PANDORA 3.0 plugin: A new biodiversity ecosystem service assessment tool for urban green infrastructure connectivity planning

Pelorosso, Raffaele; Gobattoni, Federica; Geri, Francesco; Leone, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.05.016

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“…Sustainability 2018, 10, 4143 2 of 21 together" (p. 97). Sharing similar views about the role of corridors, Benedict and McMahon [6] added examples of hubs such as natural areas of vegetation, open space, or an unknown ecological value.With the rapid expansion of urbanized areas, leading to increased landscape fragmentation, hubs and corridors have an enhanced role in city or urban areas due to their support to ecosystem services related to landscape connectivity even if rarely evaluated in green infrastructure planning [7,8]. In the city, where natural landscapes have been replaced by man-made structures, hubs and corridors are now more important than ever [5].…”

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An Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans Toward Sustainable Green Infrastructure in US

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2018

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The benefits of green infrastructure have been verified at the site-level by many empirical studies. However, there is limited understanding of how local governments prepare and implement green infrastructure planning in practice. This study employs the content analysis method to examine the quality of local comprehensive plans regarding sustainable green infrastructure in 60 municipalities of the United States. The study uses regression analysis to explain the variance of plan quality. Study results indicate that key green infrastructure principles were not fully incorporated in the existing sampled plans, with average score of 19.6 out of 50. While plan quality scores were slightly higher in counties than in cities, both areas could significantly improve plan quality with detailed policies, action strategies, and implementation tactics for green infrastructure planning and management. Regression analysis further identified that planning capacities, as well as socio-economic characteristics of study area may impact overall plan quality. The findings of this study demonstrate the importance of incorporating detailed green infrastructure principles whenever local planners adopt or amend regional plans in order to improve plan quality and to support implementation. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4143 2 of 21 together" (p. 97). Sharing similar views about the role of corridors, Benedict and McMahon [6] added examples of hubs such as natural areas of vegetation, open space, or an unknown ecological value.With the rapid expansion of urbanized areas, leading to increased landscape fragmentation, hubs and corridors have an enhanced role in city or urban areas due to their support to ecosystem services related to landscape connectivity even if rarely evaluated in green infrastructure planning [7,8]. In the city, where natural landscapes have been replaced by man-made structures, hubs and corridors are now more important than ever [5]. To support efforts to restore natural environments to city and urban areas, one of the region's primary tools is implementing effective green infrastructure planning. Green infrastructure often refers to a "strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas that is designed to provide a wide range of ecosystem services" [6,9]. Although the concept can be implied differently at the national (green network), regional (planning), or site (low impact development practices) level, the share goal is to design, construct, and manage nature by harmonizing environmental resources with city landscape [10]. In the US, green infrastructure is more focused on various approaches to manage and restore natural water resources at the various level [11]. As one of natural based solutions to move cities toward sustainability, green infrastructure can help improve the urban stormwater management by enhancing the recreation and tourism opportunities as well as aesthetic externalities [12]. More importantly, green infrastructure also plays a crucial role in saving energy, reducing urban heat island effect...

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An Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans Toward Sustainable Green Infrastructure in US

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2018

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“…For example, in relation to the multifunctionality concept, Vallecillo et al [62] define a methodology to identify potential areas for the spatial planning of GI and ecosystem restoration, using methods of spatial conservation prioritization and comparing three alternative scenarios. To the contrary, other scholars, such as de la Fuente et al [63] and Pelorosso et al [64], study GI only in relation to the connectivity concept. From this perspective, studying GI by considering only one of the two key concepts above does not invalidate the results.…”

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Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

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2018

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According to the European Commission, green infrastructure (GI) is conceived as a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas. This definition highlights three important issues: environment protection, ecosystems multifunctionality and ecological connectivity. Building upon a methodology that identifies a Sardinian regional GI in relation to four values (conservation value, natural value, recreational value and landscape value), this study aims at assessing the suitability of areas situated within and outside protected areas' boundaries to be included in the above-mentioned Sardinian regional GI. In relation to conservation value, outcomes reveal a higher suitability of patches situated within protected areas to be included in the regional GI, whereas in relation to the other three values, the behavioral patterns are less evident. These results suggest specific policy recommendations such as mitigation of land-taking processes, increase of Natura 2000 Network's size, accurate identification of landscape goods, and improved accessibility to sites characterized by outstanding natural beauty.

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“…Specifically, MCA can be used at two different phases: (1) at the beginning, to support the problem articulation and the identification of the variables to be included in the model; (2) after the scenarios' simulation to support the evaluation of the different performances through final score calculation or ranking elaboration. Shafiei et al [96] integrate SDM and Agent-Based Models to better understand the effects, not only on the system but also on the agent of the transition to sustainable mobility.…”

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“…al. [96] integrate SDM and Agent-Based Models to better understand the effects, not only on the system but also on the agent of the transition to sustainable mobility.…”

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Dynamic Models for Exploring the Resilience in Territorial Scenarios

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The present paper focuses on the role covered by dynamic models as support for the decision-making process in the evaluation of policies and actions for increasing the resilience of cities and territories. In recent decades, urban resilience has been recognized as a dynamic and multidimensional phenomenon that characterizes urban and metropolitan area dynamics. Therefore, it may be considered a fundamental aspect of urban and territorial planning. The employment of quantitative methods, such as dynamic models, is useful for the prediction of the dynamic behavior of territories and of their resilience. The present work discusses the system dynamics model and the Lotka-Volterra cooperative systems and shows how these models can aid technicians in resilience assessment and also decision makers in the definition of policies and actions, especially if integrated in wide evaluation frameworks for urban resilience achievements. This paper aims to provide an epistemological perspective of the application of dynamic models in resilience assessment, underlying the possible contribution to this issue through the analysis of a real case study and methodological framework. The main objective of this work is to lay the basis for future compared applications of these two models to the same case study.in order to underline dynamic model (DM) features that are closely related to the decision-making process in territorial and urban planning [11]. DMs are recognized as suitable tools to evaluate policies and actions aimed at increasing urban resilience [12][13][14]. This property is related to the fact that these models are built and grounded on dimensions related to both urban systems and urban resilience. In fact, during the construction of the model, it is necessary to select and identify which aspects of a territorial system have to be included with reference to the evaluation goal, from the environmental to the economic dimension [11,12,15]. In this sense, DMs are able to reveal both the dynamic behavior of urban and territorial systems and the impacts of policies on the key variables identified.Specifically, the main aim of this work is to study the principal characteristics of the system dynamics model (SDM) and Lotka-Volterra models (LV) in order to apply both to the same case study. The final purpose of this investigation is to understand the importance of the modelling approach in the field of resilience evaluation.The paper is structured as follows: Section 2 describes the current state of the art of resilience and urban resilience; Section 3 explains the role of dynamic models-the system dynamic models (SDM) and Lotka-Volterra models (LV)-in the decision-making process and summarizes their methodological background, state of art and some illustrative examples; Section 4 explains how the SDM models and LV models could contribute to urban planning; a comparative matrix is developed to investigate the utility of the considered models in predicting support in the design of future transformation scenarios; and Section 5 incl...

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PANDORA 3.0 plugin: A new biodiversity ecosystem service assessment tool for urban green infrastructure connectivity planning

Cited by 42 publications

References 21 publications

An Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans Toward Sustainable Green Infrastructure in US

An Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans Toward Sustainable Green Infrastructure in US

Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

Dynamic Models for Exploring the Resilience in Territorial Scenarios

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