by their internal structures of vegetation, size, shape and location in relation to at least a semi-quantitative scaling of their urban ecosystem services. The evaluated urban green spaces are public urban green spaces. The urban ecosystem services assessed include climate regulation, biodiversity, nature experience, recreation and health. The actual urban challenges, such as land use change, adaptation to climate change, demographic change and urban cultural diversity, demand a systematic and very concrete monitoring of urban ecosystem services at the site level.

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